6 months....all kinds of people in life I've met, from unreasonable & unrealistic customers to weird people. Not to mention, there are always generous & kind travellers, who make your life easy, but the most memorable are those who demands you to create a miracle for them.
6 months....From a noob who barely knows the travel class everytime i check my air ticket, and now i can confidently remember many travel class & their T&Cs of many airlines. Round the world, airpass, complicated air travels, you name it, i can find a routing for you. Sometimes i really pity the new staff that comes in as the training provided can hardly provide them on whats going on. I'm unfortunately one of them, barely any training and hands-on by myself, gathering help here & there. Of course, help is insufficient internally, i often have to ask external help from experts. Sadly to say, this industry needs some hard-core aviation fanatics that will provide the pillar of strength for the sales figure. It is quite interesting to note that some of my friends totally not into this industry really know their stuff as compared to some in the industry. No criticisms here, but this is a sad fact.
Nonetheless, i will never forget the group of friends i've met mainly wee long, choon yew, jeff, yy, lee tian, louis and our perm-staff Aiden who is always hungry for sales and the answer to all our problems. Not to forget, i will add lucas, but of course, i've met you since 4 years ago...hahahaha. Without my friends support and accompany, i dun think my stay will be that long-lasting & enjoyable...haha.
In view of my departure, i will do an analyst of all the airlines that i've learnt in my 6 mths, the comments from my customers, reviews from my frequently-travelled friends esp to you LX, and my experiences i've encountered throughout my life...starting in alphabetical order:
AmericanAirlines (AA)
> For ex-SIN fares, only Q class followed by S class.
> One way fares one of the cheapest among all USA carriers from SIN
> Seats are always available 95% of the time, except for end of year peak season.
> Domestic flights always have problems getting Q/ S class, hence always do married segments
> SIN-Tokyo(NRT) only can do AA codeshare with JL(Q/S class)/ JL-operated flt (Q/S class)/ NH-operated flt(G class)/ SQ-operated flt (K/L class).
> SIN-NRT is a problem for dec08 departure onwards as the sin-nrt on jl, q class is always blocked in advance by airline. It can be overcome by placing other carriers.
> Open-jaws can be done, like SIN-KIX (Osaka), NRT (Tokyo) to DFW (Dallas)
> Stopovers allowed for both directions, how generous
> Tokyo - USA all on Boeing 777-200er The na-na-na plane, like how the Japs always call that plane during announcements. All with personal tv screen. Service relatively the best as compared to their domestic flights. Delays are kept to a minimum. Better than United Air (UA) or some Northwest Air (NW) AA B772 are much newer.
> Do remeber food catered from Tokyo-Narita is one of the most expensive, dont waste them
> Their hubs in USA - Dallas (DFW), from Tokyo, it flies to DFW, BOS (Boston), ORD (Chicago), JFK ( New York), LAX (Los Angeles). The Tokyo-Dallas usually have alot seats in the fare bucket, while the Tokyo-Los Angeles have most of their seats zero'ed out, well, its one of their cash-cow services.
> If flying to inner cities, AA is the cheapest unless NW/UA flies there with one transit point.
> Domestic cities try to avoid MD80 plane...its aging.
> If transferring to American-Eagle operated flight, do take note as their policies do differ and may get your boarding rejected if you do not stick to their boarding in advance timings. Their services differ from AA too.
> Fares are also valid beyond the States, like in South America and Canada, tho' the former will prove a challenge to find seats on the elusive Q class.
> American has loaded the schedule and availability to the GDS for Chicago - Beijing route, effective 07APR09
AA187 ORD1115 - 1345+1PEK 777 D
AA186 PEK1550 - 1540ORD 777 D
> American has announced initial capacity cut for the 2008 Fall schedule, includes:
*Suspension of Chicago - Buenos Aires from 03SEP08
*Suspension of Chicago - Honolulu from 05JAN09. Between 03SEP08 and 04JAN09, it'll operate on selected peak demand days
*Suspension of Boston - San Diego from 03SEP08
*Restructuring of the San Juan operation
> American Airlines has filed an application for allocation of 11 weekly service to Brazil, as early as 02NOV08.
It plans to operate Boeing 767-300ER (C30Y195) aircraft on the following routes:
*Daily Miami - Salvador de Bahia - Recife -Miami
AA980 MIA2120 - 0625+1SSA0750+1 - 0910+1REC 763 D
AA980 REC1035 - 1740MIA 763 D
*4 weekly Miami - Belo Horizonte v.v.
AA991 MIA2315 - 0820+1CNF 763 x135
AA992 CNF2150 - 0455+1MIA 763 x246
AirCanada (AC) - star alliance
> As confirmed with AC HK office, travel agents here can sell AC fares so long as have the authorisation from them. But still, many avoid because of the possibility of Agent Debit Memo (ADM).
> Q class followed by V class, anything above than Q class, i considered as expensive.
> It is premium-priced.
> One have to take codeshare flight to either HKG (Hong Kong) or (NRT) Tokyo to take their AC-operated aircraft.
> Its better to take the AC-codeshare with SQ to HKG, its on SQ's new B773ER aircraft.
> Its also better to take AC from HKG, it operates the new B77L (long range 772/773) to Toronto (YYZ).
> All B77L, B763ER, selective A319 have the new aircraft cabin. PTVs yes.
> All B77L are brand-new planes, about a year old only, have mood-lighting in the cabin.
> Going to canada on AC from SIN is not the cheapest option.
> HKG to YYZ is highly popular due to the wide asian population in YYZ. Many travel class zero'ed out
> Vancouver (YVR) - Toronto (YYZ) is a premium cash-cow route. Tho' its only 4h+ flt, it cost more than a grand and is mainly monopolised by the carrier.
> Ex-HKG fares to YYZ is cheaper, can mix with other carriers from SIN-HKG to reduce cost.
> SIN-YYZ isnt cheap, after taxes & fuel surcharge will be at least SGD2.8k onwards per person.
> Aiming to fly to YYZ within the next decade, its appealing
> All canada cities IATA code start with a Y in front. YVR (Vancouver), YXE (Saskatoon), YUL (Montreal), YOW (Ottawa), YEG (Edmonton).
> Air Canada's planned cut from Daily to 5 weekly on the Vancouver - Hong Kong route will be only in effect from 15OCT08 to 10DEC08. It'll operate on Day x13 from Vancouver. Operating aircraft remains 777-300ER.
> Air Canada on Friday 04JUL08 announced further suspension and frequency reduction on international routes for Winter 2008/09 season.
Vancouver - Beijing reducing from Daily to 3 weekly (YVR: Day 246; PEK: Day 357)
Vancouver - Shanghai reducing from Daily to 4 weekly (YVR: Day x246; PVG: Day x246)
Toronto - Madrid Suspended for the winter season
Toronto - Tel Aviv reducing from 5 to 3 weekly (YYZ: Day 136; TLV: Day 247)
> Air Canada in the 2008/09 Winter season will have minor aircraft shuffle for Toronto and Montreal service to London
Toronto to London
AC868 YYZ0900 - 2120LHR 763 D
AC856 YYZ1840 - 0625+1LHR 77L D
AC848 YYZ2040 - 0825+1LHR 77W D
AC858 YYZ2255 - 1115+1LHR 763* D
*333 effective 01FEB09
London to Toronto
AC869 LHR0900 - 1220YYZ 333 D
AC857 LHR1200 - 1500YYZ 77W D
AC849 LHR1535 - 1855YYZ 763* D
AC859 LHR1905 - 2225YYZ 763 D
*333 effective 02FEB09
Montreal to London
AC864 YUL1945 - 0730+1LHR 763* D
AC865 LHR1500 - 1730YUL 763* D
*333 effective 01JAN09/02JAN09
>ASIANA will codeshare on Air Canada's new seasonal Seoul - Toronto route that runs between July and September.
| Route | OZ Codesharing | AC Operating |
| | OZ6103 | AC065 |
| | OZ6104 | AC066 |
AirFrance (AF) - skyteam alliance
> SIN-Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) operated on a brand-new B773-er, tho' the ptv screen alittle small compared to sq.
> AF 257 (SIN-CDG) codeshares with Delta Air, Qantas, but too bad only IATA fare applies if you wanna fly with the codeshare flight numbers.
> Check-in in SIN done together with the KLM (KL) flight to Amsterdam as they are one company merged together.
> AF & KL fuel surcharge increases without prior notice.
> To London Heathrow via Paris, fuel sur & taxes is S$944! from around S$ 580 in Jan08. Now its SGD1058 for tax & fuel surcharge as of 03 Aug 2008.
> CDG apt is always hectic and plagued with queues here & there. There must always be sufficient time to transit at paris apt otherwise flights will be missed.
> Very strict terms & conditions, many fares are non-refundable n changes not permitted.
> There are several tiers of youth fares, all max 12mths tkt, except for the difference in min stay for a few days only. Fare basis is the LPZZSG (for L class), otherwise its normally (LPXSG).
> Occassionally, AF will have promo on the lowest class. Q class. That is worth the value.
> AF 12 mths tkt is costly from SIN.
> Once a particular class is fully booked, totally no more seats for that class, no waitlist permitted
> AF blocks the lowest few classes of seats to promote higher fares on other booking class.
> Prior b4 departure a few weeks b4 hand, AF will start to release more travel class, even on L class (the lowest SGD1160 b4 taxes to CDG, return trip).
> Flying Blue Freq flyer card does not give you miles on the lowest few classes, not ez to accural miles.
> Flies to many cities in Africa & South America, but really costly...3-4k at least.
> Punctuality ok, occassional delays due to CDG side.
>Air France 2008/09 Winter Schedule on the international service is listed below.
Note all data is as of 24JUL08 and all units are weekly basis.
| | |||
| | 7 332 | 5 332 | Eff 01OCT08 |
| | 7 744 | 7 343 | |
| | 5 77W 14 772 1 343 | 4 77W 11 772 1 343 | |
| | 7 772 7 332 | 7 77W | |
| | 7 343 | 3 332 2 343 | |
| | 7 332 | 5 332 | |
| | 7 744 7 343 / 332 | 7 744 | |
| | 7 772 14 772 / 77W 7 77W 7 744 / 343 7 332 | Till 05JAN09 14 772 7 77W 7 343 Eff 06JAN09 14 772 7 77W | |
| | 7 332 | 7 332 | |
| | 7 343 | 5 332 | |
| | 14 772 3 343 3 332 | 14 772 | |
| | 7 343 | 7 343 | |
| | 7 744 | 7 744 | |
| | 7 744 | 7 343 | |
| | 14 744 7 772 | Till 01FEB09 7 77W 7 343 Eff 02FEB09 7 77W 7 744 | |
| | 7 744 7 772 | 12 772 | |
| Punta Cana | - | Till 14DEC08 2 744 Eff 16DEC08 5 744 | |
| Punta Cana – Santo Domingo (triangle) | 3 744 | 3 744 | Till 15DEC08 |
| | - | 3 744 | Eff 16DEC08 |
| | 5 744 | 7 744 | |
| | 7 343 | 7 343 | |
| | 7 744 | 7 744 | |
| | 7 744 5 332 | 7 744 7 332 | |
| | 7 772 7 332 | 7 772 7 332 | |
| | 7 772 | 7 77W | |
| Santiago de Chile | 5 772 | 7 772 | |
| | 6 343 | 7 343 | |
| | 6 343 7 772 7 77W | 6 332 13 77W 6 772 | |
| | 7 77W | 7 77W | |
| | 7 77W | 3 77W 4 772 | |
| | 14 77W | 10 77W | |
| | 8 772 6 77W | 9 772 5 77W | |
| | 3 343 | 3 343 | |
| | 7 772 7 77W | 6 772 6 77W | |
| | 4 343 | 4 744 | |
| | 3 343 | 3 744 | |
| | 7 77W | 7 77W | |
| | 7 343 | 7 744 | |
| Mumbai | 6 772 | 7 772 | |
| | 7 332 | 7 332 | |
| Chennai | 3 343 | 3 343 | |
| | 4 343 | 4 332 | |
| | 7 772 5 332 | 7 772 7 332 | |
| | 7 319 | 7 319 | |
| Jeddah | 5 319 | 5 319 | |
| | 5 320 | 4 320 | |
| | 7 77W | 7 77W | |
| | 7 320 | 7 320 | |
| Tel Aviv | 14 320 | 14 320 | |
| | 3 772 6 332 | 7 332 3 772 | |
| | 1 332 | 1 343 | Day 6 iso Day 5 |
| | 7 772 | 7 772 | |
| | 3 332 | 3 332 | |
| | 3 343 | 4 343 | |
| | 6 332 | 3 332 4 343 | |
| | 7 772 | 7 772 | |
| N’Djamena | 7 319 | 7 319 | |
| | 5 319 | 5 319 | |
| | 3 332 1 343 | 4 343 | |
| | 3 343 | 3 343 | |
| | 7 332 | 7 332 | |
| | 4 343 | 4 343 | |
| | 3 319 | 4 319 | |
| | 6 319 | 6 319 | |
| | 3 343 | 3 343 | |
| | 4 343 | 4 343 | |
| | 2 77W 2 772 | 4 77W | |
| | 1 332 | 1 343 | |
| | 4 332 | Till 18JAN09 4 332 Eff 19JAN09 4 343 | |
| | 3 332 | Till 18JAN09 3 332 Eff 19JAN09 3 343 | |
| Pointe-Noire | 2 332 | 2 332 | |
| | 1 77W | 1 77W | |
| | 14 77W | 14 77W | |
| | 5 343 | 4 343 | |
| | 4 744 | 7 744 | |
| | |||
| Fort de France | 14 77W | 14 77W | |
| Pointe-a-Pitre | 14 77W | 11 – 14 77W | |
| | 7 77W | 7 343 | |
| St Denis de la Reunion | 7 77W | 7 77W | |
| | |||
| | 7 772 | 7 772 | |
| | 4 343 | 4 343 | |
AirIndia (AI) - soon to be a Star Alliance member
> Not sure how it is qualified to enter a prestigious *A member.
> Old planes plagued on ex-SIN routes
> Delays are frequent, same applies to cancellations
> Service improving....
> One of the cheaper fares to India (V class)
> Air India & Indian Airlines are now one company
> Only the AI 101 from Delhi to New York is worth flying. New B77L plane, the rest are in need of a major revamp. Those to DXB, NRT, FRA,LAX using new B773ER planes are worthy to fly too.
>With SQ/AI codeshare airfares, it is cheaper to fly individual price at the cost of SQ 2-to-go fares on SQ aircraft.
>Effective 01JUL08, Air India will expand codesharing service on Singapore Airlines' operating route, mainly to Australia, as well as additional routes between India, as well as SE Asia and Singapore.
With the codesharing, Air India is codesharing on all Singapore Airlines' service between India and Singapore (except Mumbai)
| Routes | AI Codesharing | SQ Operating |
| Ahmedabad – | AI7531 | SQ531 |
| | AI7530 | SQ530 |
| | AI7447 | SQ447 |
| | AI7446 | SQ446 |
| | AI7405 AI7407 | SQ405 SQ407 |
| | AI7406 AI7408 | SQ406 SQ408 |
| Kolkata – | AI7517 | SQ517 |
| | AI7516 | SQ516 |
| | AI7980 | SQ980 |
| | AI7975 | SQ975 |
| | AI7255 | SQ255 |
| | AI7256 | SQ256 |
| | AI7112 | SQ112 |
| | AI7113 | SQ113 |
| | AI7217 AI7227 | SQ217 SQ227 |
| | AI7238 | SQ238 |
| | AI7219 | SQ219 |
| | AI7232 | SQ232 |
> Air India has been offering additional codeshare service on nonstop flights from India to Singapore, operated by Indian Airlines/IC
| Route | AI Codesharing | IC Operating |
| Chennai – | AI9555 AI9557 | IC555 IC557 |
| | AI9556 AI9558 | IC556 IC558 |
| | AI9957 | IC957 |
| | AI9958 | IC958 |
AirAsia (AK) - m'sia budget air
> Many comments about aging planes, lousy service
> Well, they did bought a bulk of new planes, i think the standard is there
> Most of the time punctual, sin-bkk use relatively new planes
> Cheap fares, worth trying, our region's Ryanair.
> Charge everything from food to checked-in baggage
Aeromexico (AM) - skyteam alliance
> Hardly anyone knows we have fares all the way to Mexico city via Tokyo.
> Long travelling times.
BritishAirways (BA) - Oneworld Alliance
> BA & Qantas (QF) are like brothers & sisters, their fares are the same, can use both their codeshare flights to sell
> My impression is that QF is better than BA.
> Mainly flies B747 planes for either the Aust/London route. All have PTVs.
> One flight flies on a B777 plane
> Fuel surcharge & taxes to London is now SGD 769 (as of 03 aug 08)
> The lowest fare of SGD 998 to London is extinct, all fares increase by SGD 50 onwards wef 20 jun 2008.
> V class lowest fares followed by L class. All mileage non-accural.
> Used to give kids a flight log book to record down their flying mileages with BA, guessed i lost that already.
RoyalBruneiAirways(BI)
> No matter how much packages of Brunei onew advertise, i believe they must do an advertioral on the newspaper and tempt people to go.
> Last time BI used to be the cheapest to many places, but not anymore.
> Long transit time, really long
> Old & small planes, not very pleasant for an oil-rich country
> Royal Brunei's Boeing 767 service to the South East Asian region will see minor shuffle effective 01JUN08.
> Effective 02JUN08, Boeing 767 will operate Bandar Seri Begawan - Kuala Lumpur every Monday
> Boeing 767 service to Singapore will no longer be operated from 01JUN08.
> Day 23 Boeing 767 flight to Hong Kong will be operating on Day 67 instead, effective 01JUN08
> Royal Brunei Airlines on 31MAR08 announced it'll cancel 4 weekly Bandar Seri Begawan - Shanghai flight from 26APR08.
> On 06APR08 in a press statement it says in order to accommodate a strengthening schedule for summer season, it'll be canceling service to Denpasar and Sydney from 01JUN08
> Singapore Airlines and Royal Brunei will cease their codeshare agreement on 31JAN08.
EvaAir (BR)
> The carrier with the Hello Kitty livery on its plane, but its being discontinued after summer 08
> Used to be decently-priced, now its a expensive flight to TPE/USA
> With all the weekend departure, add SGD50 and the high & low season, their fares are getting more complicated & hard to sell
> To USA, fares are much beyond SGD2k...
> one of the carriers with weekday/weekend/peak surcharge
> The only sin-taipei with premium econ seats.
> Only worth to fly if its the new Boeing 777-300ER plane which flies on certain days to Singapore.
> The following is EVA Air's preliminary 2008/09 Winter schedule as of 31JUL08
| Route | A/C & Freq | Remark |
| Taipei - Hong Kong | 7 Daily EQV 5 Daily 74E/332 | Till 04JAN09 Eff 05JAN09 |
| Taipei - Macau | 2 Daily M90 1 Daily 332 1 Daily 77W | |
| Taipei - Hanoi | 1 Daily M90 | |
| Taipei - Ho Chi Minh | 1 Daily 747 or 77W 2 weekly 332 2 weekly 77W | |
| Taipei - Phnom Penh | 1 Daily M90 | |
| Taipei - Bangkok | 5 weekly 77W | Was 1 Daily |
| Taipei - Kuala Lumpur | 4 weekly 74E 1 weekly 332 | |
| Taipei - Singapore | 5 weekly 332 | Was 1 Daily |
| Taipei - Jakarta | 5 weekly 74E | Was 1 Daily 74E/332 |
| Taipei - Surabaya | 2 weekly 332 | |
| Taipei - Denpasar | 1 Daily 320 | |
| Taipei - Manila | 1 Daily 74E or 332 | |
| Taipei - Seoul | 1 Daily 332 | |
| Taipei - Tokyo | 2 Daily 332 | |
| Taipei - Sendai | 5 weekly M90 | |
| Taipei - Sapporo | 1 Daily 332 | |
| Taipei - Komatsu | 2 weekly M90 | |
| Taipei - Miyazaki | 2 weekly M90 | |
| Taipei - Nagoya | 5 weekly 332 | |
| Taipei - Osaka | 1 Daily 332 | |
| Taipei - Los Angeles | 11 weekly 77W | Was 17 weekly |
| Taipei - Osaka - Los Angeles | 3 weekly 77W | |
| Taipei - San Francisco | 10 weekly 77W | |
| Taipei - Seattle | 4 weekly 77W | Was 5 weekly |
| Taipei - Newark | 3 weekly 77W | |
| Taipei - Vancouver | 3 weekly 77W | |
| Taipei - Brisbane | 3 weekly 332 | |
| Taipei - Auckland | 2 weekly 332 | |
| Taipei - Bangkok - Vienna | 3 weekly 332 | |
| Taipei - Bangkok - London | 6 weekly 747 | |
| Taipei - Bangkok - Amsterdam | 4 weekly 77W | 3 weekly till 30NOV08 |
| Kaohsiung - Macau | 2 Daily M90 |
>EVA Air has announced the fall/winter reductions
| Route | Flight Nbr | CXLD Freq | Effective Date |
| Taipei - Los Angeles | BR016 | Day 246 | 01SEP08 - 17DEC08 25JAN09 - 28MAR09 |
| Los Angeles - Taipei | BR011 | Day 6 Day 46 Day 46 | 05SEP08 - 14SEP08 15SEP08 - 17DEC08 25JAN09 - 28MAR09 |
| Los Angeles - Taipei | BR001 | Day 35 Day 3 Day 2 Day 2 Day 146 Day 2357 | 03SEP08 - 14SEP08 15SEP08 - 01NOV08 02NOV08 - 17DEC08 25JAN09 - 07MAR09 11DEC08 - 07MAR09 09MAR09 - 29MAR09 |
| Taipei - Seattle | BR026 | Day 4 | 01SEP08 - 28MAR09 |
| Seattle - Taipei | BR025 | Day 5 | 02SEP08 - 29MAR09 |
| Taipei - San Francisco | BR028 | Day 25 Day 26 | 01SEP08 - 11OCT08 12OCT08 - 28MAR09 |
| San Francisco - Taipei | BR027 | Day 25 Day 26 | 01SEP08 - 11OCT08 12OCT08 - 28MAR09 |
| Taipei - Ho Chi Minh v.v. | BR395/396 | Day 2 Day 246 | 11DEC08 - 31DEC08 01JAN09 onward |
| Taipei - Jakarta v.v. | BR237/238 | Day 26 | 01SEP08 onward |
| Taipei - Kuala Lumpur v.v. | BR227/228 | Day 14 | 01SEP08 - 21SEP08 30SEP08 onward |
| Taipei - Singapore v.v. | BR225/226 | Day 35 | 01SEP08 - 23SEP08 03OCT08 - 08OCT08 15OCT08 - 23OCT08 25OCT08 onward |
| Taipei - Bangkok v.v. | BR211/212 | Day 35 | 01SEP08 onward |
AirChina (CA)
> The national carrier of China
> W class the cheapest booking class
> Promo fares to China are continuous
> Occasionally will have promo fares to North America/ Europe, really cheap
> The only fare to Pyongyang(FNJ) and even fly to Sao Paulo(discontinuing wef 15sep08)
> Some of their new planes have PTVs amazingly
> The CTU/PEK(Chengdu/Beijing)-LXA/URC (Lhasa/Urumqi) is a domestic cashcow route, all their fares are premium-priced and still very popular. It was overbooked when i last sat on it.
> Always call to reconfirm flights, otherwise you will fly on the next flight, lesson learnt for me.
> CA & MF (Xiamen Airlines) always compete for the fares to Xiamen (XMN), so pple flying this route should be glad.
> SIN-CTU/XMN uses new planes (B738/A319), however those flying the SIN-PEK route will get a culture shock to see a old B763 still being deployed on such a reputable route.
> Air China in 17JUL08's schedule update has unveiled its International schedule for 2008/09 winter season.
Airbus 330
In the winter season Airbus A330 will replace on Boeing 767 service on the long-haul routes, mainly Dubai, Athens, Stockholm, Munich. Service to London will also see A330 operating, replacing Boeing 747-400 and A340
Re-Routing / Suspension
*The Beijing - Dubai - Athens will become Beijing - Paris - Athens, retaining 2 weekly service to the Greek capital
CA963 PEK0200 - 0615CDG0745 - 1205ATH 330 36
CA964 ATH1330 - 1550CDG1720 - 1030+1PEK 330 36
*Beijing - Karachi - Kuwait route with 1 weekly 767 will be suspended, replaced by Beijing - Urumqi - Karachi service and increase to 2 weekly with A319.
CA945 PEK1820 - 2225URC2325 - 0040+1KHI 319 14
CA946 KHI0140 - 0840URC0940 - 1325PEK 319 25
*The Shanghai - Milan - Rome - Shanghai 3 weekly service (CA967/968) will be suspended. In the winter season, Daily service to Milan will be reduced to 5 weekly with turn-around service
Frequency Reduction
*Beijing - San Francisco route will be reduced from Daily to 5 weekly
*Beijing - Munich will be reduced from 5 to 4 weekly
*Beijing - Pyongyang will be reduced from 3 to 2 weekly
*Beijing - Frankfurt, CA965/966, will be reduced from Daily to 5 weekly
*Beijing - Xiamen - Jakarta reducing from 3 to 2 weekly
Frequency Increase
*The recently introduced Beijing - Sydney nonstop 3 weekly service will be increased to 4 weekly
*Shanghai - Melbourne nonstop service will be increased from 3 to 4 weekly
*Beijing - Delhi will be increased from 4 weekly to Daily
*Beijing - Shanghai - Sendai increase from 3 to 4 weekly from 01SEP08
*Beijing - Kunming - Yangon increase from 2 to 3 weekly
*Chengdu - Lhasa - Kathmandu increase from 1 to 2 weekly
Service Resumption
*Seasonal Daily 737-800 service on Beijing - Macau returns in 08/09 Winter season
CA119 PEK1255 - 1620MFM 738 D
CA120 MFM1735 - 2055PEK 738 D
*Seasonal 2nd Daily Beijing - Bangkok returns in 08/09 Winter season
CA959 PEK1330 - 1750BKK 738 D
CA979 PEK2030 - 0005+1BKK 757 D
CA980 BKK0120 - 0630PEK 757 D
CA960 BKK1850 - 0030+1PEK 738 D
*5 weekly Chengdu - Bangkok is to be resumed
CA401 CTU0020 - 0200BKK 736 x34
CA402 BKK0300 - 0630CTU 736 x45
| Route | Till 25 OCT08 | Eff 26OCT08 |
| | 7 330 | 7 330 |
| | 7 744 | 7 744 |
| | 7 74E | 5 74E |
| | 7 74E | 7 74E |
| | 7 74E | 7 330 |
| | 7 340 | 7 74E |
| | - | 2 330 |
| | 4 74E 3 744 7 330 | 4 74E 3 744 5 330 |
| | 5 767 | 4 330 |
| | 4 767 or 762 | 4 330 |
| | 7 777 | 7 777 |
| | 7 74E | 7 74E |
| | 2-3 330 | 3 330 |
| | 2 762 | - |
| | 2 762 | 4 330 |
| | 1 762 | - |
| | - | 2 319 |
| | 4 767 | 7 767 |
| | 7 757 | 7 738 7 757 |
| | 7 757 | 7 757 |
| | 14 763 | 11 763 3 762 |
| | 7 738 | 7 738 |
| | 4 733 | 4 733 |
| | 3 737 | 2 737 |
| | 2 737 | 3 737 |
| | 3 330 | 4 330 |
| | 4 330 | 4 330 |
| | 3 330 | 4 330 |
| | 7 738 14 767/777 | 14 772 7 738 |
| | 7 738 | 7 738 |
| | 7 738 | 7 738 |
| | 2 737 | 2 737 |
| | 2 738 | 2 738 |
| | 4 733 | 4 733 |
| | 14 757 7 EQV | 7 772 14 757 |
| | 7 738 | 7 738 |
| | 14 737 | 7 738 7 733 |
| | 5 737 | 5 737 |
| | 7 738 | 7 733 |
| | 3 733 | 2 733 |
| Shanghai – | 3 340 | - |
| Shanghai – | 4 340 | 5 340 |
| Shanghai – | 7 340 | 7 340 |
| Shanghai – | 7 763 7 737 | 7 330 7 737 |
| Shenzhen – | 7 320 | 7 320 |
| | 7 737 | 7 737 |
| Shanghai – | 7 320 7 738 | 7 320 7 733 |
| | - | 5 736 |
| | 7 319 | 7 319 |
| | 1 319 | 2 319 |
| | 7 738 | 7 738 |
| Weihai – | 7 733 | 7 733 |
| | 7 320 / 319 | 7 319 |
| | 2 319 | 2 320 |
| Hailar – | 2 733 | 2 733 |
> Air China's codeshare route in the domestic US, operated by US Airways is the following. Effective 25JUN08. pretty amazing.
| Routes | CA Codesharing | US Operating |
| | CA8507 | US1490 |
| | CA8508 | US1437 |
| | CA8501 CA8505 | US066 US1011 |
| | CA8502 | US115 |
| | CA8509 | US1446 |
| | CA8510 | US703 |
| | CA8511 | US222 |
| | CA8512 CA8514 | US035 US038 |
| | CA8515 | US1454 |
| | CA8516 | US1445 |
| | CA8532 | US052 |
| | CA8530 | US017 |
| Charlotte – San Francisco | CA8526 | US1455 |
| | CA8523 | US471 |
| | CA8524 | US466 |
| | CA8528 | US657 |
| | CA8517 CA8519 | US128 US408 |
| | CA8518 | US400 |
| | CA8534 | US1261 |
> US Airways from 25JUN08 will begin codesharing with Star Alliance partner Air China.
| Routes | US Codesharing | CA Operating |
| | US5354 | CA984 |
| Shanghai – | US5353 | CA983 |
| | US5352 | CA982 |
| | US5351 | CA981 |
| | US5356 | CA986 |
| Shanghai – | US5355 | CA985 |
China Airlines (CI)
>Often confused with Air China, CI belongs to Taiwan.
> Fares increasing like Eva Air
> New planes (A332) for SIN-TPE (taipei)
> Now have favourable timings, depart sin is morning, depart tpe evening
> Used to have favourable timings for transfer to USA bound flts, but not anymore
> No free STPC, paid day room services have
> Not all their B744 have PTVs...
> Provide airport-transfer service at LAX, JFK, etc, depending on travel class, but must book with rsvn office
> can earn points with northwest worldperks ffp
> Once again China Airlines has temporarily removed Taipei - Guam schedule and availability on Amadeus.
> China Airlines is further reducing service to Los Angeles for September and October. Effecitve 16SEP08, CI006/005 will be reduced from 6 weekly to 4 weekly, operating on Day 2467
Flights to San Francisco is being reduced to 5 weekly (Day x24) from 6 effective 17SEP08.
Service to New York will be reduced to 3 weekly from 01SEP08, operating on Day 257.
Vancouver service will be reduced to 4 weekly from 04SEP08, operating on Day 3567, but should increase back to 6 weekly from 26SEP08
> China Airlines has revised its flight cancellations in South East Asia and Australia
Taipei - Brisbane
Taipei departure on 24JUL08, Brisbane departure on 25JUL08, is cancelled
Taipei - Delhi
Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly from 22JUL08 to 23SEP08.
It will operate on Day 357 instead of 2357
Taipei - Hong Kong
CI602/603
Cancellation on 11JUL08, 02AUG08, 25AUG08
Day 5 service in August also cancelled
CI605 TPE to HKG
Cancellation on 30JUN08 and 18JUL08
CI606 HKG to TPE
Cancellation on 30JUN08, 18JUL08, 25JUL08, 01AUG08, 02AUG08, 23AUG08
CI607/608
Cancellation on 11JUL08, 19JUL08
Day 5 service is cancelled in August except 15AUG08, 22AUG08
Day 6 service is cancelled in August except 30AUG08
CI801 TPE to HKG
Cancelled on the following dates:
July: 04, 05, 25, 26
August: 01, 02, 15, 23
CI802 HKG to TPE
Cancelled on 04JUL08, 05JUL08, 26JUL08, 15AUG08
Taipei - Phnom Penh
CI689/690
Operates on Day 256 instead of Day 1256 effective immediately
Additional cancellation on 18JUL08 and 01AUG08
CI2689/2690
Service suspended
Taipei - Singapore
Day 14 service cancelled from 03JUL08 to 22SEP08 out of Taipei except 11SEP08 (following day from Singapore)
Taipei - Penang
Effective immediately Day 14 service is cancelled, until 28AUG08
ContinentalAirlines (CO) - out of skyteam soon, to be star alliance member
> the cheaper way to fly to newark (new jersey), instead of sq
> highly popular flight, only flies to PEK, NRT, HKG in asia
> codeshares with northwest flight from sin-nrt, very soon it will be gone
> travel class easily zero'ed out
> their hubs are at houston (IAH) & newark (EWR)
> can fly by sq on K class then transfer to the EWR CO-operated flight
> the high-season/low season fares can put people off
> does fly to many south american destinations
> DELTA effective this month has swapped codeshare flight numbers operated by Continental and nwa NORTHWEST AIRLINES.
The new flight number range operated by nwa is DL2100 - 3522
The fnew flight number range operated by Continental is DL6800 and onwards
CathayPacific Airways (CX) - oneworld member
> a favorite among many of my friends, that speaks alot, PTVs on every seat
> seats always available for sin-hkg sector, except high-peak seasons
> sin-colombo(cmb) on half-load or less most of the time, but fares very cheap
> BKK(Bangkok)-SIN mysteriously booked for most booking class available for SIN market, although its on a B744 aircraft, outbound to BKK flight on a B773. One of the better choices than TG if flying to BKK
> Used to fly SIN-CGK (jakarta), from HKG, but not anymore....
> North Asia & North America Specials Farelist really attractive, thats because the booking class available is one of the lowest, like SGD550 to Seoul/ Tokyo on Q class & SGD500 to Shanghai on S class. San Francisco/Los Angeles (SFO/LAX) even have lower deals as booking class is O, the lowest in the fare bucket. But there must be some reasons why NYC (JFK) used N class, otherwise NYC will be so much cheaper. Of all the North America cities, they omit out their premium cashcow - Toronto (YYZ)
> New aircrafts available (B77A) on selected JFK/YVR/SFO/LAX and on certain days, the Asian routes. It has flown to SIN many times during last min redeployments
> Fares to N.America is decently priced, but not to Europe.
> Fares to China can even codeshare with CA/KA (Dragon Air), though many criticisms on those flights
> 2008/09 winter Cathay Pacific will cancel the 3 weekly Hong Kong - Anchorage - Toronto A340-300 service.
> Lounge at HKG "The Pier" one of the best and appealing in design
> Just like branded airlines, you must pay quite a high amount to get mileage accurable to your account.
> Cathay Pacific's 5 weekly Hong Kong - Perth service will be increased to Daily from 26OCT08
> Between 01AUG08 to 25OCT08, Cathay Pacific will operate Daily Boeing 747-400 service on the Hong Kong - Rome route.
> Starting 26OCT08, Cathay Pacific's 25 weekly Hong Kong - Sydney service will be increased to 28 weekly. The increase is on CX161/162, which currently operates 4 times a week
> Starting 26OCT08 Cathay Pacific will introduce 4 weekly daytime departure from Hong Kong to Brisbane.
The red-eye triangle service, routed through Cairns, however will be reduced from Daily to 6 weekly.
CX157 HKG1235 - 2320BNE 330 x135
CX103 HKG2350 - 1035+1BNE 330 245
CX103 HKG2350 - 0900+1CNS1025+1 - 1235+1BNE 330 136
CX156 BNE0050 - 0730HKG 330 x246
CX102 BNE1350 - 2030HKG 330 247
CX102 BNE1205 - 1425CNS1535 - 2040HKG 356
> Cathay Pacific has announced initial network shuffle.
Effective 16SEP08, Hong Kong - Vancouver will be reduced to 17 weekly (CX836/835 back to 3 weekly). Original plan called for eff 26OCT08
Effective 16SEP08, Hong Kong - Toronto nonstop service will be re-timed in addition to the removal of one-stop service via Anchorage. The latter was previously announced
Effective till 15SEP08
CX826 HKG1450 - 1745YYZ 77W D
CX827 YYZ1100 - 1415+1HKG 77W D
Effective 16SEP08
CX826 HKG1620 - 1900YYZ 77W x257
CX826 HKG1630 - 1910YYZ 77W 2
CX826 HKG1655 - 1940YYZ 77W 5
CX826 HKG1700 - 1940YYZ 77W 7
CX827 YYZ0145 - 0500+1HKG 77W D
Hong Kong - Riyadh will be receiving stand-along turnaround service from 26OCT08, it currently operates via Bahrain on the outbound flight.
CX733 HKG1630 - 2130RUH 777 x146
CX732 RUH0025 - 1315HKG 777 x257
Hong Kong - Bahrain will maintain daily flight but all service will be via Dubai on bothways
CX745 HKG2355 - 0505+1DXB0615+1 - 0630+1BAH 330 x357
CX745 HKG2355 - 0505+1DXB0615+1 - 0630+1BAH 333 357
CX746 BAH1535 - 1745DXB1855 - 0600+1HKG 330 x146
CX746 BAH1535 - 1745DXB1855 - 0600+1HKG 333 146
As a result of the change in routing, Dubai will be receiving up to 3 Daily flights from 26OCT08.
> Effective 01SEP08 Cathay Pacific will not be operating Hong Kong - Xiamen 3 weekly service. The flight will instead be operated by Dragonair.
Dragonair will offer 18 weekly flights to Xiamen from that date.
The new flight:
KA606 HKG0950 - 1110XMN 321 135
KA606 HKG1045 - 1205XMN 320 7
KA607 XMN1220 - 1345XMN 321 135
KA607 XMN1305 - 1425XMN 320 7
> Cathay Pacific on 15SEP08 will operate last Hong Kong - Anchorage - Toronto route.
This results in decrease of service to Toronto from 10 to 7 weekly, which the airline will keep daily nonstop service.
Cathay Pacific's this week's schedule update is showing that starting 29MAR09, all of its New York service will be operated by 777-300ER.
Cathay operates 2 daily nonstop and 1 daily via Vancouver.
> The Hong Kong - Vancouver - New York route in October will see 777-300ER operating between 01OCT08 and 25OCT08. The 777 flight will operate this route from 29MAR09.
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