NEWS Summer timetable 2009

[SPL]

Norwegian has announced its second route to Amsterdam starting 2 April 2009: Oslo-Amsterdam. OSL-AMS-OSL will follow the earlier announced new route CPH-AMS-CPH, with these routes Norwegian steps into the shoes of bankrupt Sterling Airways which operated these two routes in Summer 2008.

Additional information:

Arrival at AMS 20:45 and departure 21:15 (local times).
Dedicated aircraft will be 737-300 (148 seats), but can be replaced by 737-800 (189 seats).


Groeten Martijn

[hmv]

Via de airline-route blog:
Taipei - Bangkok - Amsterdam
4th weekly service, TPE departure on day 1, operates on following dates:
20APR09 - 03MAY09
27JUL09 - 31AUG09

BR075 TPE2305 - 0140+1BKK0255+1 - 0950+1AMS 77W 246
BR076 AMS1220 - 0430+1BKK0615+1 - 1055+1TPE 77W 357

[XYZ]

British Midland and Air Malta have agreed to codeshare on routes to Amsterdam:

Amsterdam - Malta
- BD2147 codeshares on KM395
- BD2149 codeshares on KM397

Malta - Amsterdam
- BD2146 codeshares on KM394
- BD2148 codeshares on KM396

Amsterdam - London Heathrow
- KM2543 codeshares on BD100
- KM2547 codeshares on BD110

London Heathrow - Amsterdam
- KM2546 codeshares on BD109

[tonjochems]

Another end of a low cost route.. BMI Baby will stop its AMS CWL route as per summerschedule .

[XYZ]

Myair.com will operate a weekly flight from Amsterdam to Rimini and Lampedusa during the summer season 2009. The flight will be operated with a CRJ-900 on Saturdays from 30 May to 12 September.

[XYZ]

KLM has significantly reduced the number of flights foreseen in Summer 2009:

- ALA - 5 weekly was 6 weekly - A332
- ATL - 6 weekly was daily - A332
- CTU - 3 weekly was 5 weekly - B772ER
- DTW - dropped was 7 weekly - A332
- DXB - 10 weekly was 12 weekly - B772ER
- EBB - 5 weekly was 4 weekly - A332
- HKG - 7 weekly was 10 weekly B74E, up to 10x weekly in winter 2009/2010
- ICN - 5 weekly was daily B74E
- PVG - 12 weekly was 2 daily - B74E

- JNB change of aircraft from B74E to B772ER

[XYZ]

The integration of Northwest into DELTA is proceeding in Summer 2009. The route ATL-AMS-ATL is a good example of the increasing cooperation between the two airlines:

ATL-AMS-ATL is a DELTA flight, but will be operated by a Northwest A330-300 aircraft. Both airlines will place their flight codes on the route.

Atlanta - Amsterdam NW A330-300 ops. DELTA flight - DL838/NW5838 codeshare
Amsterdam - Atlanta NW A330-300 ops. DELTA flight - DL839/NW5839 codeshare

This will be the first NW transatlantic route to AMS in years without a KL flight number.

[XYZ]

For Summer 2009, DELTA has decided to drop its B767-300/B757-200 flight from JFK - Amsterdam - JFK.

Skyteam will continue to see KL/NW 3x daily on the route in competition with BA Open Skies.

[SpotterNL]

- JNB change of aircraft from B74E to B772ER

In addition:

- KIX change of aircraft from B772ER to B74E

[XYZ]

AIR FRANCE plans to start Basel - Amsterdam v.v. in Summer 2009. This service will operate from the French side of the dual-nation airport. Swiss and easyJet already operate from the Swiss side of Basel Airport.

Starting 29MAR09, AIR FRANCE launches 2x Daily Basel - Amsterdam service

AF5200 dep. BSL 06.17 - arr. 07.55 AMS AR8 x7
AF5202 dep. BSL 14.42 - arr. 16.15 AMS AR8 Daily

AF5201 dep. AMS 12.30 - arr. 13.58 BSL AR8 Daily
AF5203 dep. AMS 20.45 - arr. 22.13 BSL AR8 x6

[Dutchman]

United Airlines

According to the slot allocation list United Airlines will downgrade the AMS-IAD service from B777-200 to B767-300ER.

So in summer 2009 United will operate two daily B767-300ER's (IAD and ORD) to AMS.

Regards,

Dimitri

[XYZ]

KLM continues to adjust its Summer 2009 timetable to the new economic reality.

For example the AMS-ORD-AMS route will operate as follows:

- Febr & March 2009 = 5x/weekly
- April & May 2009 = 6x/weekly
- June -> Sept 2009 = daily
- October 2009 = 6x/weekly

The ORD route has been operated daily by KLM's B747 since 1972, after the launch of the route in 1971 with DC8-63. Chicago was awarded to KLM as a present to NL by President Nixon when he toured Europe in 1971 but could not visit the Netherlands.

KLM had requested landing rights in LAX for years, but wasn't awarded LAX until 1979.

[skycruiser]

Japan Airlines will reduce the amount of cargo flights to AMS. The Saturday flight will be cancelled from late March.

Daily passengerflight will remain by B772 (although might occassionally see B77W/B744).
Wednesday/Friday cargoflight (Nightly operations) and Sunday (daytime) will also remain.

Cargoflights all by B744F (74Y). All B742F are retired by now.

Rgds
Eric

[XYZ]

TAROM plans to launch daily flights on Bucharest-AMS-Bucharest with B737s:

- OTP dep. 12.35 RO 361 arr. AMS 14.00 B737 daily
- AMS dep. 15.00 RO 361 arr. OTP 18.55 B737 daily

[LimburgSpotter]

The cargolux flights back to MST as from 01.03.2009