ANA plans EGYPTAIR codeshare service

Subject to Government Approval, ANA plans to codeshare on EGYPTAIR’s service between Japan and Cairo, which is already listed on ANA’s January 2011 timetable, but is not available for reservation at present time.
Codeshare flight numbers below:

Route	NH Codeshare	MS Operating
Osaka – Cairo	NH6381	MS963
Cairo – Osaka	NH6380	MS962
Osaka – Luxor – Cairo	NH6381	MS963
Tokyo Narita – Cairo	NH6383	MS965
Cairo – Tokyo Narita	NH6382	MS964

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Egyptair news

The airline has begun releasing their W10 schedule.

• Lusaka: new destination to be served via DAR with 4x weekly B738 flights.
• Almaty: CAI-ALA will be canceled.
• Tokyo: CAI-NRT increases from 3 to 6x weekly flights in September, and then 6 to 7x weekly (daily) from 01MAR10.
• Osaka: CAI-KIX increases from 4 to 5x weekly flights from 01MAR10. 2 flights will continue to operate KIX-LXR-CAI on the return.
• Damascus: CAI-DAM increases from 11 to 14x weekly (twice daily).
• Kuwait: CAI-KWI increases from 10 to 14x weekly flights (twice daily). (Usually 21x weekly in summer and 10x weekly in winter).
• Accra: will change from a night to a day flight like Lagos.
• Marsa Alam: EgyptAir Express will expand operations from RMF with new domestic flights to Sharm El Sheikh (from 01JUL10), Alexandria (from 01JUL10), Luxor (from 01NOV10)and Abu Simbel (from 05NOV10). In addition the airline will operate 2x weekly charters from RMF to JED, KWI and AMM between 01JUL09-09AUG10.
• OA Code Share: The long-standing code share with Olympic Air on the ALY-ATH route will end on 29OCT10. This was expected given the recent launch of HBE-IST by fellow Star Alliance partner, TK.
• Airbus A330-200 Refit: The airline has indefinitely postponed the refit of the existing 7 A332 with the new interiors.

Source: Horus!

EgyptAir schedule news

EgyptAir First A330-300 Flight Published

Today EgyptAir have updated their schedule and now show the first A330-300 will start flights on 01SEP10 on the CAI-LHR route (MS777/778). The configuration is actually 36C/265Y for a total of 301 seats (previously reported as 36C/260Y).
The airline is also requesting slots to increase CAI-LHR from 8 to 10x weekly flights this winter (likewise for CDG).

EgyptAir Confirm Tokyo Flight Increase

01MAY10-31AUG10: 3x weekly B77W flights.
01SEP10-29FEB11: 6x weekly B77W flights (a/c taken from LHR which become an A333 service).
01MAR11 onwards: 7x weekly (daily) B77W flights.

Source: Horus