NEWS - Winter Timetable 2008/2009

[XYZ]

The advance KLM Winter Timetable 2008/2009 indicates plans for:

- AMS-EBB-AMS increase to 5x weekly with A330-200
- AMS-JRO-DAR-AMS daily with B777-200 - not MD11
- AMS-YVR-AMS with MD11 - not A330-200

[klm312]

Hello all

I'm new here so forgive if this has been asked before

I picked up some rumors that KLM is investegating the start of services to Rio de Janeiro, Karachi and Buenos Aires, with at least one of those destinations to start in the next winter season. Is this true?

It also looks like flight KL 695 won't be operated in the next winter schedule. As of now it only shows a daily full pax flight.

klm312

[streep]

Can Confirm negotiations regarding Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires are inprogress. Rumours via local employees.


Streep

[XYZ]

In March 2008 KLM plans the following adjustments to its Winter 2008/2009 timetable versus Winter 2007/2008:

- ACC - daily MD11
- BGO - 4x daily B737/F100
- DFW - daily A330-200
- DTW - 1x daily B777 (plus 3x A330NW)
- EBB - 5x weekly A330-200
- LHR - 1x daily Fokker 100 at 16.45 & daily B737 at 16.55
- LPI - 2x daily Fokker 70
- PTY - 3x weekly MD11
- PVG - 2x daily B747-400M
- YVR - 5x weekly MD11

However.......things can still change over the coming months.

[richarduk]

- LHR - 1x daily Fokker 100 at 16.45 & daily B737 at 16.55

That's strange given the scarcity of slots at LHR. Babysitting one of them in preparation for something else maybe?

Cheers,
Richard

[XYZ]

AirBridge Cargo delays transpolar American service to second half '08.

Russian freight carrier Volga-Dnepr Group’s scheduled division AirBridge Cargo expects to open its planned transpolar services to North America in the second half of this year.

It plans to fly from Krasnoyarsk in Russia on a transpolar service to Toronto before operating to Houston and returning to Russia via one of its main European stations – either Amsterdam or Frankfurt.

The carrier is to use Boeing 747-400ERF aircraft to operate the route; it has two in its fleet and will take delivery of a third next week. “It’s the only aircraft which could do this cross-polar route with no hit on payload,” says Ilyin.

He says the airline will begin the twice-weekly service, increasing to thrice-weekly, in the second half of 2008. Ilyin adds: “We’ve kept the -400ERF running on regional routes to get used to it before we take it transpolar.”

Source: Air Transport Intelligence news

[XYZ]

Egyptair has released plans to increase CAI-AMS-CAI from 3x weekly to 5x weekly starting with Winter season 2008/2009:

- MS 757 dep: 09:55 - CAI - arr: 14:15 AMS A321 Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
- MS 758 dep: 15:15 - AMS - arr: 20:45 CAI A321 Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

[air-bus]

Volgens luchtvaartnieuws.nl:

Martinair vanaf komende winter alleen nog transatlantisch

SCHIPHOL - De concentratie van Martinair-vluchten naar bestemmingen in het Caribisch Gebied betekent dat de luchtvaartmaatschappij komende winter alleen nog op transatlantische routes actief is. De vluchten naar Azië (Muscat, Colombo en Phuket) en Afrika (Mombasa) worden niet meer hervat.

Vorige week meldde Martinair dat volgende winter vaker op bestemmingen in het Caribisch Gebied zal worden gevlogen. Het totaalaantal bestemmingen neemt af, maar op de overgebleven routes wordt vaker rechtstreeks gevlogen. “Dat past in onze strategische herpositionering als netwerkcarrier”, zegt Van Doeselaar. Martinair wil minder afhankelijk van de chartermarkt zijn.

Het routenetwerk van Martinair bestaat komend winterseizoen uit Aruba, Curaçao, Cancun, Havana, Varadero, Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, Paramaribo en Miami. In samenwerking met American Airlines wordt ook San José aangeboden, met een overstap in Miami. In samenwerking met American Airlines kan vanuit Miami worden doorgevlogen naar San José.

[76-er]

Provisional MP flightdays can be found here:

http://www.martinair.com/nl_nl/flightschedule/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[XYZ]

The following new schedule changes have been announced for Winter Season 2008/2009:

- AMM = RJ up to 5x weekly A320, new on Thursday
- ATL = DL will operate B767-400 in winter season
- HAV = MP will operate 3x weekly B767-300 non-stop
- KBP = PS will operate the 2nd departure 4x/weekly dep. 18.00 hours
- LCY = BA will operate 4x/daily with ARJ100
- LGW = BA will operate 5x/daily with A319
- MIL = AZ will reduce frequency by 2x/daily
- SVO = SU will operate 2x daily A320 series
- EWR = CO will increase EWR frequency by 5x/week B757 (ex-tue/fri)
- EWR = NW will operate 2nd daily B757 in winter schedule
- OPO = TP will operate 2x daily Fokker 100
- FCO = AZ changes early morning A320 to late evening A321

[XYZ]

KLM has announced plans for the following additional schedule changes Winter 2008/2009:

- SVO new 3rd daily B737 service dep. 20.40 KL907, return 07.30 KL908
- LED new 4th weekly B737 frequency
- ARN increase to 6x daily up by 5x/week Fokker 70
- TIP now 5x/weekly B737

[SPL]

Iemand al enig idee wat de KLM in het winterseizoen gaat inzetten op de route naar JFK? Alvast bedankt.


Groeten Martijn

[Bokkum]

Iemand al enig idee wat de KLM in het winterseizoen gaat inzetten op de route naar JFK? Alvast bedankt.

KL641
Day 1+7: B74E
Day 3+5: B772
Day 2+4+6: B773

KL643
Day 1+5+7: B772
Day 2+3+4+6: B74E

[XYZ]

Slot Coordination List - Winter 2008/2009:

Carrier Prefix Historic Requested Allocated
Adria Airways JP 220 396 396
Aer Aranh RE 176 176
Aer Lingus EI 2690 2728 2728
Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU 308 616 616
Afriqiyah Airways 8U 88 132 132
Air Astana KC 176 220 220
Air Berlin AB 308 308 308
Air Bridge Cargo ABW 263 263
Air France AF 4312 4838 4838
Air Malta KM 176 176 176
Air One AP 616 616
Air Transat TSC 4 4
AirBee OB 176 176
Alitalia AZ 2112 2156 2156
Amsterdam Airlines AAN 340 340
Arkefly OR 908 1188 1188
Armavia U8 88 132 132
Asiana Airlines OZ 88 88 88
Atlas Blue 8A 176 264 264
Atlas Cargo GTI 174 132 132
Austrian Airlines OS 1188 1188 1188
BA OpenSkies EC 308 308
Belavia B2 132 132
BMI BD 2376 2376 2376
BMI Baby WW 1320 1320 1320
British Airways BA 3725 3750 3750
Bulgaria Air FB 288 308 308
Cathay Pacific Airways CX 572 564 564
Central Wings C0 132 132
Chalair aviation CLG 392 392 392
China Airlines CI 396 396 396
China Southern Airlines CZ 528 527 527
City Flyer CJ 924 924
Click Air XG 308 308 308
Continental Airlines CO 794 1100 1100
Corendon CAI 636 636
Croatia Airlines OU 308 308 308
Cyprus Airways CY 264 264 264
Czech Airlines OK 1100 1100 1100
Delta Air Lines DL 616 616 616
Deutsche Lufthansa LH 5192 5808 5808
Eastern Airways LTD T3 1144 1144
EasyJet EZY 5993 7026 7026
EasyJet Switzerland EZS 1408 1628 1628
EgyptAir MS 132 220 220
El Al Israel Airlines LY 748 968 968
Emirates EK 440 440 440
European Air Transport BCS 528 550 550
EVA Airways BR 176 176 176
FedEx FX 352 526 526
Finnair Oyj AY 906 1164 1164
Flybe BE 1100 1188 1188
flyLAL (Lithuanian Airlines) TE 616 616 616
Georgian Airlines A9 132 132 132
Great Wall Airlines IJ 440 440 440
Iberia IB 2024 2154 2154
Icelandair FI 176 176 176
Iran Air IR 132 132 132
Israir Airlines ISR 88 88 88
Jade Cargo JI 288 418 418
Japan Airlines JL 484 484 484
JAT Airways JU 220 308 308
Jet2.com LS 528 528 528
Jett 8 air JX 132 132
Kalitta Air K4 176 176 176
Kenya Airways KQ 308 308 308
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL 91175 99079 99079
Korean Air KE 264 264 264
Lan Cargo UC 132 130 130
LOT Polish Airlines LO 880 880 880
Malaysia Airlines MH 660 660 660
Malev Hungarian Airlines MA 1540 1540 1540
MapJet MPJ
Martinair Holland MP 3006 3006 3006
Meridiana IG 428 572 572
My Airlines 8I 88 88 88
Nippon Cargo Airlines KZ 396 396 396
Northwest Airlines NW 4090 4316 4316
Norwegian Air Shuttle DY 262 262
Olympic Airlines OA 308 308 308
Onur Air Tasimacilik OHY 264 56 56
Pakistan Airw PK 88 88
Pegasus Airlines H9 172 274 274
Polar Air Cargo PO 88 88 88
Qatar Airways QR 176 176 176
Royal Air Maroc AT 484 528 528
Royal Jordanian Airlines RJ 176 220 220
Russia FV 132 132 132
SAS Scandinavian Airlines SK 2614 2728 2728
Singapore Airlines SQ 766 1012 1012
Sky Airlines SHY 44 44
Sky Europe NE 1104 1364 1364
Southern AirTransp 9S 44 44
Sterling European Airlines NB 792 924 924
SunExpress XQ 88 358 358
Surinam Airways PY 139 136 136
Swiss International Air Lines LX 1540 1584 1584
Syrian Arab Airlines RB 112 132 132
TACV Cabo Verde Airlines VR 70 88 88
TAP Portugal TP 1232 1540 1540
TNT Airways TAY 132 88 88
Transavia Airlines HV 8812 8812 8812
Tunisair TU 88 88 88
Turkish Airlines TK 704 1013 1013
Ukraine International Airlines PS 440 484 484
United Airlines UA 616 612 612
US Airways US 232 266 266
VLM Airlines VG 2596 4004 4004
Vueling Airlines VLG 1368 1540 1540

Total 176490 198452 198452

[Leonvanos]

Interesting thing I read here. What do those slots mean.
I read somewhere that 60 slots is 1 flight a week, but now I read 44 slots for some airlines and 88 for some of them.
Is there any explenation for this ???