Air-Britain News – August 2019

relations, with the ongoing strike then set to end 10 July 2019. Losses

have reached US$96.2 million.

08Oct19 onwardsTaipei TPE Brisbane BNE Daily 781 (x333)

27Oct19 onwardsTaipei TPE Tokyo NRT 3× Daily (+1 daily)781/789/333

18Apr20 onwardsTaipei TPE Milan MXP M,Tu,Th,Sa, 773

EVA Air has made aircraft changes on regional routes between July and

October 2019. The planned aircraft changes are as follows:

• Taipei Taoyuan – Bangkok 01Jul19 – 31Aug19: BR205/206 A330‑
  300 replaces 777‑300ER


• Taipei Taoyuan – Chengdu 19Jul19 – 09Aug19: A330‑200 replaces
  A321


• Taipei Taoyuan – Chiang Mai 20Jul19 – 14Oct19: A330‑300 replaces
  A321 (Except 21Sep19 – 04Oct19 by A330‑200)


• Taipei Taoyuan – Ho Chi Minh City 02Jul19 – 28Aug19: BR381/382
  Day 37 777‑300ER replaces A321


• Taipei Taoyuan – Komatsu 01Jul19 – 26Oct19: A330‑300 replaces
  A321 (Except 02Sep19 – 05Oct19)


• Taipei Taoyuan – Kuala Lumpur 20Jul19 – 14Oct19: 777‑300ER
  replaces A330‑200/‑300


• Taipei Taoyuan – Nanjing 16Oct19 – 23Oct19: A330‑300 replaces
  A330‑200 (UNI Air operating service)


• Taipei Taoyuan – Phnom Penh eff 12Aug19: A330‑200 replaces
  A321 (Except 21Sep19 – 04Oct19)


• Taipei Taoyuan – Seoul Incheon
  01Jul19 – 31Aug19: BR150/149 A321 replaces A330‑300
  01Jul19 – 26Oct19: BR170/169 Day x247 operated by A330‑300,
  replaces A321


• Taipei Taoyuan – Tokyo Narita
  19Jul19 – 09Aug19: BR196/195 Day 15 A321 replaces A330‑200
  20Jul19 – 14Oct19 Planned third daily service (BR184/183)
  scheduled with A321 during this period, replacing planned 787‑9
  EVA Air has released its Boeing 787‑10 schedule, which entered service
  in late June 2019. Configuration of the 787‑10 is J34Y308.


• Taipei Taoyuan – Hangzhou eff 05Jul19: 2 weekly (3 from 18Jul19)


• Taipei Taoyuan – Hong Kong eff 28Jun19: 1 daily (Frequency varies
  from 02Jul19)


• Taipei Taoyuan – Macau: 1 flight on 26Jul19


• Taipei Taoyuan – Osaka Kansai eff 12Jul19: 8 weekly


• Taipei Taoyuan – Shenzhen eff 15Jul19: 1 weekly (operating for
  UNI Air)


• Taipei Taoyuan – Tokyo Narita eff 29Jul19: 1 daily
  EVA Air Cargo has announced additional changes to its planned Boeing
  747‑400 Freighter operation. Its previously scheduled last 747 service
  in late May 2019, was revised to June, according to the schedule listing
  on its website. As of 20May19, EVA Air Cargo’s planned last 747
  Freighter service on various routes include the following:


• Taipei Taoyuan – Anchorage – Los Angeles – Taipei Taoyuan
  02Jun19


• Taipei Taoyuan – Hong Kong 31May19


• Taipei Taoyuan – Singapore – Bangkok – Taipei Taoyuan 02Jun19


• Taipei Taoyuan – Singapore – Hanoi – Taipei Taoyuan 31May19


• Taipei Taoyuan – Singapore – Penang – Taipei Taoyuan 01Jun19

Evelop [Spain] is renewing its fleet and in 2020 will receive two new

aircraft which will add six aircraft for long‑haul, while still growing

under the wet‑lease model.

Ewa Air [Mayotte] reports sales up 4.5% to US$13.0 million for fiscal

year ended 31 March 2019, and net income of $139,000.

ExpressJet [US] has started services with its newest aircraft type – the

E175. The carrier is adding 25 new E175s to its fleet in 2019.

EZ Air [Bonaire] has applied to the CAA of Colombia to fly between

Curacao and Barranquilla with the Beech 1900.

Eznis Airway [MG] [Mongolia]

03Jun19 onwards Ulan Baatar ULN Hong Kong HKG M,Th,Su 737

Fastjet Tanzania [FN] [Tanzania] has cleared a US$1.1 million debt it

owed the Tanzanian CAA and other service providers, as it looks to

return to Tanzania’s skies. Despite meeting all, or majority of, the

25Jul19 onwards Addis Ababa ADD‑Blantyre BLZ

Beira BEW‑

Addis Ababa

ADD

Tu,Th,Sa 738

25Jul19 onwards Addis Ababa ADD‑
Ndola MLA

Blantyre BLZ‑

Addis Ababa

ADD

M,W,F,Su 738

24Sep19‑27Oct19 Addis Ababa ADD

Dublin DUB‑

Chicago ORD

M,Tu,F,Su

(‑1 flight)^788

28Oct19 onwards
(x17Jun19 onwards)

Addis Ababa ADD‑

Dublin DUB

Toronto YYZ‑

Addis Ababa

ADD

Unknown 359

15Dec19 onwards
(x23Jun19 onwards)Addis Ababa ADD

Lome LFW‑
Houston IAH W,F,Su^787
Ethiopian Airlines opened reservation for local traffic rights on
Madrid – Dublin sector, as the airline secured approval for fifth
freedom traffic rights for travel on/after 01Jun19. The Star Alliance
carrier currently operates the Addis Ababa – Madrid – Dublin routing
four times a week with 787‑8, switching to 787‑9 from 16Jun19.

Etihad [EY/ETD] [UAE] and the Hinduja Group (India) consortium are
expected to join the race to buy Jet Airways (India).
The carrier will place B787s on services from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai
and Chengdu, and the A380 on service to Seoul, in order to meet
demand.

26May19‑04Jun19 Al Ain Aan Jeddah JED Daily 333

02Jul19‑11Sep19 Abu Dhabi AUH Kuala Lumpur KUL Daily 773(2)(x789)/789

02Jul19 onwards Abu Dhabi AUH Salalah SLL 3× Weekly 320
16Jul19 onwards Abu Dhabi AUH Khartoum KRT Tu,Th,Su 320
01Nov19‑20Dec19 Abu Dhabi AUH Kuala Lumpur KUL Daily 781 (x789)

Etihad Airways is expanding its codeshare partnership with
Lufthansa, covering six additional routes within Europe. The codeshare
routes listed below are scheduled from 20May19.

Etihad operated by Lufthansa:

• Frankfurt – Budapest, Frankfurt – Gdansk, Frankfurt – Krakow,
  Munich – Budapest, Munich – Gdansk, Munich – Krakow

ANA and Etihad are expanding their codeshare partnership, including
services to Saudi Arabia, as well as selected routes within Japan. The
codeshare routes from 20May19 (approximate, or earlier) are as
follows.

Etihad operated by ANA:

• Nagoya – Sendai, Tokyo Narita – Niigata, Tokyo Narita – Sendai

Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Group are expanding their codeshare
partnership, covering services between Hong Kong and Europe. From
17Jul19, the new codeshare routes include the following.

Lufthansa operated by Cathay Pacific

• Hong Kong – Frankfurt

EuroAtlantic [Portugal] will stop flying from Lisbon to Sao Tome in
October 2019, as the Sao Tome authorities have refused to extend the
current agreement which includes euroAtlantic as a shareholder in STP
Airways.
The airline has announced 2018 sales up 19% to US$90.1 million,
with net results of $7.6 million.

Eurowings [EW/EWG] [Germany]

17Jan20‑16Mar20 Cologne CGN Arvidsjaur AJR F (Rtn M) 320
27Oct19 onwards Hamburg HAM Oslo OSL Daily 319

Eurowings has introduced additional routes to Turkey, mainly from
Cologne and Hamburg, on board Germanwings Airbus A319 or A320
aircraft, including the following:

• Cologne – Ankara eff 03Jun19: 1 weekly A319/320


• Cologne – Kayseri eff 28May19: 1 weekly A319


• Cologne – Kutahya eff 24May19: 1 weekly A319


• Hamburg – Adana eff 01Jun19: 1 weekly A319

EVA AIR [BR/EVA] [Taiwan] and the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union
have signed an agreement to define future labour‑management