NEWS - Summer Schedule 2012

[Xanadu_A343]

easyJet is opening a base in Lisbon with and additional 2 A319s and opening five new routes, one of them being Amsterdam. The route will be operated four times a week on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and will commence on 18APR2012.

source: http://corporate.easyjet.com/media/late ... sc_lang=en

[ehusmann]

Now that is good news to start the day with!

Erwin

[Hurricane]

MH - 6 on order. First still in Toulouse expect ferry to XFW this week. Second in Final Assembly and third in Body Join. //Edit: First has just been ferried to XFW as AIB02SU

This release from Airbus indicated that the first MH A380 will be delivered in Q2 2012

[tonjochems]

According to SPL Network news Armavia will return next summerschedule to AMS.
Armavia to discontinue services this winter
The Armenian airline Armavia has informed us that it intends to discontinue services between Yerevan and Amsterdam this winter. Armavia currently operates a regular weekly service with an A319 or A320 Airbus. The airline intends to resume its service in March.

[Xanadu_A343]

With the start of the summer 2012 schedules Emirates will again deploy the B777-200LR on AMS-DXB six days a week, with B777-300ERs operating on Tuesdays.

source: emirates.com

Reservation systems now show a daily B777-300ER on AMS-DXB iso 6x 77L and 1x 77W.

source: http://www.amadeus.net

[boeing767]

Provisional publication of the slot allocation 2012 is visible here

[Gietje]

Provisional publication of the slot allocation 2012 is visible here

Weet iemand wat Dalmation is, staat genoemd op de lijst.
Wat mij ook opvalt is dat heel veel namen van maatschappijen verkeerd gespeld zijn

[phkza]

Provisional publication of the slot allocation 2012 is visible here

Weet iemand wat Dalmation is, staat genoemd op de lijst.
Wat mij ook opvalt is dat heel veel namen van maatschappijen verkeerd gespeld zijn

Dalmatian is een Kroatische lowcoster.

Overigens zijn de slots voor zomer 2012 nu alleen nog aanvragen, dus nog niet definitief toegewezen.

[B767-300ER]

Waarom staat er dan ook een kolom allocated?

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[ron mak]

'KLM zet punt achter directe lijndienst naar Manilla'

DRIEBERGEN - De directe lijndienstvlucht die KLM onderhoudt tussen Amsterdam en de Filippijnse hoofdstad Manilla komt te vervallen. Dat meldt de Filippijnse krant Manilla Standard op basis van uitspraken van een lokale KLM-manager in het Aziatische land. Een woordvoerder van KLM in Nederland meldt het stopzetten van de directe route niet te kunnen bevestigen.

[ron mak]

KLM blames high taxes for cut in flights to Manila

by Eric B. Apolonio

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the sole carrier operating flights between Manila and Europe, said Tuesday it will cut the frequency of its flights to six weekly from seven starting this month as a result of the many taxes the Philippines has been imposing on carriers.

That would reduce the airline’s offered seats each week by 400.

KLM and US carrier Delta Airlines had earlier said they were contemplating shutting down their Manila operations if the Philippines continued to ignore their calls to review the taxes it had been charging.

Steven Crowdey, first vice chairman of the Board of Airline Representatives, told the Manila Standard Delta had already reduced its seat capacity by 125 per flight. KLM would be flying from Amsterdam via Hong Kong to Manila instead of point-to-point Amsterdam-Manila by the end of the year.

Crowdey urged Manila to review its Common Carrier Tax (3 percent of the gross receipts) and 2.5-percent Gross Philippine Billings Tax on all cargo and passenger revenue originating from the Philippines in an uninterrupted flight, regardless of the place of sale or issue of a ticket.

“The Philippines is the only country that charges such taxes,” Crowdey said.

“By contrast, other Asian countries offer incentives to foreign carriers. There has been an exodus of foreign carriers, primarily long-haul, from the Philippines for a number of years.

“Unlike hotels, aircraft capacity can be moved easily to countries that provide better returns.”

The Philippines will start charging carriers a 12-percent value-added tax on crew accommodations on Nov. 1.

On Aug. 11, the International Air Transport Association wrote the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines to urge it not to increase its telecommunications charges on foreign airlines.

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Copyright Manila Standard Today 2005-2009

[LJ]

'KLM zet punt achter directe lijndienst naar Manilla'

DRIEBERGEN - De directe lijndienstvlucht die KLM onderhoudt tussen Amsterdam en de Filippijnse hoofdstad Manilla komt te vervallen. Dat meldt de Filippijnse krant Manilla Standard op basis van uitspraken van een lokale KLM-manager in het Aziatische land. Een woordvoerder van KLM in Nederland meldt het stopzetten van de directe route niet te kunnen bevestigen.

It's strange that a misleading headline is going its own way. Anyone who have read the original article knows that KL will be flying to MNL via HKG as of April 2012 instead of nonstop. The Manila Standard is very clear on this (they mention a 6 weekly AMS-HKG-MNL with crew layover at HKG with no traffic rights on HKG-MNL-HKG). The real question is whether HKG will see 13 weekly flights or that it will also mean a reduction in capacity to HKG.

For those interested in the article of the Manila Standard:
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insi ... ovember/11

[Xanadu_A343]

British Airways will increase LHR-AMS from 7 to 8 daily compared to summer 2011 with the addition of an extra evening roundtrip.

21:10-22:05 BA432/433 LHR/LHR 319 X6

source: http://airlineroute.net/2011/11/15/ba-lhr-eus12/

[XYZ]

British Airways will increase LHR-AMS from 7 to 8 daily compared to summer 2011 with the addition of an extra evening roundtrip.

21:10-22:05 BA432/433 LHR/LHR 319 X6

source: http://airlineroute.net/2011/11/15/ba-lhr-eus12/

We can not trust all information on airlineroute.net or airliners.net, for BA already operated LHR-AMS-LHR 8x/daily in Summer 2011. And BA has operated LHR 8x/daily in many previous summers.

SUMMER 2011:
- dep. AMS 07.20 - arr. LHR 07.35 BA423 32S NONSTOP
- dep. AMS 10.30 - arr. LHR 10.45 BA429 32S NONSTOP
- dep. AMS 11.40 - arr. LHR 12.00 BA431 32S NONSTOP
- dep. AMS 14.50 - arr. LHR 15.10 BA435 32S NONSTOP
- dep. AMS 16.30 - arr. LHR 16.40 BA439 32S NONSTOP
- dep. AMS 18.00 - arr. LHR 18.10 BA433 32S NONSTOP
- dep. AMS 19.10 - arr. LHR 19.25 BA441 32S NONSTOP
- dep. AMS 21.10 - arr. LHR 21.25 BA443 32S NONSTOP

What BA is doing in Summer 2012 is moving the BA433 - 18.00 departure (remember the long turnaround B767 in Summer 2011) to LHR to depart AMS at 22.05.

SUMMER 2012:
- dep. AMS 07:20 - arr. LHR 07:35 BA423
- dep. AMS 10:30 - arr. LHR 10:45 BA429
- dep. AMS 11:40 - arr. LHR 12:00 BA431
- dep. AMS 14:55 - arr. LHR 15:10 BA435
- dep. AMS 16:30 - arr. LHR 16:40 BA439
- dep. AMS 19:10 - arr. LHR 19:25 BA441
- dep. AMS 21:10 - arr. LHR 21:25 BA443
- dep. AMS 22:05 - arr. LHR 22:25 BA433

[Xanadu_A343]

We can not trust all information on airlineroute.net or airliners.net, for BA already operated LHR-AMS-LHR 8x/daily in Summer 2011. And BA has operated LHR 8x/daily in many previous summers.

You are correct BA operated 8x daily LHR-AMS in the past. The article however is referring to changes for the duration of the entire summer season starting 25MAR2012 and compares data with 2011, as does this topic as I am not mistaken. BA did not operate LHR-AMS 8x daily (during weekdays) for the entire season in 2011.