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Etihad begins 3 routes in 4 days
The UAE carrier launched Abu Dhabi to Düsseldorf on September twenty eighth (three weekly Boeing 787-9), Copenhagen on the twenty ninth (4 weekly 787-9), and Osaka Kansai on October 1st (five weekly 787-9). My article that checked out this development had 35,000 views in two days.
While Copenhagen and Osaka are brand-new to Etihad’s network, Düsseldorf was previously served between 2011 and 2020, including by Etihad’s then equity partner, airberlin. That they had as much as double-daily Abu Dhabi flights.
Two days before Etihad relaunched Düsseldorf, the airport welcomed HiSky from Chișinău (twice-weekly A319/A320), joining incumbent FlyOne on the 1,045-mile (1,682 km) airport pair. It followed the arrival of Royal Jordanian from Amman on September twenty third (twice-weeky; mainly A320). Two of the photos above show the celebrations.
Sunshine Airways’ next Miami route
The National Airline of Haiti, Sunshine Airways commenced Cap-Haïtien to Miami on September twenty sixth, becoming the one US route from the Haitian port city. Running 4 weekly, it uses GlobalX’s A320s/A319s. The primary rotation deployed N276GX, a 17.7-year-old A320, originally delivered to Japan’s StarFlyer and subsequently utilized by Frontier and TUI fly Netherlands.
Photo: Sunshine Airways
While Cap-Haïtien to Miami has had various services over time, most recently by American in 2020, Sunshine Airways is its sole carrier. It joins Port-au-Prince to Miami, which the carrier began on September fifteenth.
Istanbul gains China Eastern
On September twenty eighth, China Eastern inaugurated Shanghai Pudong to Istanbul Airport, Europe’s busiest airport by September flights. It’s served three weekly by two-class, 232-seat Airbus A330-200s. It’s the second passenger carrier on the 4,994-mile (8,037 km) route, joining Turkish Airlines (day by day 777-300ER).
Focused on the Chinese point of sale, including tour groups, MU703 leaves Shanghai at 01:30 and arrives at 08:30 local. Returning, MU704 departs at 13:55 and arrives home at 05:30+1.
In July 2023, the Istanbul-Shanghaimarket had about 4,500 roundtrip passengers; it was not that big. The launch got here a number of days after Hainan Airlines commenced Shenzhen to Milan Malpensa.
Breezing from Tulsa to Latest Orleans
The market again has non-stop flights. It’s due to Breeze, which has reintroduced the 538-mile (865 km) airport pair having last served it in 2021. While the E190 was used then, it’s now within the hands of the A220-300. Based on booking data, around 2,500 roundtrip passengers flew between the 2 cities in July 2023, about 40 passengers day by day each way.
Photo: Breeze
Running on Fridays and Mondays, timed for a protracted weekend within the Big Easy, the route uses aircraft and crew based in Orlando. Having arrived from Florida at 08:55, MX750 leaves Latest Orleans for Tulsa at 09:35, with MX751 arriving back at 13:45. It then departs for the Sunshine State at 14:25. Passengers can, in fact, ‘Breeze-Thru’ on a one-stop, same-plane, same-flight-number basis, the definition of a direct route.
Turkish Airlines: 50 years in Berlin
The Turkish flag carrier has celebrated half a century within the German capital, renowned for having 200,000+ Turks and people of that heritage. Over time, it flew to Schönefeld and Tegel (each closed), with Brandenburg now served.
Turkish carried about 22,000 IstanbulBerlin point-to-point passengers in July. After all, it also revolved around transit passengers, with around 37,000 connecting that month. The preferred markets were Berlin to/from Beirut, Tehran, Dubai, Bangkok, and Nur-Sultan.
Photo: Turkish Airlines
Within the week of writing this text, Turkish has 4 day by day Berlin service from its huge Istanbul Airport hub, variously using the A321ceo, A321neo, A330-200, A330-300, A350-900, and 787-9. Lower-cost unit AnadoluJet also flies from Antalya and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (day by day) and Ankara (twice-weekly).
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