Asia and Oceania route updates – April 2024
Highlights
AirAsia X
After a four-year period, AirAsia X will resume the Kuala Lumpur – Changsha route.
Starting July 5th, the airline will operate four times a week between the two cities on 377-seat Airbus A330-300s.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur – China routes
Air India
The company began services between Mumbai and Delhi using Airbus A350-900 jets last April 1st. In line with our database, Air India offers 13 weekly flights on this route with these aircraft.
Daily (except Saturday)
?Saturday
?Daily (except Saturday)
Air India also utilizes the Airbus A320s, Airbus A321s, Boeing 777-200(LR)s and Boeing 777-300(ER)s on this route.
Air New Zealand
Effective October 27th, the airline will increase its operations on the Auckland – Tokyo Narita route, which currently performs with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner planes, 7 times per week.
According to its website, Air New Zealand will add three more frequencies, and will also begin operations with its Boeing 777-300(ER).
Daily · switch from 789 to 77W
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (new flight · 787-9)
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday (new flight · 787-9)
Asiana Airlines
Following the retirement of the Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft, the South Korean carrier’s fleet is composed as follows:
Bonza
Sunshine Coast – Launceston, Bonza’s new route.
The Australian low cost carrier, which will offer two weekly services with Boeing 737 MAX, began operations on March 29th.
Monday and Friday
?Bonza reaches its second destination in Launceston, after Gold Coast. Meanwhile, from Sunshine Coast it operates to Albury, Cairns, Darwin, Mackay, Melbourne (MEL and AVV), Mildura, Newcastle (NTL), Proserpine, Rockhampton and Townsville, in addition to Launceston.
China Eastern Airlines
During the last week, China Eastern inaugurated two new routes to Hong Kong from China, both of which will be operated with 186-seat Airbus A320-200s.
Lanzhou · April 15th
Monday
?It will operate 2 services a week starting April 29th (new flight on Fridays).
Yantai – Linyi · April 16th
Tuesday and Friday
China United Airlines
At 13:51 local time on April 9th, China United’s first flight from Yulin arrived in Shizuoka. The company, which will be the only one to offer this route, will operate twice-weekly with Boeing 737-800 planes.
Tuesday and Saturday
?In addition of being the only carrier on this route, China United Airlines is the only company to fly between Yulin and Japan.
China United routes from/to Yulin
China
?Japan
Chongqing Airlines
Beginning June 24th, the carrier will start operating a new route to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Chongqing Airlines will perform three weekly flights on Airbus A320-200s, under the following schedule:
Monday and Friday
?Wednesday
Eastar Jet
Chiang Mai and Phu Quoc, new connections of the South Korean airline from Seoul Incheon effective July.
These services will be carried out once per day with 189-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Daily · July 11th
Daily · July 19th
Eastar Jet routes to/from Seoul Incheon:
China
Japan
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
EVA Air
As of July, EVA will expand its operations between Kaohsiung and Seoul Incheon, with the addition of two new frequencies.
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
?New flights to be added on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Finnair
The Finnish company made an update in its reservation system, opening the purchase of flights after March 30th, 2025.
In these new changes, more frequencies between Helsinki and Japan, specifically to Nagoya and Tokyo Narita can be seen.
IndiGo
The Indian low cost carrier will commence services between Chandigarh and Abu Dhabi as of May 15th. Flights will be operated by Airbus A320 jets with a daily frequency.
Daily
IndiGo routes between Abu Dhabi and India
?From Chandigarh, IndiGo offers seven services per week to Dubai with the same aircraft.
IrAero
In early April, IrAero made a major expansion on the Russia-Azerbaijan market with the opening of three new routes.
The services will be conducted with Sukhoi Superjet 100-95LRs seating 100 passengers.
Omsk · April 1st
Monday
Tuesday
?Chelyabinsk · April 3rd
Wednesday
Nizhnevartovsk · April 7th
Sunday
领英推荐
Monday
IrAero routes between Russia and Baku
Jeju Air
3 international routes and a domestic one, Jeju Air’s new updates.
These flights will begin between April 24th and 28th, and will be carried on Boeing 737-800 airplanes.
Jetstar
The Australian company began operations between Sydney and Osaka last March 31st. Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport becomes Jetstar’s third connection in the Japanese city, reaching 11 weekly.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Routes between Australia and Osaka · Jetstar
?Jetstar is the only airline to operate the Sydney – Osaka route.
Qantas
On April 6th, the airline launched flights between Melbourne and Cairns with Airbus A330-200 aircraft. In accordance to its website, Qantas will offer one frequency a week with these planes, seven with Boeing 737-800s and three using QantasLink’s Embraer 190s.
Daily except Saturday (Boeing 737-800)
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Saturday (with Airbus A330)
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On this route, in addition to Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia operate 28 and 14 weekly services, respectively.
Furthermore, on April 1st, the company inaugurated its Sydney-Port Moresby service, which will operate under the following schedule:
Monday and Friday
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As well as Sydney, Qantas offers a daily flight to Port Moresby from Brisbane.
Royal Brunei
The carrier increased its services between Brunei (BWN) and Malaysia last March 31st.
According to our database, Kuala Lumpur (KUL) and Kota Kinabalu (BKI) have added operations:
Kuala Lumpur (expanded from 10 to 11 weekly)
?Kota Kinabalu (expanded from 7 to 8 weekly)
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The distance between Brunei and Kota Kinabalu is 166 kilometers, and flights take about 20 minutes.
Check schedules on the Royal Brunei website, as they may be different on certain days.
STARLUX Airlines
Starting July 15th, the company will boost its flights on the Taipei-Clark route.
In accordance with its website, Starlux will increase from five to seven services per week, and will continue to operate on Airbus A321neo aircraft with capacity for 188 passengers.
Check the STARLUX Airlines reservation system as there will be different schedules on each day.
STARLUX routes between Taiwan and the Philippines:
?T’Way Air
T’Way will inaugurate its second route to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, beginning June 21st. Flights from/to Seoul Gimpo will be operated with Boeing 737-800s four weekly.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
?Routes between South Korea and Taiwan – T’Way Air:
Kaohsiung
Taichung
Taipei Songshan
Taipei Taoyuan
Toki Air
The new Japanese airline, which began service in early February, will add its second scheduled route as of April 26th.
Operations will be carried out with its ATR 72-600, ten times a week.
Daily except Tuesday and Thursday
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Daily except Tuesday and Thursday
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Toki Air routes (to/from Niigata)
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On April 18th, as can be seen through our database, Toki Air’s ATR 72-600, registration JA01QQ, made its first service between Niigata and Sendai. This was a test flight prior to the start of regular operations.
Uzbekistan Airways
The carrier schedules to increase its flight frequency between Tashkent and Tokyo starting in August. Currently, Uzbekistan Airways has a weekly service on this route with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner airplanes.
Thursday
Friday
Uzbekistan Airways plans a new operation on Mondays from Tashkent and from Tokyo on Tuesdays.
ZIPAIR
San Jose will gain more services from ZIPAIR effective June 1st.
The Japanese airline will reach six weekly flights from/to Tokyo Narita, which will be operated on Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners with a capacity of 272 passengers.
Daily except Tuesday and Friday (currently)
New flight on Fridays to be added.
ZIPAIR routes:
Canada
?Philippines
?Singapore
?South Korea
?Thailand
?United States
New aircraft
10 new jets were incorporated to a mix of airlines in the market in the pasrt month.
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Author: Sebastián Polito