Route Launch: September 2011 Archives

Qantas is shifting the focus of its South American operations with the closure of its route to Buenos Aires in Argentina and the launch of a new route to Santiago in Chile. The new route will be flown thrice a week on board Boeing 747-400 aircraft. This has been expected for some time, with Qantas' announcement of the end of Buenos Aires flights. The new route begins on 26th March 2012.

Schedule:
QF027 SYD 1045 - 0955 SCL 744 136
QF028 SCL1335 - 1755+1SYD 744 136

 Emirates Airline has announced that it will be launching flights to Dallas and Seattle from early 2012 onwards. Dallas flights will be launched from 2nd February and be flown daily on board a Boeing 777-200LR. Seattle flights will be launched from 1st March and be flown daily on board Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

 CSA Czech Airlines, on 21st September, launched flights to Abu Dhabi, from Prague. The airline will be flying the new route four times a week on board Airbus A320 family aircraft with the following schedule.

 SpiceJet is planning to bring another Dash 8 Q400 aircraft to its fleet operation by 6th October, and will be launching a range of new flights using the aircraft. Having placed an order with Bombardier for 15 Dash 8 - Q400s in November 2010, the airline has already taken delivery of five of the type. This particular aircraft is likely to be VT-SUF, cn 4381, and will be the sixth of the type to join the fleet.

 Emirates Airline from 1st February 2012, will be launching new service to Lusaka in Zambia and Harare in Zimbabwe. The new flight, which will operate on the routing Dubai - Lusaka - Harare - Lusaka - Dubai, will be flown five times a week on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

 flydubai in winter 2011 season is launching flights to Belgrade, Serbia and Tbilisi, Georgia. Services to Belgrade will operate four times weekly and service to Tbilisi twice weekly. Both flights operate on board Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which is the sole aircraft type operated by the carrier.

 Hawaiian Airlines is continuing its expansion in Japan, with the addition of Fukuoka as its third Japanese destination. The new service will launch on 16th April 2012, and will operate daily on board Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. Hawaiian's 763 is configured for 262 seats.

 Icelandair, from 10 May 2012 is launching service to Denver - its 8th destination in the US. The route was hinted by the Denver mayor a few days ago. The new flights are now open for reservation. Icelandair is likely to get a considerable feed out of Denver for its services onwards to Europe. The carrier's friendly services on board has become quite popular with US travellers, specially with families, as Icelandair offers a free 72 hour stopover at Reykjavik.

 Just like The Networker reported back in July, Emirates Airline has now announced that it will be launching flights to Dublin, Ireland from 9th January 2012. The new flights will operate daily on board an Airbus A330-200 in three class configuration. The flights will operate out of Terminal 2 in Dublin.

American Airlines from 14th June 2012 is launching service to Manaus, Brazil. The service will operate out of Miami four times a week. The schedule is given below.

AA229 MIA 1700 - 2220 MAO 738 x234
AA230 MAO 2340 - 0500+1 MAO 738 x234

Bookings for this flight are open now.