AirHeads: A snapshot of the week's airline news

Turkish ups LHR flights
TURKISH Airlines has increased its flights from Istanbul to London
Heathrow from 30 to 37 a week, as of October 25. The Turkish
carrier has also increased frequencies to other destinations,
including Jordan, where four weekly flights are now offered instead
of three, and Tel Aviv where 49 flights have increased to 56 a week
from October 25.

Air Seychelles ups JNB flights
EFFECTIVE November 1, Air Seychelles’ new schedule sees flight
HM060 (the airline’s thrice-weekly Johannesburg service) move from
a 12h35 Johannesburg departure to 14h00, to arrive in Seychelles
at 20h55, instead of the previous 19h30 arrival. The return flight
HM061 now departs Seychelles at 09h25 to arrive in Johannesburg
at 12h35. In addition to the scheduled services, Air Seychelles will
introduce an additional flight each week between Johannesburg and
Seychelles, which will operate every Tuesday between December 15
and January 5, 2016. 

Lufthansa ups CPT service to daily
LUFTHANSA is increasing its frequencies between Cape Town and
Munich from five weekly non-stop flights to a daily schedule. The
seasonal service is valid during South Africa’s summer season and
will be operated using the A340-600. In addition, Edelweiss will
connect Cape Town with Zurich non-stop twice a week during South
Africa’s high season, operating flights from now until mid-May 2016.