NEWS - Summer Timetable 2008

[MTOW]

From SPL Network news:
Blue1 will suspend its service to Helsinki at the start of the Summer season 2008 at the latest.

According the representative, Blue1 / KF has stopped flying to AMS as of the 11th of February

Regards, MTOW

[Bokkum]

According the representative, Blue1 / KF has stopped flying to AMS as of the 11th of February

Correct, last flight was KF835/836 on the 10th of February

[XYZ]

Not really for Summer 2008 but more for Summer 2010:

Garuda orders 10 777-300ERs

Garuda Indonesia has ordered 10 Boeing 777-300ERs and plans to use these long-range aircraft for services to the USA and Europe, including Amsetrdam Schiphol.

Today at the Singapore Airshow the airline’s CEO, Emirsyah Satar, signed a firm order for 10 777-300ERs and says first deliveries are set for mid-2010.

“We hope that this will be part of our expansion…and will be used to open new routes,” says Satar.

“We’re going to expand to the USA and Europe and” phase out Boeing 747-400s.

The carrier was earlier looking to get 777-200ERs but Satar says it decided on -300ERs instead because the airline wants the extra capacity and the -300ER can operate non-stop from Jakarta to Amsterdam and London, two destinations it plans to serve as part of an expansion.

Boeing says in a statement that the order for 777-300ERs is from an earlier deferred deal for six 777-200ERs, which has now been converted to one for six 777-300ERs. It also includes a new order for an additional four 777-300ERs.

Garuda ordered the six -200ERs in the mid-1990s but postponed delivery indefinitely after falling into severe financial difficulty following the 1997 Asian economic crisis.

[Mollie]

LX will op LH 733 on some flights to ZRH.
14.05-14.55 LX728/9 05apr-19oct on sat-sun.

Sander

[klm312]

KLM is going to increase the frequency from AMS to Chengdu from 3 weekly to 4 weekly from the start of the summer season:

- KL 891 dep: 20.45 AMS - arr: 12.30 CTU 772 Mon, Wed, Fr, Sun
- KL 892 dep: 14.00 CTU - arr: 18.50 AMS 772 Mon, Wed, Fr, Sun

[XYZ]

Lossmaking Vueling has announced it will halt all A320 operations on the route MAD-AMS-MAD starting with the summer timetable. The airline used to operate the route twice daily last summer.

[SpotterNL]

Central Wings has announced its 3rd route from Poland to Amsterdam with the new route Poznan-AMS-Poznan starting 30 March 2008:

- Poznan dep. 12.10 - AMS arr. 13.40 B737 Mon, Fri, Sun
- Amsterdam dep. 14.40 - Poznan arr. 16.10 B737 Mon, Fri, Sun

Questionable if this service will start as Centralwings in in rough waters. Source: http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/business/?id=76785" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[XYZ]

From 30 March Clickair will discontinue the A320 route from Sevilla to AMS started this winter season.

Vueling will continue to operate this route.

[ron mak]

De nieuwe Thaise carrier met als definitieve naam Siam Pearl Airways begint mogelijk deze zomer met vluchten tussen Bangkok en Amsterdam.

De airline streeft ernaar in juni 2008 te starten !

De carrier gaat twee keer in de week vanuit Bangkok op Amsterdam vliegen, op maandag en donderdag, daarnaast wil Siam Pearl Airways vanuit Bangkok ook een operatie op London Gatwick starten.

Om snel met de operatie te kunnen beginnen, heeft Siam Pearl Airways twee Boeing 767 aangeschaft, met een extended range voor langere afstanden.

De carrier had eerder al twee Boeing 747 verworven, maar deze moeten nog officieel door de luchtvaartautoriteiten worden goedgekeurd.

Deze procedure laat nog minstens vier maanden op zich wachten.

De nieuwe airline streeft naar een vloot van zes toestellen.

Travelecademy.nl = de bron

[Marcelb]

Typische geval van eerst zien en dan geloven. Ik heb een beetje gezocht op internet naar de historie van deze wannabee 'airline'.

De oorspronkelijke naam van deze airline was Neo Siam Airways.
De website ziet er niet al te veelbelovend en professioneel uit.
http://www.neosiamairways.in.th/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/News/?id=20552" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.reisrevue.nl/home/id1605-372 ... erdam.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Op Siam Pearl Airways zoeken levert met Google niets op, beloofd ook al niet veel goeds.

Lijkt mij zo'n papieren airline die om de geldschieters koest te houden af en toe een persberichtje de deur uitstuurt met de melding dat men nu echt snel gaat vliegen....

[XYZ]

KLM has made final adjustments to its Summer 2008 timetable:

- Los Angeles - KL603 the 2nd B777 has been cancelled
- Shanghai - has been increased from 12x to 14x/week = 2x daily B747M
- Washington - no MD11 but A330-200 in April
- ACC, LOS, JRO-DAR will see a mix of aircraft to adjust capacity to demand.
- Tehran will see MD11 4x/week
- Nairobi will be 5x/week on both KL & KQ until peak summer.

[XYZ]

Great Wall Airlines has released its Summer 2008 schedule which includes 10x weekly B747-400F services from Shanghai to AMS:

- Monday arr. 08.40 - dep. 11.15
- Tuesday arr. 07.00 - dep. 14.05
- Wednesday arr. 07.20 - dep. 10.20
- Wednesday arr. 15.15 - dep. 17.50
- Thursday arr. 14.25 - dep. 17.00
- Thursday arr. 15.15 - dep. 17.50
- Friday arr. 07.40 - dep. 10.40
- Saturday arr. 07.20 - dep. 11.20
- Saturday arr. 11.35 - dep. 14.45
- Sunday arr. 17.55 - dep. 23.30

[XYZ]

Flybe is replacing the DHC8-400 with the EMB195 on the route Exeter-AMS-EXT from 8 May 2008:

- BE 1533 dep: 14:20 EXT - arr: 16:50 AMS DHC-8 400 until 7 May
- BE 1533 dep: 14:25 EXT - arr: 16:50 AMS Embraer 195 from 8 May

[XYZ]

Today Central Wings the Polish low cost airline subsiduary of LOT announced major cuts in its route network due to significant financial losses.

The airline will not open the new Summer 2008 routes from Poznan to AMS and from Gdansk to AMS that were announced earlier.

The only new route will be Krakow-Amsterdam-Krakow 5x per week with B737-300 starting 30 March 2008.

[Mollie]

Planned flights this summer for Nouvelair:

on tue BJ5208/9 A320 MIR-AMS-MIR 1010-1110 29apr-25oct
on sat BJ5202/3 A320 MIR-AMS-MIR 2025-2125 03may-25oct

Leased A320 ECISI may show up ....

Sander