Cathay Pacific has officially announced that it will
be launching new nonstop flights to MAN-Manchester, UK effective 08DEC14 as the
carrier looks to tap into the mass demand that exists between the Northern UK
region and Hong Kong. CX revealed that flights will be operated 4 times per
week using a B777-300ER using the below mentioned schedule:
Days: 1/3/5/7
CX 357 Dep HKG 0100 Arr MAN 0620
CX 358 Dep MAN 1200 Arr HKG 0755
Comments:
In 2013, over 100,000
O&D passengers flew between MAN and HKG along with an additional 400,000 to
Thailand + mainland China and Australia. CX’s main competitors on this route
will come from EK, EY, QR, LH and KLM who also offer competitive one stop
service options to a majority of destinations in the Austral-Asia region. With
regards to SQ, CX will have a competitive advantage as it will be offering one
stop flight options to MAN versus 2 stop for SQ who operate via MUC to MAN.
Demand for CX’s new MAN service is expected to boom from the get go and one
should not be surprised to see it become daily from IATA S15 onwards.
Turkish Airlines has announced many capacity
changes to its long haul route network for the IATA S14 season of which the
main highlights are as follows:
ISB – capacity
increased from 4 weekly B738s to 4 weekly A332s effective 22JUN
KTM – frequencies
increased from 4 weekly to daily nonstop flights using an A332 effective 31MAY
LHE – capacity
increased from 3 weekly B738s to 3 weekly A332s effective 24JUN
LOS – capacity
increased from daily B739ER to daily A332 effective 26MAY
NBO – frequencies
increased from daily to 11 weekly nonstop effective 16JUN using a B739ER
CMB – frequencies
increased from 4 to 5 weekly via MLE using an A332
CAN – capacity
increased from daily A343 to daily B773ER
ICN – capacity
increased from AUG with all 11 weekly nonstop flights operated by an A333IGW
KUL – frequencies
increased from 4 weekly to daily nonstop effective 28APR
IKA – frequencies
increased from triple daily to 4 times daily
Etihad Airways
has officially announced many capacity changes to its route network for the
current IATA S14 season of which the main highlights are as follows:
ATH – frequencies
increased from daily to 10 weekly nonstop flights i.e. from daily A320 to daily
A332 + 3 weekly A320 effective 02JUL
DME – frequencies
increased in a major manner gradually i.e. from daily A320 to double daily A320
effective 01JUN followed by a further increase to triple daily A320s from 01OCT
CTU – frequencies
increased from 5 weekly to daily nonstop using an A332
HYD – capacity
increased from daily A320 to daily A332 effective 15JUL
MLE - capacity
increased from daily A320 to daily A332 effective 01OCT
MAN – capacity
increased from daily A332 + daily B773ER to double daily B773ER effective 02JUN
HKT – new daily
nonstop service to be launched effective 26OCT using an A332
Qatar Airways has officially revealed many
capacity and frequency changes to its route network for the IATA S14 season of
which the main highlights are as follows:
ATH – capacity
increased to daily A332 + daily A321
MEL – capacity
increased from daily B772LR to daily B773ER
CDG – capacity
increased from triple daily A346s to daily B773ER + double daily A346s
DME – capacity
increased from double daily A320 to daily B787 + daily A320
PEK – capacity
increased from daily A332 to daily B773ER
JIB – new 3
weekly nonstop service from May using an A320
SHJ – frequencies
increased from double to triple daily A320s
MED – frequencies
increased from 5 weekly to daily A320s
ELQ – frequencies
increased from 4 to 8 weekly A320s
HND – new nonstop
daily flights using a B787
ANA of Japan has announced that it has placed a
major order for 70 aircraft with Boeing and Airbus as part of its fleet renewal
plan for the 2020-30 decade. The breakup of the order is as follows:
14 Boeing 787-900s
20 Boeing 777-900Xs
6 Boeing 777-300ERs
23 Airbus A321-200NEOs
7 Airbus A320-200NEOs
The B779s ordered are to replace the 6 domestic 514 seater
B773As along with to replace some high volume long haul routes currently flown
by the B773ERs which has a 18% capacity reduction versus the B779. The 30
A320/321NEOs will be replacing 18 current A320s + 12 B737-700s.
Kenya Airways has announced many capacity
increases across its route network for the IATA S14 season of which the main
highlights are as follows:
LAD – frequencies
increased from 2 to 3 weekly services using a B738
LOS – capacity
increased to a daily B777-300ER
CAN – capacity
increased to daily nonstop using a B773ER which will be a same plane service to
Lagos from August
DXB – frequencies
increased from 01AUG from daily to double daily nonstop i.e. daily B772ER +
daily B738
DAR – frequencies
increased from 4 to 5 times daily using an E90
JNB – capacity
increased from triple daily B738 to daily B787 + double daily B787
ABV – new 4
weekly nonstop flights to be launched from 03JUN using a B737-700
Ethiopian Airlines have revealed many capacity
changes to its medium and long haul route network for the IATA S14 season of
which the main highlights are as follows:
KAN – new 4
weekly flights to be launched from May using a B757-200 operated via ENU
LHR – frequencies
increased from 6 weekly to daily nonstop flights using a B787
NBO – frequencies
increased from double daily to 4 times daily using a B738
ACC – capacity
increased from daily B763ER to daily B787
LBV – frequencies
increased from 5 weekly to daily nonstop flights using a B738
FIH/BZV -
capacity increased from daily B763ER to daily B787
DLA/SSG -
capacity increased from daily B763ER to daily B787
Emirates has officially revealed many capacity
changes to its medium and long haul route network for the IATA S14 and W14
seasons respectively of which the main highlights are as follows:
DFW – capacity
increased from daily B772LR to daily A380 effective 01OCT
ATH – frequencies
increased from daily to double daily effective 01AUG i.e. daily A332 + daily
B773ER
ORD – new daily
nonstop flights to be launched effective 05AUG using a B772LR
AMM – frequencies
increased from double to triple daily flights using a mixture of B772s and
A332s
OSL – new daily
nonstop flights to be launched using a B773ER effective 02SEP
KBP – frequencies
reduced from daily A345 to 4 weekly A345s operated nonstop
PVG – capacity increased
to daily A380 + daily B773ER
NBO – capacity
increased from double daily A345 to daily B773A + daily A345
Finnair has officially announced that it will be
the first scheduled European carrier to be operating flights into Phuket and
Krabi, Thailand from Nov 2014 onwards as the carrier looks to take advantage of
high volume traffic from Europe to these two destinations who currently have to
transit via BKK or fly one stop direct on Air Berlin/Etihad, Qatar Airways and
Emirates. AY’s schedule is as follows:
HKT – 3 weekly
nonstop flights using an A343 effective 14DEC
KBV – 2 weekly
nonstop flights using an A343
BKK – frequencies
increased from double daily to 17 weekly nonstop effective 30DEC
