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End of an era: Retirement of Super 70s

First Published: 18th Sept 2019 2.50pm UTC+8
Last Update: 26th Sept 2019 11.00am UTC+8

Phoenix Airlines today announced the impending retirement of the Super 70s from their fleet, ending the airline's short but important relationship with the type.
"Many people have asked us why we have decided to retire the fleet after such a short period. For us, we never intended to keep this old aircraft type for long. Utilising the aircraft to help us expand our operarions was our only motive. Though we intended to only retire the aircraft in 2026, moving the plans a whole 7 years ahead would help us to cut maintenance costs and proceed with further fleet rationalisation, reducing the number of aircraft types in our fleet," said Mr Li Mingxiang, CEO of Phoenix Airlines. "We will take this opportunity to stock take and kickstart this process, now that we have stabilised and our operations are going strong."

Due to the retirement of the aircraft, flights operated by DC8 will be replaced by other aircraft. Details of the changed flight is stated below. Affected passengers have been contacted by email. We would like passengers to leave their contact number by the "Manage My Booking" function to get the latest updates to their flights, especially if they are travelling between now and 30th September on the below flights.

SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS
1. Beijing - Tel Aviv
With effect 20th September (21st for Tel Aviv), slight adjustments:
PF397 PEK 1940 TLV 2255 742
PF398 TLV 0030 PEK 1345 742

2. Beijing - Helsinki
With effect 19th September, the flight will be shifted to the afternoon, instead of evening, from Beijing and to 7.25pm from Helsinki, instead of 11.10pm:
PF81 PEK 1530 HEL 1750 742
PF82 HEL 1925 PEK 0745 (+1) 742

3. Beijing - Jeju
With effect 20th September, it would be shifted approximately 3 hours earlier as follows:
PF657 PEK 1155 CJU 1455 32B
PF658 CJU 1540 PEK 1640 32B

4. Beijing - Osaka
With effect 20th September, the 1 frequency in the afternoon will be adjusted to a 2 frequency schedule, 1 in the morning, 1 at night.
Original:
PF691 PEK 1255 KIX 1630 D6P
PF692 KIX 1715 PEK 1850 D6P
New:
PF691 PEK 0500 KIX 0840 32B
PF693 PEK 1730 KIX 2110 32B

PF692 KIX 0925 PEK 1105 32B
PF694 KIX 2155 PEK 2335 32B
Note: Passengers with a valid ticket to Osaka would be asked to pick one of the alternatives, subject to first come first served availability.

5. Shanghai (Pudong) - Baku
This route will be not operate on the 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th Sept. Affected passengers have been informed of their alternatives. It will continue to operate daily from 27th Sept. Slight adjustments as follows:
PF281 PVG 1935 GYD 2315 359
PF282 GYD 0040 PVG 1220 359

6. Shanghai (Pudong) - Kiev
Slight adjustments for flights from the 20th September 2019, as follows:
PF91 PVG 1945 KBP 2320 742
PF92 KBP 0050 PVG 1425 742 (First affected flight departs Kiev in the morning of 21st imstead of in the night of 20th)

7. Shanghai (Pudong) - Vladivostok
Slight adjustments with effect 20th September:
PF745 PVG 1310 VVO 1745 32A
PF746 VVO 1815 PVG 1850 32A

8. Shanghai (Pudong) - Seoul (Gimpo)
Flights have been shifted to the morning with effect 20th September:
PF671 PVG 0850 GMP 1125 32A
PF672 GMP 1155 PVG 1230 32A
Note: Passengers booked on flights to Gimpo are required to confirm if they will be proceeeding with this new flight or to proceed with our various alternative flights between Shanghai and Seoul (including Hongqiao-Gimpo and Pudong-Incheon). For passengers flying on or after 7th October, we will be launching an evening return flight between Gimpo and Pudong, with schedule to be confirmed after approval from the authorities is granted. You may choose to be placed on the waiting list for that flight, with priority given to passengers affected by the DC8 retirement.

9. Shanghai (Pudong) - Nursultan
With effect from 20th September, slight adjustments as follows:
PF287 PVG 1920 TSE 2325 32A
PF288 TSE 0005 PVG 0820 32A

10. Shanghai (Pudong) - Penang
With effect 20th September, flights shifted to the evening as follows:
PF121 PVG 1840 PEN 2340 32B
PF122 PEN 0030 PVG 0520 32B

11. Shanghai (Pudong) - Ahmedabad
With effect 21st September, flights will be shifted earlier as follows:
PF333 PVG 1600 AMD 1920 742
PF334 AMD 2050 PVG 0510 (+1) 742

12. Shanghai (Pudong) - Kolkata
With effect 22nd September, flights will be shifted earlier as follows:
PF315 PVG 0645 CCU 0830 742
PF316 CCU 1000 PVG 1645 742

13. Guangzhou - Cochin
14. Guangzhou - Bengaluru
These flights will remain as per schedule, flown by the DC8s, until 27th September. As we are unable to provide the alternative schedule as of press release, we REQUIRE ALL affected passeners to leave their handphone contact to faciliate communication of updates.
UPDATE: The replacement flights have been confirmed, with effect 28th September:
PF321 CAN 2030 COK 2315 781
PF322 COK 0030 CAN 0815 781
 
PF347 CAN 1020 BLR 1245 781
PF348 BLR 1400 CAN 2125 781

As we commemorate the DC8 and thank it for its service to the airline, we will be launching a special one-way flight from Shanghai to Urmuqi, and Urmuqi to Beijing. This flight will be made on the 29th September, with a scheduled departure time of 0810 from Shanghai, and a scheduled departure time of 1425 from Urmuqi. Passengers may book this flight on our website, under the "Super 70 send off" webpage.
(UPDATE) Confirmed flight details are as follows:
PF9070 PEK 0500 PVG 0650
PF70 PVG 0810 URC 1225
PF873 URC 1425 PEK 1745