THIRD B777 ADDED
Today, London/Heathrow's leading airline Aero Britain has accepted delivery of it's THIRD B777-200 aircraft. Configured with 12 GlobalFirst, 48 GlobalClub & 171 GlobalTraveller seats this aircraft is joining it's sister planes in operating Transatlantic to the USA.
Rather than being deployed to New York this plane is being used to DOUBLE our flights to Chicago's O-Hare International Airport to Twice Daily. We will be adding more seats and more connection opportunities to Chicago now as we will be adding 3263 return seats a week on the route.
Schedule is as follows
London/Heathrow - Chicago/ORD Service increased to Twice Daily
BAW297 LHR1030 - 1204ORD 772 D
BAW298 ORD1535 - 0509+1LHR 772 D
This now means we offer 166 return services a week to the USA with around 28,800 available seats to the country.
LEISURE FLEET TO GAIN 3 DC8s
Bucking the recent trend of focusing on LHR long haul, AERO BRITAIN has agreed a deal to acquire THREE MORE DC8s which will be based at the carrier's leisure operation at London/Stansted. They will be used to expand the airline's offering in the Caribbean & Florida (With Orlando/Barbados set for route increases) as well as new flights to Turkish and Egyptian holiday resorts.
FLYING FOR YOU
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TWO MORE IL18Ds ORDERED
This week Nairobi based airline KENYAN AIR has agreed a deal with Russian manufacturer Ilyushin for the acquisition of two more of it's IL18D aircraft. They will be configured with 95 Rafiki and 15 RafikiPremium will be used to bolster our operations within Africa, as well as starting a new service to Doha - linking up with partner airline AERO QATAR.
We are also looking to acquire a 2nd DC8 aircraft to enable us to increase frequency to Bangkok as well as start an all new service to India with Mumbai likely to be the first route.
THE HEART OF AFRICA
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THREE MORE IL8Ds - NEW USA/BRAZIL ROUTES SERVICE
With the delivery of Three more Ilyushin IL18D aircraft, Panama's largest airline Aero Panama has embarked on a phase of route expansions as well as two brand new routes. Bogota, Caracas, Houston, Managua & Manaus all get frequency increases.
All these routes carry a lot of transit passengers as well as having a fair amount of O&D passengers travelling the routes. The addition of these routes will allow us to increase our connecting passengers as it making previous low demand connections viable. Currently we have around 30% of our passengers which are transiting through PTY to a final destination.
Operational Changes are as follows:
Panama City - Bogota NEW FIFTH DAILY SERVICE
PY312 PTY2130 - 2308BOG IL8 D
PY313 BOG0420 - 0558PTY IL8 D
Panama City - Caracas NEW THIRD DAILY SERVICE
PY564 PTY2050 - 2359CCS IL8 D
PY565 CCS0415 - 0624PTY IL8 D
Panama City - Houston NEW SECOND DAILY SERVICE
PY21 PTY0900 - 1256IAH IL8 D
PY22 IAH1400 - 1956PTY IL8
Panama City - Managua NEW THIRD DAILY SERVICE
PY999 PTY0730 - 0814MGA IL8 D
PY1000 MGA1015 - 1259PTY IL8 D
Panama City - Manaus Service increased to Daily
PY766 PTY1530 - 2056MAO IL8 D
PY767 MAO0300 - 0626PTY IL8 D
All these flights are timed within our various connecting banks throughout the day to provide ample choices for passengers wanting to book on our flights. Some of the new flights are timed fairly close to other flights, but this is due to the amount connecting passengers going on the flights.
NEW YORK AND BELEM JOIN THE NETWORK
On top of these route increases we have started two brand new routes to NEW YORK JFK and BELEM. Brazil and USA are two of the largest markets in the world so we needed more options than our current services. New York, arguably the business and tourist capital of the world joins our network with a daily service. The flight is scheduled to seamlessly connect to/from our destinations south of Panama.
Belem one of Northern Brazil's largest cities and the leading Educational and Cultural centre. It attract thousands of tourists each to witness the old colonial town and its amazing architecture. Not only this but it is a growing financial centre with an ever expanding Skyscraper area meaning more and more businesses are locating in Belem. As with New York the flights are timed to seamlessly connect to/from our Northbound departures.
Schedule
Panama City - New York/JFK NEW Daily service
PY830 PTY0730 - 1330JFK IL8 D
PY831 JFK1445 - 2049JFK IL8 D
Panama City - Belem NEW 3xWeekly Service
PY760 PTY1505 - 2317BEL IL8 135
PY761 BEL0200 - 0612PTY IL8 246
CONNECTING YOU
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NAIROBI GETS DIRECT FLIGHT
Due to the rapid success of our first flights, new all-cargo airline AB Cargo has decided it will start a NEW Monday nonstop service from Amsterdam/Schiphol to Nairobi Jomo Kenyetta. Already we are seeing a lot of cargo booked on our service via Doha ranging from Petroleum products to Personal effects so we felt to better serve the demand of our passengers a faster direct service was needed. This will not be at the detriment to Doha service as this means we can offer more capacity to Doha from AMS and from Doha itself to Nairobi.
Schedule
AB9605 AMS0425 - 1418NBO D8X 1
AB9606 NB1830 - 0025+1AMS D8X 1
NEW YORK, HONG KONG & DUBAI STARTED
Seen as probably 3 of the biggest cargo hubs worldwide it was inevitable that we were going to serve them. Major exports to all 3 destinations will include Petroleum products, Chemicals & Foodstuffs among many others whilst imports into Amsterdam will include Godiva Chocolates from New York, Reexports from Dubai and Toys/Electricals from Hong Kong plus many others.
Schedules are as follows
Amsterdam - Dubai 4xWeekly Service
AB8990 AMS0230 - 1144DXB D8X x123
AB8991 DXB1325 - 1639AMS D8X x123
Amsterdam - London/Heathrow - New York 2xWeekly service
AB9403 AMS0500 - 0448LHR0800 - 1129JFK D8X 67
AB9404 JFK1254 - 0033LHR0135 - 0323AMS D8X 17
Amsterdam - Doha - Hong Kong 2xWeekly service
AB9401 AMS0200 - 0957DOH1150 - 0034+1HKG 24
AB9402 HKG0225 - 0453DOH0555 - 0952AMS 35
These new services also mean we operate 8 flights per week to Doha (around 656 tons of capacity per week) and also 4 flights per week to London/Heathrow (328 tons of capacity per week) giving our customer even more options to those destinations also.
UK & IRELAND FEEDER STARTED
Due to requested demand AB Cargo has also decided to operate a 6 weekly feeder operation into the UK and Ireland with an Amsterdam- Nottingham/East Midlands - Dublin flight. The flights are timed to connect onto our longer services as well as to feet our early morning east bound services.
Schedule
AB9880 AMS1816 - 1807EMA1850 - 1938DUB D8X x7
AB9881 DUB2050 - 2138EMA2220 - 0011AMS D8X x7
The departure from AMS allows seamless connection from our flights to Dubai & Doha (As well as interline partners) whilst the arrival time back into AMS is ideal to connect onto our East bound services to HKG,DXB,NBO & DOH.
GETTING YOUR FREIGHT THERE
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