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Old 17th Dec 2014, 23:01
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Long Haul Changes S15 (So far)

Rumoured -

Qatar to DOH 788 Daily from May.
Emirates upgrading early afternoon flight to an A380.
Mahan Air starting 3 weekly Tehran service initially on an A310. (Apparently the start of the service has been delayed from December until June 2015).
La Compagnie are looking to start Gatwick - New York Newark next year on an all business class 757, initially 5 weekly before increasing to daily.
Caribbean Airlines are apparently considering operating Gatwick - Kingston in the near future.

Confirmed -

Garuda to increase Gatwick - Amsterdam - Jakarta to daily from 01/07.
Vietnam will commence 789 flights from 01/07 and increase Hanoi to 3 weekly until 25/09.
Air Transat replace 1 weekly A310 to Halifax with 2 weekly Gatwick - St Johns - Halifax service on a 738. Toronto increases to 10 weekly from 9, Montreal from weekly to 2 weekly.
Caribbean Airlines are increasing Port of Spain to 4 weekly from 3.

'Based' Airline Changes -

BA

Antigua increases from 5 to 6 weekly.
Orlando increases to 14 weekly from 13 in S14.
Colombo has been dropped (3 weekly via Male in S14)
Kingston increases to 4 weekly from 3(?) last summer.
Male becomes winter seasonal (3 weekly last summer).
Port of Spain increases to 6 weekly from 5(?).
Providenciales is a new route moved from Heathrow, operates weekly (Sun) via Antigua.
Punta Cana is 2 weekly direct vs 3 weekly indirect last year.

Monarch

Dropping all longhaul at the end of W14/15, operated 2 weekly Orlando Sanford and 1 weekly Tobago last summer on an A332.

Norwegian

2nd 787 will operate from Gatwick next year;
Fort Lauderdale decreases from 2 weekly to 1.
Los Angeles increases from 2 weekly to 4.
New York increases from 3 weekly to 6.
Orlando is new, operates weekly (Sat).

Thomson

Cancun increases from 5 to 6 weekly.
Montego Bay increases from 2 to 3 weekly.
Orlando Sanford increases from 2 to 3 weekly.
Punta Cana increases from 2 to 3 weekly.

Thomas Cook

Same as this summer; 2 weekly Cancun and 1 weekly Holguin on A332's.

Virgin

Barbados is now a Daily A333 vs 6 weekly A333 + 1 weekly 744 last year.
Orlando decreases to 13 weekly from 14 last year.
Tobago returns, weekly via St Lucia on an A333 (Sun).

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