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Old 16th February 2011, 07:09 PM
Oliver Gigacz Oliver Gigacz is offline
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Default China Eastern to Operate B767-300s to Melbourne

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As per 16FEB11 GDS Inventory display, China Eastern starting 27MAR11 is adjusting selected International service, mainly on Bangkok, Dubai and Melbourne.

Planned changes as follows:

Shanghai Pu Dong – Melbourne Boeing 767-300ER replace Airbus A340
MU737 PVG2015 – 0900+1MEL 763 x134
MU738 MEL1100 – 1920PVG 763 x245
Glad to see a few different variants into Melbourne.

http://airlineroute.net/2011/02/16/mu-dxbmel-s11/
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Old 17th February 2011, 10:25 AM
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I didn't mention in the post but this may be operated by Shanghai Airlines' Boeing 767, which inflight product is inferior compared to MU 333/343.
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Old 24th March 2011, 07:59 PM
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evening all,

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China Eastern starting 20JUN11 is increasing service to Australia.

Existing 5 weekly Airbus A330 service on Shanghai Pu Dong – Sydney route increases to Daily.

Shanghai Pu Dong – Melbourne 4 weekly service, which changes frm Airbus A340-300 to subsidiary Shanghai Airlines’ Boeing 767-300ER, will also increase to Daily from the same date.
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Shanghai Pu Dong – Melbourne
MU737 PVG2015 – 0900+1MEL 763 D

Melbourne-Shanghai
MU738 MEL1100 – 1920PVG 763 x245
MU738 MEL1200 – 1920PVG 763 245
till 19JUN11, MU737/738 operates Day x134/Day x245

Shanghai Pu Dong – Sydney
MU561 PVG2020 – 0900+1SYD 333 27

MU561 PVG2020 – 1000+1SYD 333 x27

Sydney-Shanghai
MU562 SYD1100 – 1920PVG 333 x13
MU562 SYD1200 – 1920PVG 333 13
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Old 25th March 2011, 11:42 AM
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Will the 767 be in Shanghai and not China Southern colours, if so will be something new to spot on the tarmac at MEL.
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Old 26th March 2011, 12:58 AM
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Funny,

like the first or second day the 767 service was originally meant to start- they send an A346 to MEL
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Old 26th March 2011, 02:21 PM
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Funny,

like the first or second day the 767 service was originally meant to start- they send an A346 to MEL
Have i missed something,it wasnt originally meant to start till tomorrow anyway
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Old 26th March 2011, 02:30 PM
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Thats correct Paul Tomorrow should be the first service.
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Old 26th March 2011, 04:55 PM
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Yeah my bad boys!

i read it as 27 February start

Amateur mistake
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Old 26th March 2011, 09:33 PM
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I reckon you'll find the first service into Melbourne will be Monday, not tomorrow
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