CAAC initial int'l route allocation for 2008 & 09

The CAAC today (10SEP07) has initially allocated new international routes and frequencies to 5 airlines for the year of 2008 and 2009.

As these are initial allocations, further changes may be expected, and the awarded carriers eventually will decide whether to launch and use all frequencies.

Initial allocated new Long-Haul routes

CARRIER	ROUTE	Freq (Wk)	Planned Date
Air China	Beijing - Berlin	7	Mar 08
	Beijing - Istanbul	7	Mar 08
	Beijing - Warsaw	7	Oct 08
	Beijing - Toronto	7	Mar 09
	Beijing - Washington	7	Mar 09
	Shanghai - San Francisco	7	Mar 09
	Beijing - Manchester	7	Mar 09
	Beijing - Zurich	7	Mar 09
	Beijing - Dusseldorf	7	Oct 09
	Beijing - Vienna	7	Oct 09
	Shanghai - Rome	7	Oct 09
	Beijing - Milan	7	Oct 09
China Southern	Beijing - Newark	7	Jul 08
	Guangzhou - Moscow	7	Oct 08
	Beijing - Detroit	7	Mar 09
	Beijing - London	7	Mar 09
	Guangzhou - Vancouver	7	Jul 09
China Eastern	Shanghai - Los Angeles	2	Jun 08
Hainan Airlines	Beijing - Berlin	4	May 08
	Beijing - Seattle	4	Jun 08
	Beijing - Chicago	7	Jun 09
	Beijing - Newark	7	Oct 09
Shanghai Airlines	Shanghai - Vienna	5	Summer/Fall 08
	Shanghai - Hamburg	3	Summer/Fall 08
	Shanghai - Zurich	3	Summer/Fall 08
	Shanghai - Seattle	3	Summer/Fall 09
	Shanghai - Los Angeles	7	Summer/Fall 09

Additional Frequencies on Long-Haul flights

CARRIER	ROUTE	Freq (Wk)	Planned Date
Air China	Beijing - Los Angeles	7	Mar 08
	Beijing - Moscow	7	Mar 08
	Shanghai - Paris	4	Mar 08
	Beijing - Paris	7	Mar 08
	Shanghai - Milan	4	Mar 08
	Beijing - San Francisco	7	Oct 08
	Beijing - Vancouver	7	Mar 09
	Beijing - New York	7	Mar 09
	Beijing - Frankfurt	7	Mar 09
China Southern	Guangzhou - Los Angeles	2	Jun 08
	Beijing - Amsterdam	7	Mar 09
China Eastern	Shanghai - New York	3	Jun 08
	Shanghai - London	2	Jun 08
	Shanghai - Vancouver	4	Sep 08