Oneworld members boost key Asian routes
Oct 19, 2006 | 7:27 am
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Oneworld members boost key Asian routes
Oneworld members boost key Asian routes
Finnair and Cathay Pacific are improving services on several key Asian routes. The Helsinki-based carrier is adding a new route to Delhi on October 30 and will double the number of flights to Tokyo (from two to four a week) at the beginning of December. Both services will have good connections from other airports in mainland Europe, Scandinavia and the UK...
Tokyo Narita will be served by an Airbus A340-300 every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from Helsinki from December with flights returning the next day. Finnair's new flights are those operating on Thursday and Sunday out plus Monday and Friday back...
In Asia, Cathay Pacific hopes to launch a single daily flight on the important Hong Kong to Shanghai route on December 1...
Cathay's new service will provide various connections at its Hong Kong hub. It will also providing another opportunity for Oneworld members to earn frequent flyer miles...
Tokyo Narita will be served by an Airbus A340-300 every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from Helsinki from December with flights returning the next day. Finnair's new flights are those operating on Thursday and Sunday out plus Monday and Friday back...
In Asia, Cathay Pacific hopes to launch a single daily flight on the important Hong Kong to Shanghai route on December 1...
Cathay's new service will provide various connections at its Hong Kong hub. It will also providing another opportunity for Oneworld members to earn frequent flyer miles...
Oct 20, 2006 | 4:50 am
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Originally Posted by virtualtroy
Warmly welcome the intro of HKG-PVG on OW metal, but moreso Lhasa as I've always wanted to go...
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Oct 20, 2006 | 9:14 am
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Originally Posted by wandering_fred
Lhasa is a great city.... But don't fly in. Stop somewhere along the way and acclimatize. I stopped 3 days in Xining and another 3 in Golmud and had no problems. Besides it looks like the new train will be a great deal more comfortable than the 24 hour approx b*s ride I took....
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Oct 20, 2006 | 6:34 pm
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
Any hint of OW service to Kathmandu?
TG would probably be the only reasonable choice in the air.
Though there are some short connections to India and the new carriers seem ot be doing something right.....
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Oct 21, 2006 | 2:41 pm
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Oneworld out of BOM however, is still quite weak, with the best connections being offered only by BA. Cathay and Qantas also fly, true, but with limited number of times a week, and at odd hours / routes / aircraft / connections.
Why does DEL get AA, EY in addition and now JAL and Malev as well. (Hint of jealousy
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I've posted this earlier, but I'm really, really crossing my fingers for 9W to join OW...!!!
Why does DEL get AA, EY in addition and now JAL and Malev as well. (Hint of jealousy
)I've posted this earlier, but I'm really, really crossing my fingers for 9W to join OW...!!!
Oct 21, 2006 | 11:38 pm
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Originally Posted by neerajnevatia
I've posted this earlier, but I'm really, really crossing my fingers for 9W to join OW...!!!
Oct 22, 2006 | 12:46 am
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Originally Posted by Torgen
AA codeshares with S2, so unless another 1W member starts codesharing with 9W I'd call it unlikely.
Oct 22, 2006 | 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by Torgen
AA codeshares with S2, so unless another 1W member starts codesharing with 9W I'd call it unlikely.
QF already code shares with 9W from BOM to SIN...
Oct 23, 2006 | 6:00 am
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Originally Posted by virtualtroy
Warmly welcome the intro of HKG-PVG on OW metal, but moreso Lhasa as I've always wanted to go...
Oct 23, 2006 | 11:15 am
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
I couldn't scare any ref to Lhasa out of the Cathay web site. Was this a wishful-thinking comment, or are they planning to operate the route?
Oct 23, 2006 | 7:09 pm
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Originally Posted by wandering_fred
Lhasa is a great city.... But don't fly in. Stop somewhere along the way and acclimatize. I stopped 3 days in Xining and another 3 in Golmud and had no problems. Besides it looks like the new train will be a great deal more comfortable than the 24 hour approx b*s ride I took....
Happy wandering
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Happy wandering
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Oct 23, 2006 | 8:52 pm
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Originally Posted by JohnAx
... Wiki said the Chinese oxygen-enriched the train cars rather than pressurizing them, btw. That seem odd. ...
Oct 23, 2006 | 11:38 pm
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Originally Posted by og
That sounds like a perfect recipie for a flaming disaster. That is, if you know how a rich oxygen source can help combustion.
Actually, reading the Wikipedia article caused me to conclude that Lhasa would have been an interesting stop 15 or 20 years ago. I still have Lukla and Namche to check off, and with Nepal seemingly cooling off politically I'll just see if I can make that happen.