Air-Britain News – August 2019

the company’s insolvency practitioner and supported by parent

Aeroflot (Russia). The debt of the carrier was over US$220 million.

Onur Air [8Q/OHY] [Turkey]

14May19 onwards Istanbul IST Anapa AAQ Tu,F 320

24Jun19‑16Sep19 Antalya AYT Erbil EBL M 321

29Jun19‑22Sep19 Bodrum BJV Basra BSR Sa (*) 320

02Jul19‑28Sep19 Antalya AYT Baghdad BGW Tu,F 321

03Jul19‑25Sep19 Bodrum BJV Baghdad BGW W 320

Pacific Coastal Airlines [Canada]

23Jun19 onwards Victoria YYJ Prince George YXS2× Daily xSa

(+1 Daily)

BE1

23Jun19‑05Oct19 Vancouver YVR Bella Bella ZEL 2× Daily SF3/BE1

23Jun19‑05Oct19 Vancouver YVR Port Hardy YZT 3× Daily (2× Sa) SF3/Be1

For the Bella Bella – Port Hardy sectors, services are being temporarily

transferred to Wilderness Seaplanes from 23Jun19 to 05Oct19.

Pakistan International Airlines [PK/PIA] [Pakistan] plans to

increase its fleet from the current 31 to 45 aircraft by 2025 – all of

them purchased. Pakistan International Airlines re‑added another

A320 to its fleet, serial 2758, which had been grounded for more than

13 months.

30May19 onwards Islamabad ISB Beijing PEK‑Tokyo NRT Th,Su 772

10Sep19 onwards Sialkot SKT London LHR W (rtn Tu) 773

With this new addition, the existing Karachi – London Heathrow

service will be reduced from twice to once weekly.

Passaredo Airlines [Brazil] has entered the competition for Sao Paulo

Congonhas Airport slots to be made available by the bankruptcy of

Avianca Brasil. The carrier wants to take at least 10 of the 21 slots.

Passaredo has established a new MRO at Salvador International

Airport.

PAWA [Dominican Republic] will have its AOC officially cancelled

soon, according to the Dominican CAA.

Peach Aviation [MM/APJ] [Japan] has taken delivery of the first A320,

serial 6257, that was transferred from sister carrier Vanilla Air (Japan)

ahead of the merger.

Pegasus Airlines [PG/PGT] [Turkey]

02Jun19 onwards Izmir ADB Baku GYD Tu,Th,Sa 738

14Jun19‑28Sep19 Trabzon TZX Bahrain BAH F (*) 320

29Jun19 onwards Istanbul SAW Eindhoven EIN Tu,Th,Sa 320

01Jul19‑20Jul19 Istanbul SAW Manchester MAN

5× Weekly

(+2 flights)^738

04Jul19 onwards Antalya AYT Billund BLL Th 320

05Jul19 onwards Istanbul SAW Venice SAW 4× Weekly 738

08Jul19 onwards Istanbul SAW Casablanca CMN M,W,F,Su 320(1)/738(3)

13Jul19‑06Oct19 Bodrum BJV Cologne CGN Tu,Sa 320

21Jul19 onwards Istanbul SAW Manchester MAN

Daily

(+2 flights)^738

29Jul19‑03Sep19 Bodrum BJV Nuremberg NUE M (*) 320

02Sep19 onwards Izmir ADB Kiev KBP (xIEV) M,W,F,Su (*) 738

People Express [US] founder Michael Morisi was indicted on 18

charges of fraud and tax evasion, charged with defrauding creditors of

nearly US$448,000.

Peruvian Airlines [Peru] and Star Peru will not be merged, says

Pervian’s CEO Alberto Lopez Bustillos, and instead, they will focus on

their codeshare agreement.

Philippine Airlines [PR/PAL] [Philippines] is looking to open new

routes to India, as well as increasing frequencies on services to cities

in China, in addition to targeting North America and Europe.

The airline’s last A343 operation was flown on 10Jul19 by RP‑C3441

(474), operating from Manila to Orlando.

capital in 2H19. DNB also says the carrier may refinance the bond issue
of US$250 million.
Norwegian will move the two nonstop services to Barcelona‑El Prat
and Paris CDG from Oakland to San Francisco starting in winter
2019/20 season.
The carrier will operate the following only as Summer routes: CDG

• Boston, LGW – ORD & Denver, Copenhagen – Fort Lauderdale, Los
  Angeles & New York JFK, Oslo – Los Angeles & Orlando, FCO – Los
  Angeles.

29Sep19 onwards Tenerife South TFS Gothenburg GOT Tu,Su 7M8

Norwegian has announced service expansions from Norway,
including the launch of five new routes from Routes Europe 2020 Host
City Bergen. All will be operated by Norwegian Air Shuttle with DY‑
coded flight numbers.

• Bergen – Gdansk eff 27Oct19: 2 weekly 737‑800 (No service
  13Jan20 – 12Feb20)


• Bergen – Harstad‑Narvik (Evenes) eff 28Oct19: 2 weekly 737‑800


• Bergen – Manchester eff 28Oct19: 2 weekly 737‑800


• Bergen – Palanga eff 30Oct19: 2 weekly 737‑800 (No service
  12Jan20 – 11Feb20)


• Bergen – Tenerife South eff 29Oct19: 1 weekly 737‑800


• Oslo – Szczecin eff 29Oct19: 2 weekly 737‑800 (Service
  resumption)


• Trondheim – Tromso eff 28Oct19: 2 weekly 737‑800

Norwegian Air Argentina [DN] [Argentina] has applied to operate
flights between Argentina and the US, following the recent signing of
the bilateral agreement that allows unlimited opening of routes and
frequencies between the two countries.

16Sep19 onwards Buenos Aires AEP Comodoro Rivadavia
CRD

Daily xF,Su 738

16Sep19 onwards Buenos Aires AEP Trelew REL Daily xF,Su 738
20Sep19 onwards Buenos Aires AEP Jujuy JUJ F,Su 738
20Sep19 onwards Buenos Aires AEP Puerto Madryn PMY F,Su 738
20Sep19 onwards Buenos Aires AEP Ushuaia USH F,Su 738

Other planned increase:

• Buenos Aires Aeroparque – Neuquen eff 16Sep19: Increase from
  4‑5 to 9 weekly


• Buenos Aires Aeroparque – San Carlos de Bariloche eff 19Sep19:
  Increase from 10 to 11 weekly

Norwegian Air International [D8/] [UK]

28Sep19 onwards Tenerife South TFS Reykjavik KEF M,Th,Sa 738
30Oct19 onwards Las Palmas LPA Billund BLL W 738
30Oct19 onwards Las Palmas LPA Reykjavik KEF W,Sa 738
28Oct19 onwards Copenhagen CPH Fuerteventura FUE M 7M8
31Oct19 onwards Copenhagen CPH Munich MUC Th,Su 738

Nouvelair Tunisie [BJ/LBT] [Tunisia] is offering additional scheduled
charter services from Djerba, on board Airbus A320 aircraft. The new
routes are as follows:

• Djerba – Bologna 10Jun19 – 23Sep19: 1 weekly A320


• Djerba – Bordeaux 02Jul19 – 03Sep19: 1 weekly A320


• Djerba – Milan Malpensa 27May19 – 21Oct19: 1 weekly A320


• Djerba – Verona 10Jun19 – 23Sep19: 1 weekly A320

Okay Airways [BK/OKA] [China]

25Jul19 onwards Changsha CSX Osaka KIX Th,Su 738

Oman Air [WY/OMA] [Oman]

01Jul19‑31Aug19 Muscat MCTIstanbul IST Daily 738(2)/787(5) (x738)
01Sep19 onwards Muscat MCT Jakarta CGK Daily 789 (x333)
02Oct19 Muscat MCT Mashhad MHD W,Th,Sa,Su 738

One Caribbean [Saint Vincent and the Grenadines] has taken
delivery of B744 N505BB (29681) and has applied to US DOT for FACP
and is also considering Dubai flights!

Orenburg Airlines [Russia] – bankruptcy proceedings against the
carrier were completed, as the regional court granted a motion filed by