Loganair suspends Cornwall Airport Newquay operations this winter

Loganair has announced that it will suspend operations at Cornwall Airport Newquay this winter.

Daily services to Manchester and onwards to Aberdeen, together with nonstop flights to Edinburgh and Newcastle, will be completely suspended between November 2022 and March 2023. In all, almost 300 flights scheduled to Newquay over the coming winter season have been withdrawn from the airline’s schedule.

In a further blow to Cornwall’s connectivity, summer routes linking Newquay with Teesside and onwards to Inverness will not return in 2023, and planned growth on other routes is to be redirected to other UK airports.

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Korean Air to launch Budapest route and resume flights to Dubai, Phuket and Chiang Mai

Korean Air will launch its inaugural flight to Budapest, Hungary from October 3. The airline will operate a 269-seat Boeing 787-900 once a week on Mondays departing from Seoul Incheon at 11:25 am and landing in Budapest at 5:05 pm. The return flight leaves the next day at 7:15 pm and arrives in Seoul Incheon one day later at 12:50 pm. There will also be an extra flight on Saturday October 29.

From October 31, Korean Air will offer flights twice a week that depart from Seoul Incheon at 12:25 pm on Mondays and Saturdays and arrive in Budapest at 5:15 pm. The returning flights will take off on the same day at 7:35 pm and land in Seoul Incheon at 2:15 pm the next day.

Following the launch of cargo services to Budapest in February 2020, Korean Air plans to bolster the competitiveness of its European network, especially in Eastern Europe.

Resuming routes to Dubai

From October 1, Korean Air will resume its routes to the United Arab Emirates and Thailand, which have been suspended since March 2020.

Korean Air will restore its Middle East network by resuming services to Dubai three times a week. The Incheon-Dubai route will be served by the airline’s A330-300 fleet, and will depart from Seoul Incheon every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 1:20 pm and arrive in Dubai at 6:55 pm. The return flight will depart on the same day at 11:00 pm and arrive in Seoul Incheon at 12:40 pm the following day.

Resuming routes to Phuket and Chiang Mai

The airline will also resume services to Phuket, a popular honeymoon destination in Thailand. The flights will depart from Seoul Incheon on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 5:55 pm and land in Phuket at 10:00 pm. Return flights leave Phuket on the same day at 11:20 pm and arrive in Seoul Incheon at 7:55 am the next day.

Korean Air is also reinstating flights to Chiang Mai with a Boeing 737-800. The airline will offer four flights a week – every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday – departing from Seoul Incheon at 5:55 pm and arriving in Chiang Mai at 9:30 pm. The return flights leave Chiang Mai at 11:00 pm and arrive in Seoul Incheon at 6:25 am the following day.

Korean Air will continue to closely monitor the market and return of demand, and reinstate our remaining suspended routes accordingly.

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Swiss brings starred cuisine from Zurich’s Baur au Lac aboard, final Swiss A319 scrapped

SWISS will be offering its First and Business Class travellers culinary delights in collaboration with Zurich’s traditional Baur au Lac hotel from today onwards in the latest chapter of the airline’s ‘SWISS Taste of Switzerland’ inflight foodservice programme. The new meals have been created by top chefs Laurent Eperon and Maximilian Müller of the hotel’s Pavillon gourmet restaurant. SWISS Premium Economy Class passengers can also enjoy a range of food specialities inspired by the Zurich region.

For the next three months, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will be offering its First and Business Class travellers culinary creations from Zurich’s world-famous Baur au Lac. The traditional five-star hotel beside Lake Zurich is, like SWISS, committed to the highest product and service quality. So the new collaboration with the hotel’s own Pavillon gourmet restaurant provides SWISS with an excellent opportunity to pamper its inflight guests at the highest level.

Laurent Eperon and Maximilian Müller, the two chefs de cuisine of the two-Michelin-star and 18-GaultMillau-point Pavillon, will be treating SWISS’s premium travellers on long-haul services from Switzerland to their modern interpretation of French haute cuisine. For their ‘SWISS Taste of Switzerland’ creations they have also drawn strongly on specialities from Canton Zurich to help further familiarize SWISS’s customers with Switzerland’s sheer culinary variety.

Travellers in Premium Economy Class on SWISS flights from Switzerland will also be offered an inflight menu inspired by regional culinary specialities of Canton Zurich.

An award-winning gastronomy concept for the last 20 years

SWISS has been taking the First, Business and Premium Economy Class travellers on its long-haul services on a journey of culinary discovery through Switzerland’s various regions since December 2002. Every three months a new Michelin-starred and GaultMillau-point top chef is invited to present ‘their’ canton to SWISS passengers aloft by creating a varied selection of top-quality meals with a particular focus on regional and seasonal specialities. The meals are also accompanied by wine and cheese specialities from the region concerned. In its almost 20-year success story to date, ‘SWISS Taste of Switzerland’ has welcomed aboard a total of 75 guest chefs from every one of Switzerland’s 26 cantons.

The SWISS First, Business and Premium Economy Class menus for this latest ‘SWISS Taste of Switzerland’ chapter are attached to this media release.

In other news, the last former Swiss A319 has been scrapped at Saint Athen, Wales.

Some parts have been retained for other carriers.

The Swiss A319 fleet was replaced by newer Airbus A220-300s in 2020.

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Ryanair says MAX 10 will not be certified by year-end

According to Reuters, Boeing “faces a late December deadline to win approval for the 737 MAX 10, which can hold 230 passengers, otherwise it must meet new cockpit alerting requirements under a 2020 law unless waived by Congress.”

Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun said in July this issue could force the cancellation of the 737-10 program..

Air Premia is coming to Los Angeles

Air Premia is planning to launch the Seoul (Incheon) – Los Angeles route on October 5, 2022.

Initially the route will be operated three days a week expanding to five on October 21 with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

Peach to resume flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Seoul (Incheon)

Peach Aviation Limited will resume flights on its Tokyo (Haneda) – Seoul (Incheon) route on October 30.

The Tokyo (Haneda) – Seoul (Incheon) route, which was suspended on March 2, 2020, will resume after approximately two and a half years and will operate daily.

In addition, the Osaka (Kansai) – Seoul (Incheon) route, which will resume on August 28 with 6 round trips a week, will be increased to 14 flights a week starting on October 30. This route will also operate daily.

Peach, which was the first LCC in Japan to offer service to Haneda Airport, began service between Tokyo (Haneda) and Seoul (Incheon) in 2016.

Peach’s international routes have been used by roughly 13 million customers, about 5 million of whom traveled between Japan and South Korea.

All of Peach’s international routes have been suspended since April 8, 2021, but we will gradually resume service starting on August 28.

The Tokyo (Narita) – Taipei (Taoyuan) and Osaka (Kansai) – Taipei (Taoyuan) routes, for which resumption has already been announced, will operate through October 29, 2022. Operation from October 30 and beyond will be announced as soon as it is decided.

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Ethiopian Airlines to fly to Amman

Ethiopian Airlines has announce that it has finalized all preparations to commence a passenger flight to Amman, Jordan as of September 19, 2022.

The thrice weekly flight will be operated as per the below schedule.

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Flight Frequency Number	Departure Departure Arrival Arrival Airport time Airport Time	Sub Fleet
ET 428 Mon, Wed, Sat	ADD 22:30 AMM 02:05	737
ET 429 Tue, Thu, Sun	AMM 03:05 ADD 06:44	737

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airBaltic announces its winter schedule from Riga

airBaltic has published its flight schedule for the upcoming winter season that will start on October 31, 2022. The airline plans to connect Riga to almost 50 destinations across its network.

Flights to Marrakesh and Gran Canaria will be performed only during winter season. The Marrakesh route will be launched on October 31, 2022 and the Gran Canaria – on November 1, 2022. Both routes will be operated until March 24, 2023.

During the upcoming winter season, airBaltic will also offer seasonal flights to skiing resorts of Salzburg and Verona, as well as four weekly flights to Dubai and six weekly flights to Tenerife.

airBaltic will also continue to offer other sunny leisure destinations such as Malaga, Barcelona, Lisbon and more.

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KLM resumes flights from Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta

KLM has made this announcement:

For its winter 2022-2023 schedule, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will offer the following flights from Kuala Lumpurand Jakarta as of 31 October 2022.

From Kuala Lumpur, KLM offers four weekly non-stop flights to Amsterdam and will also resume four weekly flights to Jakarta.
From Jakarta, KLM offers four weekly flights to Kuala Lumpur and will increase its frequency to four weekly flights to Amsterdam via Kuala Lumpur.
KLM also offers daily flight options from both Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta via Singapore with our interline partners.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic until April 2020, KLM offered daily flights from Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.

KLM’s Country Manager for Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, Mrs. Estee Ng commented,

“After suspending flights for 2,5 years due to the COVID crisis, we are delighted to resume our direct flights again to Amsterdam from Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The resumption means more choice for our customers to connect between Europe and South East Asia.”

Flight schedule between Kuala Lumpur –Amsterdam / Jakarta – Amsterdam

Valid from 31 October 2022 to March 2023

FLIGHT NUMBER	ROUTE	DEPARTURE		ARRIVAL	DAYS	AIRCRAFT
KL809	Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur		20:45	15:45+1	Tue-Thu- Sat-Sun	B777-200
	Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta		17:05	18:10	Mon-Wed- Fri-Sun
KL810	Jakarta – Kuala Lumpur		19:25	22:30
	Kuala Lumpur – Amsterdam		23:50	06:20+1

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Lufthansa takes delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, arrives in Frankfurt

Boeing and the Lufthansa Group on August 29 celebrated the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner, a 787-9, to Europe’slargest airline group at Paine Field, Everett, Wash.

The first copy is registered as D-ABPA and is named “Berlin”. It will go into service on the Franfkurt – Toronto route.

Photo: Boeing.

The Lufthansa Group has 32 firm orders for the 787 and joins nearly 50 customers worldwide in operating the industry’s most fuel efficient and capable airplane. Boeing designed the 787 family with superior efficiency, which allows airlines to profitably open new routes and fly people directly where they want to go in exceptional comfort.

Using 25% less fuel and creating 25% fewer emissions than the airplanes they replace, the 787 family has avoided more than 125 billion pounds of carbon emissions since entering service in 2011.

Since revenue service began in 2011, the 787 family has launched more than 325 new nonstop routes around the world, including approximately 50 routes opened since 2020. The 787-9 can fly 296 passengers up to 7,565 nautical miles (14,010 km) in a typical two-class configuration.

In addition to 32 787 Dreamliners on order, the Lufthansa Group has firm orders for 20 777-9 passenger airplanes and recently placed a firm order for seven of the new 777-8 Freighter.

Finally the time has come! The first @Boeingairplanes 787 of Lufthansa just landed at 11:00 am at @Frankfurtairport! Welcome home! ✈️ pic.twitter.com/iTxamvWyAv

— Lufthansa News (@lufthansaNews) August 30, 2022