British Airways has officially announced many capacity
changes to its long haul route network for 2014 of which the main highlights
are as follows:
CTU – frequencies increased from 3 to 5 weekly
nonstop flights using a B788 effective 05MAY
HYD – capacity reduced from daily B772ER to
daily B788 effective 30MAR
MEX – frequencies increased from 5 to 6 weekly
nonstop flights using a B744
GRU – frequencies increased from daily to 10
weekly nonstop flights using a B744 exclusively effective 01SEP
HND – frequencies increased from 5 weekly to
daily nonstop using a B772ER effective 04MAY
YYC – capacity increased from daily B763ER to
daily B788 effective 05JUL
Qatar Airways
has officially announced many capacity changes to its medium and long haul
route network for 2014 of which the main highlights are as follows:
JNB – frequencies increased from daily to
10 weekly nonstop flights i.e. 3 weekly B773ERs + daily B788. The 3 new flights
depart on Days 3/5/7 from DOH at 0655 and arrive back by 2355 using a B788.
DFW – new daily nonstop flights to be
launched effective 01JUL using a B772LR
SIN – capacity adjusted to daily B773ER +
daily B788 for entire S14 season
LCA – new 4 weekly nonstop flights to be
launched using an A320 effective 29APR
MNL – frequencies reduced from double
daily to 8 weekly effective immediately due to bilateral issues. Daily service
to CRK remains un-touched.
SAW (Istanbul’s second airport) – new 4
weekly nonstop flights to be launched using an A320 effective 29MAY14. This
will make in total QR offer 11 weekly flights to/from Istanbul combined.
RGN – capacity increased to 4 weekly A332s
effective W14 season.
Comments:
With EK and EY adding more capacity into Manchester in 2014,
QR is the weakest amongst the ME3 in this market segment with its 10 weekly
service which used to at one time be double daily A332. It should seriously
consider reinstalling the double daily service preferably using B788s
exclusively in order to compete more effectively with its arch rivals on
traffic bound to SE Asia and ISC in particular.
Etihad Airways has
officially announced many incremental capacity upgrades throughout its route
network for 2014 of which the main highlights are as follows:
PER – new daily nonstop flights using an
A332 effective 15JUL
DFW – new 3 weekly nonstop flights to be
launched effective 03DEC using a B772LR
MAA – frequencies increased from daily to
double daily effective 01JUL i.e. daily A321 + daily A320
COK – frequencies increased from daily to
double daily effective 01JUN i.e. daily A321 + daily A320
BLR – frequencies increased from daily to
double daily effective 01JUL using an A320 exclusively
HYD -
frequencies increased from daily to double daily effective 01OCT using
an A320 exclusively
FCO – new daily nonstop flights to be
launched effective 15JUL using an A332
JAI – new daily nonstop flights to be
launched effective 01APR using an A320
CCJ – frequencies increased from daily to 11
weekly effective
EVN – new 4 weekly nonstop flights to be
launched effective 02JUL using an A320
MAN – capacity increased from double daily
A332 to daily B773ER + daily A332 effective 01JUN
CTU – frequencies increased from 4 to 5
weekly nonstop flights using an A332 effective 01FEB
Japan Airlines
has revealed that due to increasing demand and cooperation with its One World
partner American Airlines, it shall be increasing
its services to New York’s JFK airport effective 30MAR. Currently, daily
nonstop flights are flown from NRT using a B773ER. These shall be increased to
double daily with the additional frequencies being solely flown using a
B787-800. Other changes announced by JAL capacity wise across their network for
2014 are as follows:
Ethiopian
Airlines has officially announced many capacity
changes to its intercontinental route network effective immediately catering in
line with demand. The main highlights are as follows:
DMM – all flights suspended effective immediately
CAN – capacity to be increased to daily
B773ER effective 16FEB14 with same plane service extended to LAD
LAD – capacity increased from 3 weekly
B772LR to 3 weekly B773ER
LOS/PEK via ADD – daily same plane
service using a B772LR
ET also announced
that in order to further grow its profitable cargo business, it has placed an order for 4 new B772LR freighters
which will be used to replace its existing B757F + MD11Fs once delivered in
2015.
Turkish Airlines has officially
announced that due to high demand, it shall be increasing its services to both
Seoul (ICN) and Kuala Lumpur (KUL) from the on set of the IATA S14 season in
the following manner:
ICN – frequencies increased from daily to
11 weekly i.e. daily A343 + 4 weekly A333
KUL – frequencies increased from 4 weekly
to daily nonstop service using an A332
Cathay Pacific officially confirmed
that it has finally placed an order for
an aircraft that it considers the ideal replacement option for its fleet of
Boeing 747-400s. A total of 21 Boeing
777-900Xs were ordered by the airline that shall be delivered from 2021
onwards. The B779s will be used on long haul flights to UK, USA and Canada
where as the A351s it also has ordered shall be more used as a regional
aircraft replacing its older B777-300As on ASEAN routes initially. In addition,
CX also placed another order for 3 more
B773ERs + 1 more B748F. Its B748 fleet once fully delivered shall number
14. As far as its route network is concerned, CX announced the following
capacity adjustments for 2014:
KIX – frequencies increased from 4 to 5
daily flights with the new service being operated daily using a B744 effective
16FEB
BNE – frequencies increased from 11 weekly
to double daily using an A333 exclusively effective 30MAR
India’s new start up airline owned by the TATA
Group + Singapore Airlines has officially revealed that it has
selected the Airbus A320 to launch its services from Q3 2014 as it has placed
an order with leasing companies for 20 units of this type. It will be
configured in a two class configuration and shall be initially based out of DEL
airport with flights to BLR and BOM respectively.
Transaero
Airlines of Russia has officially revealed that it has
placed an order for 4 new Boeing 747-800 passenger jets as the carrier looks to
gradually replace its aging fleet of 20 B747-400s by 2020. The B748s will be
seating 550 passengers in a two class configuration where as the 4 previously
ordered A380s of the airline will accommodate 652.
China Southern Airlines
has officially announced that it shall be launching new nonstop flights to
JFK-New York airport from its Guangzhou hub base effective 06AUG14. All flights
are to be code shared with fellow Sky Team partner i.e. Delta Airlines and will
be operated 4 times per week using a Boeing 777-300ER with the below mentioned
schedule:
Days: 1/3/5/7
CZ 399 Dep CAN 0140
Arr JFK0545
CX 400 Dep JFK 1115
Arr CAN 1515+1
Lufthansa has officially
announced that it will be increasing capacity on many of its long haul routes
for the upcoming IATA S14 season of which the main highlights are as follows:
ACC – capacity increased from 5 weekly
B737s to 5 weekly A333s
HND – new double daily nonstop service to
be launched i.e. daily each from FRA and MUC using a B744 and A346 respectively
