Seasonal services announced
Seasonal services announced
Air Japan, a low cost member of the All Nippon Airways Group, has released its winter timetables for Bangkok and Singapore. The new timetable will be effective between October 27th and March 29th. Under the new schedule the airline offers one daily flight to Bangkok. Flight NQ001 will leave Tokyo Narita at 17.35 and touch down at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport at 23.00. The return leg, flight NQ002, will depart from Bangkok at 00.15 and landing back in Tokyo at 08.10.
There will be five flights a week to Singapore operating on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Flight NQ003 will depart Tokyo Narita at 17.05 and arrive in Singapore at 23.40. The return flight, NQ004, will leave Singapore’s Changi at 00.50, arriving back in Tokyo at 08.10 the following morning.
Both flights will be on board a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 324 seats in a single economy class configuration.
See also: Singapore Airlines to serve Beijing’s Daxing International Airport
China Airlines add Melbourne to Auckland
Meanwhile China Airlines will add a service between Melbourne and Auckland from December. The Taiwanese carrier will deploy its new Airbus A350-900 aircraft which boasts lie-flat business class seats, premium economy and full-service economy cabins.
The Melbourne to Auckland leg is a seasonal service tacked on the existing Taipei to Melbourne service. The new fight numbers will be CI057 which will operate five days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays departing from Melbourne at 13.40 and touching down in Aukland at 19.05
Flight CI057 will operate every day except Monday and Saturday, departing Melbourne at 1340 and arriving in Auckland at 1905. It will return as CI058 leaving Auckland at 21.05 and arriving in Melbourne at 22.55 before continuing its journey to Taipei at 00.25.
“The launch of this new service will coincide with the start of the December school holidays meaning hundreds more seats are available just when families need them most,” said Jim Parashos, Melbourne Airport’s chief of aviation. “China Airlines is making the most of what would otherwise be down time for its aircraft in Melbourne to operate this new service, and it’s a great result for consumers”.
Picture: Airbus A350-900 in Auckland by Sam Reeves Photography via Wikimedia Commons