NZ cancels Hong Kong-London leg in March 2013?

Hey ecureilx i cant find any info about Tiger starting to fly to AKL. Only SQ SIN using the route as of this moment. Even NZ stopped flying to SIN. SQ is dominating the route with atleast 1-2 flights a day between SIN-AKL-SIN.

Thats right Highflyer... as per the article below... they will have a codeshare with CX & KA thereafter.

AIR NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO HONG KONG AND LONDON SERVICES
Air New Zealand has today announced that effective 03 March 2013 services between Hong Kong and London will be withdrawn with the last services operating the route as follows.

NZ35 Sunday 03 Mar 2013 HKG/LHR (as an extension of NZ35 / 02 Mar 2013 ex AKL)
NZ38 Sunday 03 Mar 2013 LHR/HKG (continuing as NZ38 / 04 Mar 2013 to AKL)


In addition Air New Zealand has formed an alliance with Cathay Pacific on the Auckland – Hong Kong route. The changes are part of Air New Zealand’s strategy to return its international network to profitability. A key focus of this strategy is the successful implementation of an alliance based network with a Pacific Rim focus.

The decision to exit from the Hong Kong – London route will enable more capacity to be redeployed onto the popular North American destinations of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Air New Zealand is excited about our upcoming move to the Tom Bradley terminal at LAX where Air New Zealand has been contracted to design and operate a brand new and much improved Star Alliance lounge, making Los Angeles a great place to connect through to London or destinations further into Europe. Air New Zealand remains committed to servicing Europe, via these daily Los Angeles – London services, and our membership of the Star Alliance network.

The Air New Zealand/Cathay Pacific alliance will see both carriers continue to operate the same flight frequency between Auckland and Hong Kong while introducing code share on each other’s flights. The code share services will go on sale from 12 December 2012 for travel on/after 31 January 2013 and present Air New Zealand with more opportunities to expand our network reach, and improve connectivity, beyond Hong Kong. Air New Zealand airfares will be updated over the coming weeks to incorporate new travel options with Cathay Pacific (CX) and Dragonair.(KA).

Air New Zealand operates daily year round services between Auckland and Hong Kong while Cathay Pacific operates daily year round services and up to double daily in the peak period between 12 December and 1 March. Schedule details are noted below.

Auckland-Hong Kong Hong Kong-Auckland
Dep Arr Dep Arr
Air NZ 2159 0605+1 1920 1115+1
Cathay Pacific 1435 2100 2100 1310+1
Cathay Pacific* 0855 1520 1525 0730+1
* seasonal


Airpoints and Koru Benefits from Air New Zealand / Cathay Pacific alliance
Air New Zealand Airpoints members will earn Airpoints Dollars* on Cathay Pacific operated flights between Auckland and Hong Kong regardless of whether they are travelling on a CX or an NZ flight number.

In addition Airpoints Gold/Gold Elite and Koru members travelling on Air New Zealand marketed flight numbers (e.g. NZ4990 AKLHKG) operated by Cathay Pacific will receive lounge access and premium customer benefits such as Status Points, additional baggage, priority check-in, priority baggage and priority seating on the Auckland-Hong Kong route. Airpoints Gold/Gold Elite will also obtain access to Cathay Pacific and Dragonair Business Class lounges in Beijing and Shanghai when connecting to Dragonair services at Hong Kong.

* Subject to Airpoints terms and conditions


Re-accommodation of customers affected by Air New Zealand Hong Kong-London flight cancellations
Customers booked and ticketed on 086 tickets who are affected by the Hong Kong-London flight cancellation must be rebooked onto an alternative Cathay Pacific or Virgin Atlantic connecting service no later than Friday 16 November 2012. The process for rebooking and reissuing tickets is outlined in the attached re-accommodation guideline. There are likely four scenarios where passengers will be impacted by the flight cancellations. i.e.

Passengers who have a single leg booking on NZ35 HKG/LHR in their itinerary, and/or
Passengers who have a single leg booking on NZ38 LHR/HKG in their itinerary, and/or
Passengers who have a multi leg booking on NZ35 AKL/HKG/LHR in their itinerary, and/or
Passengers who have a multi leg booking on NZ38 LHR/HKG/AKL in their itinerary


If you have any problems confirming seats in the required booking class on Cathay Pacific please contact Air New Zealand Agency Support for assistance. Where no suitable alternative to their originally booked travel is available 086 ticketed customers may rebook onto an alternative Air New Zealand service to/from London via Los Angeles in the same booking class as the original ticket. Please ensure that passengers are aware that they may be subject to different visa and entry permit requirements than they were when travelling via HKG. i.e. they must have or be able to obtain an ESTA or other entry visa. Where airport taxes and government charges change no additional payment is required.

Tickets must be reissued to reflect the new flight details. An OSI item noting ‘INVOL REROUTE DUE NZ HKGLHR WITHDRAWAL’ should be placed in the PNR and in the endorsement box on the ticket. Segment related SSRs will need to be reinserted for the new flight segment.

Ticketed Airpoints members will continue earn the same Airpoints Dollars and Status Points that they would have earned with Air New Zealand on their original booking when rebooked onto Cathay Pacific or Virgin Atlantic. Please note – this offer is restricted to the Airpoints program not to other airline frequent flyer programs.

Lounge access for re-accommodated customers

Business Class customers re-booked onto Cathay Pacific/Virgin Atlantic services between London and Hong Kong will have access to the business class lounge of the operating airline on departure.
Air New Zealand Gold and Gold Elite customers who are not travelling in Business Class and who are re-booked onto Cathay Pacific services between London and Hong Kong will have access to Cathay Pacific’s business class lounges on departure. Air New Zealand is still to confirm whether Air New Zealand Gold & Gold Elite customers not travelling in Business Class will be eligible for access into Virgin Atlantic’s business class lounges. An update will be sent once known.
Koru Club members who are not travelling in Business Class will not be eligible for access into Cathay Pacific’s or Virgin’s business class lounges. Similarly Air New Zealand Gold & Gold Elite customers not travelling in Business Class are not eligible for access into Virgin Atlantic’s business class lounges.

Ticket Refunds
Where no suitable alternative to their originally booked travel is available, 086 ticketed customers may be offered a full refund including taxes, regardless of the fare type purchased. Refund must be endorsed ‘FULL REFUND DUE NZ HKG/LHR WITHDRAWAL’.

Connecting Flights
Passengers who hold Air New Zealand connecting flights within New Zealand will be allowed to change if the schedule change causes a misconnection. This applies to NZ travel on the same and separate tickets. Tickets must be revalidated/re-issued showing the new flight details and the original fare calculation and PNR and documents must be endorsed ‘INVOL REROUTE DUE NZ HKGLHR WITHDRAWAL’

Re-accommodated passengers who hold connecting flights on another airline at Hong Kong and/or London will be allowed to change if the schedule change causes misconnection. This applies to travel on the same ticket only. Where connecting travel has been booked and ticketed separately, customers will need to change their travel with the other airline directly. Alternatively customers may change their re-accommodated travel subject to availability if that provides a better customer solution. PNR and documents must be endorsed ‘INVOL REROUTE DUE NZ HKGLHR WITHDRAWAL’

EK !!!!!!!!!!

more 380 routes !

CATEGORY-VEN SUBJECT-EKQ E M I R A T E S PAGE 009

** EMIRATES NEW DESTINATIONS * A380 ROUTES * EXTRA FLIGHTS **
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EMIRATES NEW ROUTES- PHUKET ON 10DEC- WARSAW ON 6FEB- AND AND ALGIERS ON 1MAR.

ROUTES OPERATIONAL IN 2012 INCLUDE RIO DE JANEIRO. BUENOS AIRES. DUBLIN. LUSAKA. HARARE. DALLAS. SEATTLE. HO CHI MINH CITY. BARCELONA. LISBON. ERBIL. WASHINGTON-DC. ADELAIDE. AND LYON.

MELBOURNE SINGAPORE AND MOSCOW HAVE JOINED EK LIST OF A380 SERVICED ROUTES.

EMIRATES FLEET OF A380S OPERATE TO CITIES- JFK YYZ LHR MAN CDG AMS FCO MUC DME JED KUL SIN BKK HKG PVG PEK ICN NRT SYD MEL AKL.

EMIRATES HAS INCREASED FLIGHTS TO THE FOLLOWING DESTINATIONS-

EFF 01DEC NEW THIRD FREQUENCY EK422-423 TO PERTH.

EFF 03DEC NEW FOURTH FREQUENCY EK344-345 TO KUALA LUMPUR.

EFF 10DEC A380 OPERATED ON ALL FIVE DAILY FLIGHTS TO LHR.

EFF 01JAN SECOND FLT FREQUENCY UPGRADE TO A380 TO JFK † CDG.

THRICE DAILY TO MANILA EFF 01JAN AND JAKARTA EFF 01MAR.

Any idea why Flightaware is showing Spicejet flights as Jetsgo ?



Jetsgo was a Canadian airline ceased operations in 2005.

Iraqi Airways has plans to re-launch as a major carrier in coming months. As per expansions plans it has taken delivery of couple of A321s, single A330-202 and single B777-29M LR recently. CAA of Iraq said Iraqi Airways is going to expand the services into India, Far East and Europe. It seems they ordered for B787s too. Though they have to pay Kuwait $500 Million to End Air Dispute.

Has anyone know more about the Iraqi Airways current fleet ? Any idea how is the political situation in Iran and Iraq. It seems Aviation in Iran has gone very quite recently.

The Picture of Iraqi Airways A330-202. I wonder why it has got Malaysian Flag below the Cockpit window area : http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/YI-AQY.html

if im not mistaken they have a total fleet of 15!

some thing about SQ -- an App for the crew to update their scheds !!!!!!!

What could be the reason businesses are moving from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta ?

I read on the news MH is ordering 36 ATR72-600s worth RM 3 Billion, as per expansions plans. Of the 36 ordered, 20 of those ATRs are to be inducted to the Firefly and the remaining 16 for MASWings. It seems to be Malaysia domestic market is doing well.

Main reason for the moves are Alliances, and opening up of new markets - Indonesia and Malaysia are aggressive in pushing their incentives ...

BTW, if you forgot, Tony F realised that Indonesia is the biggest market to grow, and AK is now officially Based out of JKT ..

For Maswings ? it is more like rebuilding the MH Feeder service, which was crapped out post the privatization venture .. and reducing the capacity for MH so FY can take over most domestic routes.

After all, FY is NOT cheap, even though they started off as a LCC concept .. when they realised that people are willing to pay for the convenience of landing in SZB vs KUL.

The fact is, most of the routes don't justify a 320 or a 737 .. so an ATR fits just nice ..

Air Canada is jumping into the low-cost leisure travel market with the launch of its new airline, dubbed Rouge, which will begin in July 2013 flying to destinations in Europe and the Caribbean.

@ AirCeylon and 4R-SRD - Do you think there is enough passenger demand between Toronto and Venice ? I am quite surprised why this new LCC airline didn't fly to France, where Canada gets more passengers in Europe.

They should land to MXP.. coz from northern Italy pax has to go to FCO.. or to another EU destination..

@ AirCeylon - How many flights operate on the MXP-YYZ route ? I have seen a few International Airlines have cancelled the services from MXP. Don't know why ? Is that true Jet Airways to DEL from MXP is terminating from next year ?

Airtransat flew YYZ from VCE few months ago. But I dont see flights now in GDS. May be Route will have to operate flights only in particular season.