HM ups JNB flights, speeds up check-in
AIR Seychelles will add four services on its JNB-SEZ service over
the peak end-of-year season, boosting availability to six flights a
week. The extra flights will operate as follows: HM061 will depart
Seychelles at 09h20, arriving in Johannesburg at 12h25 on
December 12 and 19. HM060 will depart Johannesburg at 13h45,
arriving in Seychelles at 20h40 on January 2 and 9. The airline is
also speeding up passenger processing at Seychelles International
Airport by introducing SITA’s common-use passenger processing
systems (CUPPS).
QR adds two new routes
QATAR Airways will start flying to Sarajevo later this year and
will add Canberra to its existing Sydney routing in the course of
next year. QR’s second daily DOH-SYD flight will continue on to
Canberra from February 2018, subject to government approval.
The route will be served by a 358-seat Boeing 777-300. Four
weekly flights will operate to Sarajevo from October 31.The DohaSarajevo
flights will be operated by a 144-seat Airbus A320,
configured in two classes.
MK increases Perth frequency
AIR Mauritius is to increase flights to Perth to three a week
from November. MK 440 operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, departing Mauritius at 22h15 and arriving in Perth
at 09h10 the next day. MK 441 departs Perth on Wednesdays,
Fridays and Sundays at 13h05, arriving in Mauritius at 17h10.
Oman Air and KQ sign codeshare
KENYA Airways and Oman Air have signed and implemented
a codeshare for services between Muscat and Nairobi. Kenya
Airways has placed its KQ code on the Oman Air flights. The
codeshare flights, operated by Oman Air, are as follows: On
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays Flight KQ4750
departs Nairobi at 00h45 and arrives in Muscat at 06h45; on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays return flight KQ
4751 departs from Muscat at 13h50 and arrives in Nairobi at
17h55.
Lufthansa suspends San Jose service
LUFTHANSA is to suspend its five weekly flights between Frankfurt
and San Jose, California, from October 26 for operational reasons.
A year-round service on the route will recommence on March 25,
2018 for the 2018 summer flight schedule. Lufthansa expects the
positive economic development that it has seen on the route to
continue next year. Passengers with existing bookings can request
to be rebooked on alternative flights from Frankfurt or Munich to
San Francisco.
