This was a popular opic a while back so I think it would be a good idea to bring it up again.
*Aegean Cronus ir was suspending its service between Athens and Heathrow as it moved to simplify its network.
*American Airlines has added three 777 flights to its daily Gatwick-Dalls/Fort Worth service.From april 1st the Gatwick-Raleigh Durham service was being upgraded from a 767-300s to 777-200s.
*Asiana is to begin operations between Seoul-Heathrow,the flights will be 3 times a week with a 747-400.
*Atlanticc Airways is doubling its summer only service into Stansted from the Faoe Islands this sumer.
*Balkan was in talks with BA over the exchang of 10 of its slots it holds at Heathrow for slots at Gatwick.
*British Mediterranean was to upgrade its Heathrow-Teheran route to a non stop service and from an A320 to an A32.
*Cathy Pacific is to introduce a non-stop same day service between Hong Kong and Heathrow from july 2nd,4 times a week with A340-300s
*Continental is to introduce the 767-400ER on services to the UK .The type will make its debut on the daily Manchester-Newark service.
*Delta is introducin a 3rd daily frequency on its Gatwick-Atlanta service.
*Finnair is replacing one of its daily MD-83 flights in to Manchester fro Stockholm and Helsinki with an A320.
*Guarda Indonesia was to reinstate services between Denpasar/Bali to Gatwick.
*Maersk is planning new summer services from Birmingham to Nice,Toulouse and Bordeaux.
*Pakistan International was resuming its twice weekly A310-300 service into Birmingham from Islamabad from March 31st.
*Wata Airwaysis to increas the weekly frequency from Dohato Heathrow from 9 to 11 using A300-600.
*Royal Jordanian was to run 9 services between Birmingham and Amman following the succeful trial in febraury.If these serices are successful then it is likely that 3 weekly services will be added in May.
*Ural Airlines isreported to be discussing with BA the possibilty of starting services from its base in Yekaterinburg in Russia to London.The service could go via Prague or Moscow.
*Finally,some news I heard earlier is that Eastern Airays are to start Jetstream 41b saturday services between Humberside and Norwich to Jersey.This will be the 4th new carrier to JER this summer.
By: carl727 - 5th April 2002 at 21:13
RE: UK Aviation News
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-04-02 AT 09:17 PM (GMT)]A development from my area by FR is LPL-Charleroi/Brussels South from June. Once daily initialy, tobe increased along with other routes by FR from LPL. Easyjet are increasing LPL-BFS from 6 to 7 per day and LPL-NCE from 1 to 2 per day. Also very good news about the the new LPL-CDG by easyjet from May
By: Saab 2000 - 5th April 2002 at 07:58
RE: UK Aviation News
Thanks Beboy for informing me that the Eastern Airways flights are subjectto approvel,I am hopeful they will be in for the summer as unlike many summers pasted the airport has seemed to loose opertors rather than gain them.Last year JER lost Frankfurt Main with Lufthansa,Brussels with Sabena,Dublin with RyanAir and Vienna with Tyrolean.But this year they have got 4 new carriers,Air Wales to Swansea,Love Air to Isle of Man and Bournemouth and AirX ltd to Bournemouth as well as the return of the Tyrolean CRJ200 so things really do look posotive for this year.
Beboy to you know what days the flights would be operated on?Would it be weekends or weekdays?
By: EGNM - 4th April 2002 at 21:24
RE: UK Aviation News
yeah the LBA stuff keeps filtering through on the gud old rumours networks – got some gr8 charter flights this summer!!!
By: Beboy - 4th April 2002 at 20:37
RE: UK Aviation News
Just a few little additions to the list:
Humberside based Eastern Airways are also commencing twice daily weekday HUY-EDI J32 flights, operating a good business schedule in both directions. *The Jersey flights are subject to route approval* and are not definite yet.
Ryanair have begun PIK-TRF flights and they are reportedly doing well. They will also launch DUB-ABZ flights this summer. DUB-LBA goes to 3 daily. New destinations from London Stansted include Klagenfurt, Friedrichschafen, Graz, Rome CIA and Milan Bergamo.
British European are making several adjustments to their summer timetable increasing frequency on BHD-BRS/LBA/NCL, NCL-CDG, BHX-BRU/EDI, and are starting NCL-IOM DH2 flights. They will also be running seasonal services from NCL/EDI/GLA to JER.
Bmi british midland are expanding their EMA operations considerably adding flights to AMS/EDI/GLA/CDg to name a few. They are commencing LBA-ORK services, and are also increasing LBA-CDG weekend flights. Bmi baby is now in full swing and doing well (apparantley).
Manchester gets several schedule changes. MAN-VIE will be operated mon-sat by Rheintalflug ERJ145s. Malev axe their BUD service. OA cut a weekly ATH service. Air Jamaica start A340 services for the first time. AF have axed the LYS service and increased CDG rotations to 6/day. BA cuts a daily MXP service and moves the ARJ100s in to relacate the 737s to LGW, the same is happening at BHX. Swiss operate 3/day to both BSL and ZRH with ARJ100 and ERJ145 equipment. Air malta increase frequency. SAS cut a daily CPH service, and now operate 3/day. Portugalia revert to the F100 and reschedule the weekday flights to an afternoon slot. China Airlines cargo now visit MAN 3/week flying to Taipei.
Easyjet begin operations from Paris CDG/ORY airports. From CDG to NCE, LTN and LPL and from ORY to GVA. U2 also increase LPL/LTN-BFS services.
KLM cityhopper introduce the Fokker 70 onto CWL and BRS routes, both services operate 5/day with a mix of F50/F70 equipment. KLM uk increase HUY-AMS services to 6/day. NWI gets an ATR72 and LBA gets a 3/daily F100 service. NCL-AMS goes to 6/day and EDI-AMS goes to 5 a day.
Thats about all i can think of at the moment!
regards
mike
By: dan330 - 4th April 2002 at 17:38
RE: UK Aviation News
The continental MAN 764. This is a downgrade from a 777 isn’t it! But should be interesting to finally see a 764.
Also look forward to seeing the Cathay A340 and Asiana 744 into Heathrow, if they are operated at a reasonable hour!
By: Bhoy - 4th April 2002 at 17:05
RE: UK Aviation News
further to the CO 767-400, it will also operate the daily EWR-GLA route in the summer season.
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