Air-Britain News – August 2019

Hangzhou, Kunming – Yibin – Xiamen, Shanghai Pu Dong –

Changsha, Shanghai Pu Dong – Guiyang, Shanghai Pu Dong –

Hefei, Shanghai Pu Dong – Jinan, Shanghai Pu Dong – Kunming,

Shanghai Pu Dong – Lanzhou, Shanghai Pu Dong – Nanchang,

Shanghai Pu Dong – Nanjing, Shanghai Pu Dong – Ningbo,

Shanghai Pu Dong – Sanya, Shanghai Pu Dong – Shenzhen,

Shanghai Pu Dong – Taiyuan, Shanghai Pu Dong – Tianjin,

Shanghai Pu Dong – Xining, Shanghai Pu Dong – Yantai, Shanghai

Pu Dong – Zhanjiang, Shanghai Pu Dong – Zhoushan – Shantou,

Shanghai Pu Dong – Zhuhai, Xiamen – Hefei, Xiamen – Nanjing,

Xiamen – Yibin

Additional changes to KLM’s planned Northern winter 2019/20 long‑

haul service, effective 27Oct19, as as follows. Note all operational days

are based on Amsterdam departure.

• Amsterdam – Bogota – Cartagena – Amsterdam eff 01Nov19:
  Increase from 5 weekly to 6 weekly, 787‑9 operating. Planned
  seventh weekly, previously scheduled from 09Jan20 to 03Mar20, is
  cancelled


• Amsterdam – Delhi eff 27Oct19: 787‑10 operates 1 daily, replacing
  previously filed 747‑400PAX (5‑6 weekly)/‑400COMBI (1‑2 weekly;
  This route initially filed as 777‑200ER/‑300ER route)


• Amsterdam – Nairobi eff 27Oct19: 747‑400PAX/‑400COMBI
  continues operating 1 daily, replacing previously planned 787‑10

Komiaviatrans [KO/KMA] [Russia] is being sued by GTL‑Air Limited

(Ireland) for US$15.7 million over the lease of five ERJ‑145s.

Korea Express Air [XE/KEA] [South Korea] cancelled six round trips

from Seoul Gimpo to Izumo from 18Jul19 to 25Jul19 due to lack of

demand.

Korean Air [KE/KAL] [South Korea] has placed a tentative order for

10 B787‑10s and 10 B787‑9s and will also lease 10 B787‑10s from ALC.

Deliveries are set for 2021‑23.

01Sep19 onwards Seoul ICN Delhi DEL Daily(+2 flights) 332

17Sep19 onwards Seoul ICN Zagreb ZAG Tu,Th,Sa 789 (x332)

01Oct19 Seoul ICN Nadi NAN Tu,Th,Su Cancelled

KrasAvia [Russia] – former CEO Valery Mordan was sentenced to four

years in prison for taking bribes.

Kuwait Airways [KU/KAC] [Kuwait]

07Jun19 onwards Kuwait City KWI Bodrum BJV M,F 320

La Compagnie [BO/DJT] [France] says it is currently on track to

achieve profitability by early 2020.

27Oct19 onwards Paris ORY Newark EWR 11× Weekly 321 (x321/757)

La Nova [Switzerland] is no longer announcing a date to start

operations after multiple delays and the loss of its CFO, Ludovic Rosse.

LAM Mozambique [Mozambique] will once again be allowed to fly to

the EU from 2020 onwards, following a ban that had been in effect

since April 2011.

28May 19 Maputo MPM‑Pemba POL Nairobi NBO 3× WeeklyCancelled

28May 19 Maputo MPM‑Pemba POL Dar Es Salaam DAR 2× WeeklyCancelled

28May 19 onwards Maputo MPM‑Pemba POL Dar es Salaam DAR‑Nairobi NBO Tu,Th,Sa 737

Lanmei Airlines [LQ/MKR] [Cambodia]

25Jun19 onwards Sihanoukville KOS Shenyang SHE Tu 320

Lanmei Airlines has introduced six additional routes to China,

previously not covered on Airlineroute. The new routes includes the

following:

• Siem Reap – Datong eff 08Jun19: Every 5 Days, A319 operating


• Sihanoukville – Fuzhou eff 03Jul19: 3 weekly A321


• Sihanoukville – Jinghong eff 02Aug19: 3 weekly A320


• Amsterdam – Panama City eff 27Oct19: 777‑300ER service
  increases from 2 to 3 weekly (Day 136), 777‑200ER reduces from 5
  to 4 weekly (Day x136)


• Amsterdam – Paramaribo 17Jan20 – 14Feb20: KLM schedule listing
  shows increase from 5 to 6 weekly, however additional flight on
  Day 5 is no longer available for reservation


• Amsterdam – Rio de Janeiro: Planned 3 weekly 787‑9 and 4 weekly
  777‑200ER revised to following:
  27Oct19 – 30Dec19 789 Day 3 772 Day x3
  31Dec19 – 28Mar20 789 Day 23 772 Day x23


• Amsterdam – San Francisco: Planned 787‑10 service from 28Oct19
  delayed to January 2020:
  27Oct19 – 08Dec19 789 Daily
  09Dec19 – 02Jan20 789 Day 246 772 Day x246
  03Jan20 – 28Mar20 789 Day 246 781 Day 57 772 Day 13
  Previously 787‑10 was scheduled to operate on 4 of 7 weekly
  flights for entire winter season.


• Amsterdam – Seoul Incheon: Planned 747‑400COMBI service
  extended to 07Dec19:
  27Oct19 – 07Dec19 74E Day 136 772 Day x136
  08Dec19 – 28Mar20 772 Daily


• Amsterdam – Shanghai Pu Dong: KL895/896 aircraft changes
  27Oct19 – 06Dec19 77W Day x6 789 Day 6
  07Dec19 – 28Mar20 77W Day 37 772 Day x367 789 Day 6


• Amsterdam – Singapore – Denpasar eff 10Dec19: 777‑300ER
  operates daily, instead of 6 weekly ‑300ER and 1 weekly ‑200ER


• Amsterdam – Taipei Taoyuan – Manila: 777‑300ER service
  increases from 3 to 4‑5 weekly:
  27Oct19 – 11Dec19 77W Day x25 772 Day 25
  12Dec19 – 28Mar20 77W Day x256 772 Day 256


• Amsterdam – Toronto:
  KL691/692 747‑400PAX replaced by ‑400COMBI (74E) or 787‑9
  (789):
  27Oct19 – 08Dec19 74E Day 145 789 Day 2
  09Dec19 – 11Jan20 74E Day x37
  12Jan20 – 15Feb20 74E Day x357
  16Feb20 – 28Mar20 74E Day x367
  KL695/696 (2 weekly) 747‑400COMBI replaced by following:
  27Oct19 – 07Dec19 789
  12Dec19 – 28Mar20 772

31Aug19‑22Sep19 Amsterdam AMS‑Quito UIO Curacao CUR‑Amsterdam AMSSa,Su 772

31Aug19‑22Sep19 Amsterdam AMS‑Quito UIO Guayaquil GYE‑Amsterdam AMSDaily xSa,Su (‑2 flights) 772

27Oct19‑06Dec19 Amsterdam AMSMinneapolis St Paul MSP M,W,F,Su 772 (x789)

27Oct19 onwards Amsterdam AMSDelhi DEL Daily 744/74E (x787)^

27Oct19 onwards Amsterdam AMSNairobi NBO Daily 781 (x744)

27Oct19 onwards Amsterdam AMSMumbai BOM Daily
(+2 flights)

789/781

28Oct19‑27Mar20 Amsterdam AMSColombo CMB M,Th Suspended
30Oct19 Amsterdam AMSBangalore BLR M,W,F Cancelled

08Dec19 onwards Amsterdam AMSCalgary TTC Daily

789(3)/
333(4)
(x789)
17Jan20‑14Feb20 Amsterdam AMS Paramaribo PBMDaily xW 744

01Mar 20 onwards
(x29Mar20 onwards)Amsterdam AMSCuracai CUR 11× Weekly

332(4)/
781(7)
(x744)
02May20 onwards Amsterdam AMSLos Angeles LAX2× Daily xTh 772/789

KLM has expanded its codeshare partnership with China Eastern,
covering various routes in China. The new codeshare routes from late‑
May 2019 include the following:

KLM operated by China Eastern

• Beijing – Hangzhou, Beijing – Hefei, Beijing – Kunming, Beijing –
  Lanzhou, Beijing – Nanchang, Beijing – Nanjing, Beijing – Qingdao,
  Beijing – Taiyuan – Wenzhou, Beijing – Wenzhou, Beijing – Wuhan,
  Beijing – Wuxi, Beijing – Yinchuan, Chengdu – Hefei, Chengdu –
  Kunming, Chengdu – Nanjing, Chengdu – Wuhan, Chengdu – Wuxi,
  Chengdu – Yushu – Xining, Hangzhou – Taiyuan, Hangzhou –
  Xiamen, Hangzhou – Xi’An, Kunming – Beijing, Kunming –