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Emirates to launch flights to Erbil

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Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on June 22, 2012 10:08 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Emirates Airline effective 12th August will launch flights to Erbil, its third destination in Iraq. Flights will operate four times weekly on board Airbus A340-300 aircraft, prior to being increased to daily from 3rd September onwards. The service will be operated on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft from IATA Winter season, beginning 28th October.

Schedule:
EK949 DXB EBL 0430 0630
EK950 EBL DXB 0800 1140

Service operates on day 1,3,4 and 7 till 26th August. Day 6 service begins on 27th August, and increases to daily from 3rd September.
flydubai already operates on the Dubai - Erbil route.

IndiGo Expands Internationally with the Addition of Three New Routes

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Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on June 18, 2012 12:01 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
IndiGo, the Indian LCC, will be expanding its international routes from August with the addition of three new routes to Dubai, and the increase of Bangkok flights.
File:IndiGo Bengaluru.jpg
An IndiGo aircraft at Bengaluru International Airport (BLR) - © Anirudh Emani

The carrier's existing Delhi - Dubai route will receive its second daily flight with effect from 7th August.

 From 7th August onwards, it will also launch daily Hyderabad - Dubai flights.
 
6E 026 HYD DXB 1320 1545 D 320
6E 025 DXB HYD 0530 1105 D 320

 From 25th August, the airline will launch two new routes to Dubai - from Chennai and Kochi. It appears that it is the same aircraft which will operate this rotation, thus delivering an average utilization of almost 17.5hrs per day for the aircraft which will be used for the rotation.

Chennai - Dubai
6E 065 MAA DXB 0730 1030 D 320
6E 066 DXB MAA 2220 0415+1 D 320

Kochi - Dubai
6E 067 COK DXB 1815 2115 D 320
6E 068 DXB COK 1130 1715 D 320

 Also, effective 10th August, the airline will be launching the second daily flight on its Delhi - Bangkok route

Etihad announces plans for 787-9 routes

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Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on June 11, 2012 2:12 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
 Continuing ahead with its trend of announcing routes long term in the future, Etihad has revealed the likely candidates for its initial Boeing 787-9 routes. The first of the airline's 787-9 deliveries are expected in the fourth quarter of 2014. The airline disclosed this at a special ceremony held to welcome the Boeing 787's visit to Abu Dhabi recently.

The initial routes as per the present plan would be
  • Dublin
  • Frankfurt
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Beijing
  • Nagoya
  • Istanbul
  • Delhi
map

Map generated from gcmap.com

 While the above listed routes are in no way a final confirmation, the airline mentioned that it plans to configure the aircraft in a three class configuration.

SAA ends CPT - LHR service, SIA quickly grabs the slot for a 4th daily SIN - LHR

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Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on June 8, 2012 1:13 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
 South African Airways just two days ago revealed that it would be cancelling its long serving Cape Town - London Heathrow service effective 14th August. And with the cancellation, it would be leaving a slot pair with some very lucrative timings at Heathrow.

SA220 CPT LHR 1850 0620+1 D 332
SA221 LHR CPT 2100 1005+1 D 332

 And now it appears that the fellow Star Alliance member Singapore Airlines has been quick to grab the slots to be used for a fourth daily flight to Heathrow from its Singapore hub. SIA's new flight will be launched from 9th September onwards and will use a mix of Boeing 777-300ER and A380 aircraft for the operation. 

SQ306 SIN LHR 2345 0620+1 D
SQ305 LHR SIN 2000 1550+1 D

If the slot which SIA uses is indeed that left vacant from SAA's cancellation - it is safe to assume that the two airlines, being alliance partners, probably had already come to terms regarding the lucrative slot pair prior to their respective announcements. How lucrative could this opportunity have been for SIA, is clear from the fact that it already has SQ322 departing SIN just 15 minutes earlier than SQ306, with the largest aircraft in its fleet - the Airbus A380.

Oman Air to launch Tehran service

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Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on June 6, 2012 6:06 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
 Oman Air effective 1st September will be launching daily flights to Tehran, from its Muscat hub. Flights will operate daily on board its Embraer 175 aircraft. Schedules are below

WY431 MCT IKA 0200 0520 D145
WY433 MCT IKA 0930 1250 D2367

WY432 IKA MCT 0710 0925 D145
WY434 IKA MCT 1340 1600 D2367
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