Air Austral Splits Bangkok / Chennai Operations in W16 | Airline Route

                           

Air Austral starting Northern winter 2016/17 season will be splitting operations on its 2 weekly St. Denis de la Reunion – Chennai – Bangkok route, currently served by Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

From 01NOV16, service will split to following, twice weekly:

St. Denis de la Reunion – Bangkok (Reported on Airline Route on 07DEC15)
UU887 RUN2100 – 0755+1BKK 787 36
UU888 BKK0940 – 1415RUN 787 47

St. Denis de la Reunion – Chennai
UU737 RUN2045 – 0425+1MAA 738 25
UU738 MAA1105 – 1545RUN 738 36

Air Austral Splits Bangkok / Chennai Operations in W16 | Airline Route

Air Austral Expands Boeing 787 Operations in NW16 | Airline Route

                               

Air Austral in last week’s schedule update has filed first update to its Northern winter 2016/17 schedule, effective 30OCT16. In the first update, the airline plans to expand Boeing 787-8 service to additional destinations.

eff 30OCT16 St. Denis de la Reunion – Mauritius UU108/109 Day 7
eff 02NOV16 St. Denis de la Reunion – Bangkok 2 weekly (replacing 1-stop via Chennai)

For NW16 season, 787 continues to operate Dzaoudzi – Nairobi – Paris CDG – Dzaoudzi twice a week, and selected St. Denis de la Reunion – Dzaoudzi flights.

Air Austral Expands Boeing 787 Operations in NW16 | Airline Route