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The Berlin Brandenburg airport opening has been pushed back to 17 March 2013. It was originally due to open on 3rd June 2012.
The supervisory board overseeing the airport's development announced that the primary contractor's agreement has been terminated, while the airport's present Managing Director too would be leaving.
It is believed that the incomplete safety systems, and certain other issues caused the delay.
Berlin Tegel airport will stay open for six months after the opening of Brandenburg Airport and will be handling all flights till the opening.
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Singapore Airlines effective 26th October will be suspending service to Athens and Abu Dhabi. The airline cites poor pergormance of the routes.as the reason. It presently operates thrice weekly to both destinations.
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Scoot, SIA's long haul low cost carrier, has had its IATA identifier changed with effect from 14th May 2012. The airline had been previously assigned the code OQ, with which IATA had run into 'unforseen technical circumstances' according to Scoot. It has now been assigned the identifier TZ.
OQ had been previously used by Zambian Express Airways and Sunrise Airlines, and can often be misunderstood as 0X. It is also being used by Chongqing Airlines, operating in the same areas as Scoot does. TZ was previously used by American Trans Air (ATA).
Currently booked passengers will be reissued confirmations, a statement from the airline said
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Triangular routes were a popular medium for many airlines some time back. It allowed them to serve two airports, most often in two different conutries - but are only a few hundred miles apart - by a single flight.
It was perceived that this will help the airline cut down on the expenses, for you will serve two points with just a little bit of extra fuel. But as the industry evolved, and the fuel price rose, this perception proved wrong.
The double landing charges, handling costs and the other expenditure outdid the saving in terms of fuel cost. And the capacity allocation for the two destinations and hence the yield management turned out to be a nightmare for some airlines.
Now we are seeing most airlines delinking their triangular flights, and instead using terminator flights with smaller capacity for both stations. Surely, this will aid during a high fuel environment. However, you also run with the risk of a higher unit cost, if fuel prices, ever, come down sunstantially.
How long will we see the triangles? Only the fuel price will tell.
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Hawaiian Airlines is continuing its ambitious expansion into Japan, with the addition of Sapporo - its 4th Japanese destination.
Hawaiian will become the first intercontinental carrier to operate into Japan in a decade, when it launches service on 1st November. Flights will initially operate thrice weekly on board Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.
Schedule:
HA441 HNL 1445 - 1900+1 CTS
763 246
HA442 CTS 2100 - 0915+1 HNL
763 357
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KLM for the Winter 2012/13 season will be operating increased frequencies to Tehran, Iran. The upgrade sees its presently 4 weekly flight increasing to daily, operating on board McDonnel Douglas MD-11 aircraft.
KL433 AMS 1530 - 2130 IKA M11 D
KL434 IKA 0145 - 0505 AMS M11 D
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British Airways from 2nd December will be resuming service to Seoul, South Korea, after over a 14 year hiatus.
The airline will initially operate six times weekly on the route on board Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The route will operate out of London Heathrow and in to Seoul Incheon.
Schedule:
BA017 LHR 1300 - 0855+1 ICN
772 x3
BA018 ICN 1045 - 1400 LHR
772 x4
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