MALAYSIA: Malaysia Airlines Creates New Routes

Malaysia Airlines this week filed initial changes to its winter 2018/19 schedule, effective from 28OCT18. The changes includes the extension of Airbus A380 operational schedule.

Kuala Lumpur – Seoul Incheon MH066/067 operational aircraft changes
28OCT18 – 14MAR19 A380
15MAR19 – 30MAR19 A350

Kuala Lumpur – Taipei Taoyuan eff 28OCT18 A330-200 replaces 737-800, 1 daily
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita 15MAR19 – 30MAR19 MH088/089 A380 replaces A350-900XWB

Malaysia Airlines in last week’s schedule update extended Airbus A380 operational schedule to late-October 2018. For the month of September and October, planned A380 operation as follows.

Kuala Lumpur – Seoul Incheon 01SEP18 – 26OCT18 1 daily MH066/067 (Except selected dates)
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita 06AUG18 – 27OCT18 1 daily MH088/089 (Previously scheduled until 31AUG18)

Malaysia Airlines in latest schedule update filed additional Airbus A380 service to Tokyo, which sees the Super Jumbo operating 7 of 12 weekly Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita service, from 15AUG18 to 25AUG18 (16AUG18 – 26AUG18 from Tokyo). Planned schedule as follows.

MH088 KUL2330 – 0740+1NRT 388 D
MH089 NRT1020 – 1645KUL 388 D

Previously reported A380 regional service to Australia and Japan as follow:
Kuala Lumpur – Sydney MH123/122 30MAR18 – 31MAR18, 12APR18 – 14APR18, 21JUN18 – 24JUN18, 29JUN18 – 30JUN18, 15JUL18*
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita MH088/089 17MAR18 – 10APR18

Malaysia Airlines in last week’s schedule update filed Airbus A380 service on Kuala Lumpur – Seoul Incheon route, scheduled from 11APR18 to 31MAY18 (ICN departure). MH066/067 service will once again sees the A380 operating on daily basis, instead of A330-300.

The airline operates 10 weekly flights on this route.

MH038 KUL1405 – 2145ICN 333 346
MH066 KUL2330 – 0710+1ICN 388 D

MH039 ICN0010 – 0545KUL 333 457
MH067 ICN1100 – 1635KUL 388 D

Malaysia Airlines this week filed initial changes to its winter 2018/19 schedule, effective from 28OCT18. The changes includes the extension of Airbus A380 operational schedule.

Kuala Lumpur – Seoul Incheon MH066/067 operational aircraft changes
28OCT18 – 14MAR19 A380
15MAR19 – 30MAR19 A350

Kuala Lumpur – Taipei Taoyuan eff 28OCT18 A330-200 replaces 737-800, 1 daily
Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo Narita 15MAR19 – 30MAR19 MH088/089 A380 replaces A350-900XWB

Malaysia Airlines in last week’s schedule update filed additional Airbus A350-900XWB operating service, scheduled for Seoul Incheon and Hong Kong between July and September 2018. Following is planned A350 operation, based on KUL departure.

Kuala Lumpur – Hong Kong MH072/073
13AUG18 – 28AUG18 Day 12
06SEP18 – 12SEP18 Day 34
15SEP18 – 21SEP18 Day x123
24SEP18 Day 1

Kuala Lumpur – Seoul Incheon
MH038/039 27JUL18 – 29AUG18 2 weekly (3 weekly from 04AUG18, 5 weekly from 12AUG18)
MH066/067 23JUL18 – 31AUG18 1 daily


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ASIANA AIRLINES Ends Denpasar And Yangon Service In Late-Feb 2016

ASIANA AIRLINES from 01MAR16 is cancelling 2 destinations in Asia, as it ends service to Denpasar and Yangon. The airline currently operates both routes with 767-300ER, twice a week.

Existing schedule as follow.

Seoul Incheon – Denpasar
OZ763 ICN1905 – 0125+1DPS 763 47
OZ764 DPS0235 – 1035ICN 763 15

Seoul Incheon – Yangon
OZ769 ICN1920 – 2230RGN 763 36
OZ770 RGN0040 – 0840ICN 763 47

UAE: Emirates Adds Flights To Egypt

The airline currently operates a double daily service between its Dubai International Airport hub and Cairo International Airport using Boeing 777-300ER equipment. The three new weekly rotations will be operated using a smaller Airbus A330-200, offering 12 seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 183 in Economy.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) hub carrier, Emirates Airline is to increase its presence in the Egyptian market by increasing frequencies into the North African country by just over a fifth. The airline will introduce three additional weekly rotations between Dubai and Cairo from January 1, 2016, increasing its schedule to 17 return flights each week.

Emirates started operations to Cairo in April 1986 with three flights a week. Operations have steadily grown with increases in both frequency and capacity between Cairo and Dubai to match demand. The additional flights will boost the number of connection options that Emirates offers to passengers heading into or from Egypt’s capital city, to destinations in the Middle East, Asia and Americas.

The airline currently operates a double daily service between its Dubai International Airport hub and Cairo International Airport using Boeing 777-300ER equipment. The three new weekly rotations will be operated using a smaller Airbus A330-200, offering 12 seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 183 in Economy.

“We are delighted to be able to grow our business in Cairo, on the back of commercial demand and great customer support. In the past eight years, the route has carried over 2.7 million passengers and moved over 200,000 tons of cargo,” said Adil Al Ghaith, Senior Vice President Commercial Operations for Northern and Western Africa, Emirates Airline.

Cairo is a very popular destination for both business and leisure travellers, and is a gateway to many of the country’s major tourist attractions such as the Giza pyramids, the Great Sphinx, the ancient temples of Luxor dating back thousands of years and many more.

“We anticipate that our additional capacity will stimulate further growth in both tourism and business traffic on the route,” added Al-Ghaith.

In addition to the increased passenger capacity, the extra frequencies will allow Emirates SkyCargo to carry an additional 17 tons of cargo per trip including perishables, automotive spare parts, pharmaceutical products, and personal effects as well as electronics.

An estimated 382,000 passengers flew on Emirates’ flights between Dubai and Cairo in 2014, a market that is also served directly on an up to three times daily basis by EgyptAir. Analysis of MIDT data shows that local traffic accounted for a 54.2 per cent share of the total Emirates demand on the route last year.

A further 44 per cent connected via Dubai International Airport, with the remaining 1.8 per cent connecting in Cairo International Airport or bridge traffic connecting at both ends of the route. The largest behind and beyond markets at Dubai International Airport comprised Jakarta, Indonesia; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Shanghai, China; Doha, Qatar and Seoul Incheon, South Korea.

Looking at annual seat capacity versus segment demand, estimated load factor in this market has now risen for four consecutive years from a low of 52.4 per cent in 2011 (due to the Arab Spring and January 25 Revolution) to 76.2 per cent last year, its highest level since 2008. Last year, capacity on the route fell 3.8 per cent (from a record high of over one million two-way seats in 2013), but estimated segment demand rose 1.0 per cent, surpassing the 750,000 annual passengers for the first time.