- Moscow Domodedovo – Batumi: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Cagliari: eff 31May20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Catania: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Genoa: eff 01Jun20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Ibiza: eff 31May20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Irkutsk: eff 23Apr20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Krasnodar: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Krasnojarsk: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Munich: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – NJC: eff 30Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Nadym: eff 01Apr20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Naples: eff 01Apr20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Nice: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Novy Urengoy: eff 30Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Olbia: eff 30May20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Omsk: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Pisa: eff 01Apr20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Pula: eff 25Apr20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Rhodes: eff 21Apr20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Rome: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Samarkand: eff 30Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Semey (Semipalatinsk / PLX): eff 25May20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Taraz: eff 26Apr20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Tashkent: eff 31Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Tomsk: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Ust‑Kamenogorsk: eff 31Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Verona: eff 31Mar20
Separately, the A321neo is scheduled to enter service on the following
route from Moscow in S20: - Moscow Domodedovo – Adler/Sochi: eff 29Mar20
Routes SilkRoad official carrier Air Astana and oneWorld member S7
Airlines have launched a reciprocal codeshare partnership, covering
services between Russia and Kazakhstan. From 15Jul19 (or earlier). The
codeshare routes cover the following:
S7 Airlines operated by Air Astana - Almaty – Novosibirsk, Almaty – St. Petersburg, Nur‑Sultan –
Novosibirsk, Nur‑Sultan – St. Petersburg
SA Express [XZ/EXY] [South Africa] financial statements have been
signed off by auditors and are set to be presented to Cabinet. The
carrier has dismissed rumours of its imminent liquidation as it
continues to make progress in turning around its fortunes. SA Express
is preparing to lay fraud and corruption charges against some of its
former executives, following a forensic investigation which flagged a
number of transactions that may have prejudiced the airline of
millions of rand prior to SAX’s temporary grounding in May 2018.Salam Air [OV/OMS] [Oman] is mulling the addition of a new hub in
Salalah where it could base “a few” aircraft as it becomes a year‑round
destination.
Salam Air is weighing an order of up to a 12 A321LRs or A220s by
the end of 2019, as it seeks to triple the size of its network ahead of a
potential IPO in 2024. The carrier plans to serve 60 destinations and
expand its fleet to 20 aircraft over the next five years, with break‑even
in 2020.
09Jun19 onwards Muscat MCT Tehran IKA Tu,Th,Su 32Q
02Jul19 onwards Salalah SLL Abu Dhabi AUH 3× Weekly 32QSamoa Airways [OL] [Samoa] is not ruling out the option of
expanding to new destinations, but its priority is to build on what it is
currently able to offer on core routes.Saratov Airlines [6W/SOV] [Russia] will dismiss 80% of its
employees, equating to 394 jobs, as some aircraft are no longer
operating.SAS Scandinavian Airlines [SK/SAS] [Sweden] has taken delivery of
its fifth new A330‑300 Enhanced, serial 1928, which will replace one
A340, serial 167. The A340 will remain as a spare. SAS will also take
delivery of its first of eight A350‑900 in late 2019.Royal Air Philippines [Philippines] took delivery of an A319 in late
May 2019 as it expanded its domestic network from its Cebu hub. Two
more aircraft are due to come in June and October 2019, followed by
two more in 2020.
19Jun19 onwards Kalibo KLO Jieyang/Chaoshan SWA W,Su AR1
Royal Brunei Airlines [BI/RBA] [Brunei] will introduce RB Link flights
with services connecting Brunei and new cities in Borneo Island in
partnership with Malindo Air (Malaysia), who will wet lease one ATR‑72‑
600 to RBA.
Royal Flight [4R/ABG] [Russia] took delivery of a B777‑300ER, serial
32708, with two more B777‑300ERs to follow. The airline has also
received a third B737‑800.
Royal Jordanian [Jordan] was due to sign a narrowbody order by the
end of June 2019, with 16 aircraft in contention, including the B737
MAX, E‑Jet E2, and A220. The aircraft will partially replace existing A320
family aircraft and E‑Jets.
The airline has expanded its codeshare partnership with Turkish
Airlines, covering additional routes operated by the latter. The new
codeshare routes from 03Jun19 (or earlier) are as follows:
Royal Jordanian operated by Turkish Airlines:
- Amman – Antalya, Amman – Dalaman, Istanbul – Gaziantep,
Istanbul – Izmir,
RusLine [7R/RLU] [Russia]
01Jun19‑12Sep19 Adler/Sochi AER Saransk SKX Th,Sa CR1
01Jun19‑15Sep19 Adler/Sochi AER Saratov RTW Su (Rtn Sa) CR1
01Jun19‑21Sep19 Simferopol SIP Penz PEZ Sa CR1
Rwandair [WB/RWD] [Rwanda]
25Jun19 onwards Kigali KGL Tel Aviv TLV Tu,Th,Sa 738
Ryanair [FR/RYR] [Ireland] – CEO Michael O’Leary says the carrier has
no plans to market the B737 MAX differently to the other aircraft in its
fleet.
Ryanair now hopes to receive its first MAX200 aircraft sometime
between January and February 2020, shortly after the expected return
of the MAX 8 to service in late 2019. The carrier now expects to take up
to 30 B737 MAX deliveries up to end of May 2020, causing the airline
to cut summer 2020 growth rate from 7% to 3%. Possible closures of
bases or short term cuts may be necessary from November 2019. The
carrier may have to trim plans to grow capacity in summer 2020 if the
B737 MAX is not flying by November 2019 due to the rate at which it
needs to take new deliveries over the winter.
Ryanair has announced a new weekly Bristol ski route to/from
Grenoble commencing in January 2020.
The carrier has announced its first ever flights from Beirut Airport,
with a new three times weekly route to Paphos, Cyprus commencing in
October, as part of its Winter 2019 schedule.
Ryanair could close bases and is offering unpaid leave to pilots as
delays in delivery of new aircraft and tough trading conditions bite.
Ryanair could launch services to Georgia as early as 2020, says
Georgian Minister, with services to both Kutaisi and Tbilisi.
Ryanair says in fiscal 2019 it will pay US$711 million in
environmental taxes, after paying over $609 million in 2018.
S7 Airlines [S7/SBI] [Russia]
14Jun19‑04Oct19 Irkutsk IKT Hong Kong HKG W, F 32N
04Jul19‑01Sep19 Novosibirsk OVB Guangzhou CAN Tu,Th,Su () 32N
02Sep19 onwards Novosibirsk OVB Guangzhou CAN M,Tu,Th,Su () 32N
01Oct19 onwards Vladivostok VVO Krasnoyarsk KJA Tu,F (*) 320
24Apr20 onwards Vladivostok VVO Taipei TPE F 32N
S7 Airlines has extended its schedule listing into the summer 2020
season, on/after 29Mar20. Preliminary schedules include A320neo
aircraft network expansion at Moscow Domodedovo. The planned new
A320neo routes from Moscow are as follows:
- Moscow Domodedovo – Anapa: eff 29Mar20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Alicante: eff 25Apr20
- Moscow Domodedovo – Ashgabat: eff 05Apr20