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Gulf Air to resume flights to Iran and Iraq

Gulf Air (Bahrain) will resume its services to Iran and Iraq from September 20, 2012 following the Bahrain Government’s approval.

Flights to Baghdad, Erbil, Najaf and Basra in Iraq and Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz and Isfahan in Iran will begin progressively between September 20 and October 28, 2012 subject to final approvals by the civil aviation authorities of the respective countries.

Flight schedule for Iraq

Najaf – from September 20 with four weekly flights increasing to daily from December 1

Baghdad – from September 21 with five weekly flights

Erbil – from September 23 with four weekly flights increasing to daily from October 28

Basra – from October 29 with three weekly flights increasing to four from December 1

Flight schedule for Iran

Mashhad – from September 22 with four weekly flights increasing to daily from December 2

Shiraz – from September 23 with five weekly flights increasing to daily from December 1

Tehran – from September 25 with six weekly flights increasing to daily from December 1

Isfahan – from October 30 with three weekly flights

The above flights will be operated by a combination of Embraer and Airbus aircraft.

Copyright Photo: TMK Photography. Former Skybus Airlines Airbus A319-112 C-GTDS (msn 1901, ex N551GX) became A9C-EV with Gulf Air.

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Etihad Airways to increase service to Brisbane, Australia

Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi), the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced plans to increase flights between Brisbane and Abu Dhabi from three times a week to a daily service from February 1, 2013.

This will bring to 28 the total number of flights Etihad Airways operates between Australia and Abu Dhabi, together with partner airline Virgin Australia.

The additional four services will continue to operate via Singapore in both directions and provide a new daily link between the city pairs.

The route is flown with Airbus A330-200s.

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Air Arabia Maroc to fly from Marrakech to Bergamo, Italy

Air Arabia Maroc (airarabia.com) (Casablanca) has announced that it will start a new route connecting Marrakech to Europe.

The new weekly flight between Marrakech and Bergamo Airport (near Mlan) will start on October 28. The new route will operate on Sundays, departing Marrakech International Airport at 13:25 and arriving in Bergamo at 17:55. The return flight departs Bergamo at 10:15 and arrives in Marrakech International Airport at 12:45. All times are local.

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Monarch to launch Birmingham-Gibraltar flights in 2013

Monarch Airlines (London-Luton) will launch flights to Gibraltar as part of the carrier’s expansion of its Birmingham network of routes for summer 2013.

The service will start on March 23, 2013 with three roundtrips a week.

The flight from Birmingham will depart on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6.35 am (0635), arriving in Gibraltar at 10.30 am (1030). The return flight will depart Gibraltar at 11.15 am (1115), arriving in Birmingham at 1.10 pm (1310).

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China Eastern Airlines to return to San Francisco after 13 years

China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai) is returning to San Francisco after 13 years. According to Airline Route, the airline will restore the Shanghai (Pudong)-San Francisco route on April 26, 2013. The daily route will be operated with Airbus A330-200s.

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Volaris is coming to Denver on December 8

Volaris (Mexico City) will add Denver to its route map on December 8. The fast-growing carrier will add weekend only Airbus A320 service on the Mexico City-Denver route. Mexicana used to fly this route. Volaris has a close working code-share relationship with Southwest Airlines.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Named “Pedro”, Airbus A320-232 XA-VON (msn 3672) completes its final approach into Los Angeles International Airport.

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Routes from Mexico City:

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Afriqiyah Airways converts three Airbus A321 orders into larger A330-200s

Afriqiyah Airways (Tripoli), rebuilding after the Libyan Civil War, has converted three Airbus A321s on order into larger A330-200s according to Airbus.

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Frontier continues its expansion from Orlando to smaller cities

Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) today announced two new nonstop destinations from Orlando, Florida (MCO), bringing the carrier’s nonstop destinations served from Orlando to 13. Nonstop flights to both Columbia, Missouri (COU) and Shenandoah Valley, Virginia (SHD) will begin on November 20, 2012.

Is Frontier taking a page out of Allegiant’s book of serving vacation markets (like Orlando) from smaller underserved markets like Columbia and Shenandoah Valley? It is a departure from the past of serving mainly the biggest markets from its Denver hub.

With Allegiant now adding Airbus A319s in the future, is Frontier making itself into a potential future acquisition for Allegiant?

Orlando-Columbia (beginning Nov. 20, 2012)

Route

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

MCO-COU

1:50 p.m.

3:35 p.m.

Tues

A319

COU-MCO

4:15 p.m.

7:35 p.m.

Tues

A319

MCO-COU

8:00 a.m.

9:45 a.m.

Sat

A319

COU-MCO

10:25 a.m.

1:45 p.m.

Sat

A319

Orlando-Shenandoah (beginning Nov. 20, 2012)

Route

Departs

Arrives

Frequency

Aircraft

MCO-SHD

7:30 a.m.

9:25 a.m.

Tues/Thurs

A319

SHD-MCO

10:05 a.m.

12:10 p.m.

Tues/Thurs

A319

MCO-SHD

7:00 a.m.

8:55 a.m.

Sun

A319

SHD-MCO

9:35 a.m.

11:40 a.m.

Sun

A319

The new service will operate on 138-seat Airbus A319 aircraft.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. Approaching Los Angeles is Frontier’s Airbus A319-112 N948FR (msn 2836). N948FR displays the image of Pete, the Pelican on the tail.

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Hong Kong Airlines to drop the London Gatwick route on September 10, will concentrate on the Asian market

Hong Kong Airlines (Hong Kong) has confirmed it will discontinue the Business Class Hong Kong-London (Gatwick) route on September 10. The carrier added the route only in March 2012. The airline will concentrate on regional routes in Asia.

Copyright Photo: Gerd Beilfuss. The airline is also modifying its color scheme. Newly-manufactured Airbus A320-214 F-WWIA (msn 5264) displays the updated look at Hamburg (Finkenwerder). The airline has been stylizing its name as Hongkong Airlines. The new airliner will become B-LPF on delivery.

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Wind Jet ceases operations after it fails to reach an agreement with Alitalia

Wind Jet (Catania) ceased operations at midnight last night (August 11) after its merger talks with Alitalia (2nd) (Rome) collapsed. Previously Alitalia had received permission to take over the struggling carrier. The airline, based in Sicily, commenced operations on June 18, 2003.

Up to 500,000 passengers could be impacted by the grounding and the five Airbus aircraft are reported by the media to be grounded in Malta for overdue payments.

Read the full story from The Malta Independent: CLICK HERE

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