List of Royal Brunei Airlines destinations

Royal Brunei Airlines is the flag carrier of Brunei.[1] It was established as the state-owned national airline of the country on 18 November 1974, with the aid of British Airways and its subsidiary companies.[2]:67[3] Scheduled services began on 14 May 1975, linking Bandar Seri Begawan with Singapore using Boeing 737-200 equipment.[2]:67[4] After a year of operations, the route network consisted of Bandar Seri Begawan, Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching and Singapore.[3]

As of October 2017, Royal Brunei Airlines served 18 destinations, ten of them in Southeast Asia (three in Indonesia, two in Malaysia, and a single destination in Brunei, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), three in China, one in South Korea and four more beyond Asia (Dubai, Jeddah, London and Melbourne).[1] Following is a list of current and terminated destinations the airline serves according to its scheduled services, as of November 2018.[5]

List
Country City Airport Start date End date Ref(s)
AustraliaBrisbaneBrisbane Airport Terminated1994[nb 1]Un­known[8][9]
AustraliaDarwinDarwin Airport Terminated19832008[6][10]
AustraliaMelbourneMelbourne Airport2011N/A[11]
AustraliaPerthPerth Airport Terminated19912011[6][8]
AustraliaSydneySydney Airport TerminatedUn­known2008[12]
BruneiBandar Seri BegawanBrunei International Airport Hub1975N/A[1][2]:67[13]
ChinaBeijingBeijing Capital International Airport TerminatedUn­knownUn­known[14]:82
ChinaBeijingBeijing Daxing International Airport27 October 2019N/A[15]
ChinaChangshaChangsha Huanghua International Airport16 April 2019N/A[16]
ChinaHaikouHaikou Meilan International Airport22 November 2018N/A[17][18]
ChinaHangzhouHangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport3 April 2018N/A[19]
ChinaNanningNanning Wuxu International Airport11 April 2018N/A[20]
ChinaShanghaiShanghai Pudong International Airport2001[nb 2]N/A[13][21]
ChinaZhengzhouZhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport Terminated5 July 2016Un­known[22]
GermanyFrankfurtFrankfurt Airport Terminated19902007[23][24]:50[25]
Hong KongHong KongHong Kong International Airport1975N/A[26][13]
IndiaKolkataNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport TerminatedUn­knownUn­known[23]
IndonesiaBalikpapanSultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Airport TerminatedUn­knownUn­known[2]:68
IndonesiaDenpasarNgurah Rai International Airport TerminatedJuly 2014Un­known[13][27]
IndonesiaJakartaHalim Perdanakusuma Airport Terminated19841985[6]
IndonesiaJakartaSoekarno–Hatta International Airport1985N/A[13]
IndonesiaSurabayaJuanda International Airport1997N/A[13][28]
JapanOsakaKansai International Airport TerminatedUn­knownUn­known[29]
JapanTokyoNarita International Airport15 March 2019N/A[30]
KuwaitKuwait CityKuwait International Airport TerminatedUn­knownUn­known[23]
MalaysiaKota KinabaluKota Kinabalu International Airport1975N/A[31][13]
MalaysiaKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur International Airport1981N/A[13][6]
MalaysiaKuchingKuching International Airport Terminated28 December 2018Un­known[32]
MalaysiaMiriMiri Airport TerminatedUn­knownUn­known[14]:82
MyanmarYangonYangon International Airport TerminatedUn­knownUn­known[14]:81
New ZealandAucklandAuckland Airport Terminated20032011[8][6]
PhilippinesManilaNinoy Aquino International Airport1976N/A[13][6]
Saudi ArabiaJeddahKing Abdulaziz International Airport1991N/A[13][6]
SingaporeSingaporeChangi Airport14 May 1975N/A[2]:67[13][33]
South KoreaSeoulIncheon International Airport29 October 2017N/A[34]
TaiwanTaipeiTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport3 December 2018N/A[32]
ThailandBangkokDon Mueang International Airport Terminated19772006[nb 3][6][23]
ThailandBangkokSuvarnabhumi Airport2006N/A[13]
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiAbu Dhabi International Airport TerminatedUn­knownUn­known[23]
United Arab EmiratesDubaiAl Maktoum International Airport Terminated2 May 201420 July 2014[37]
United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai International Airport1988N/A[13][6]
United KingdomLondonGatwick Airport Terminated19901991[28]
United KingdomLondonHeathrow Airport1991N/A[13][28]
VietnamHo Chi Minh CityTan Son Nhat International Airport17 October 2014[nb 4]N/A[13][38]

Notes
  1. Brisbane was served between 1994 and 2011, with the service brought back in July 2019.[6][7]
  2. Temporarily suspended between 2008 and 2010.[1]
  3. Except for a small number of low-cost carriers,[35] the airport was closed in 2006 for all scheduled commercial traffic in favour of Suvarnabhumi Airport.[36]
  4. The destination was served prior to this date but it was suspended in 2011.[1]

References
  1. "Royal Brunei Airlines 2017 outlook: new phase of regional growth begins as first A320neo delivered". CAPA Centre for Aviation. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017.
  3. "World airline directory–Royal Brunei Airlines". Flight International: 950. 10 April 1976. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  4. "Air transport". Flight International: 815. 22 May 1975. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012. Royal Brunei Airlines' first aircraft is a Boeing 737-200, delivered earlier this month. Services started on 14 May.
  5. flyroyalbrunei.com - Schedules and timetable retrieved 16 September 2018
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  7. "ROYAL BRUNEI AIRLINES BACK ON BRISBANE ROUTE". australianaviation.com.au. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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  10. Shipway, Gary (7 November 2018). "Royal Brunei Airlines looking at restarting a Darwin international service". ntnews.com.au. Retrieved 23 October 2019. Royal Brunei Airlines first began services to Darwin in 1983, but suspended the services on Australia Day 2008, after serving the route for 24 years.
  11. "RBA's First Flight to Melbourne 2011". brunei.frequentflyer.aero. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  12. "Royal Brunei grounds Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  13. "Flight Schedule (Effective 30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)–25 March 2017 (2017-03-25))" (PDF). Royal Brunei Airlines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2017.
  15. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/286296/royal-brunei-adds-schedules-beijing-daxing-launch-in-late-oct-2019/
  16. "Royal Brunei further defers Changsha service". businesstraveller. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  17. Linda Blachly, Linda Blachly (24 September 2018). "Airline Routes-Sept. 24, 2018". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Royal Brunei Airlines will launch 2X weekly services from Bandar Seri Begawan to Haikou and Changsha from Oct. 30 and Dec. 18, respectively.
  18. Haikou Flight Notice
  19. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278162/royal-brunei-adds-new-chinese-destinations-from-april-2018/
  20. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278162/royal-brunei-adds-new-chinese-destinations-from-april-2018/
  21. "Routes". Flight International: 14. 23–29 October 2001. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012. Royal Brunei Airlines has introduced twice-weekly services to Shanghai.
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  29. "Routes". Flightglobal. Flight International. 9 December 1998. Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012. Royal Brunei Airlines gives "the regional economic situation" as its reason for "temporarily" suspending scheduled services between Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei and Osaka, Japan.
  30. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/280678/royal-brunei-adds-tokyo-service-from-march-2019/
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  34. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/274846/royal-brunei-proposes-regular-seoul-service-from-oct-2017/
  35. "Other news". Air Transport World. 1 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013. Bangkok's Don Muang International is in negotiations to establish several aircraft maintenance facilities and a terminal for private jets. The 95-year-old airport has been served by just a few domestic LCC flights since Suvarnabhumi International opened in 2006.
  36. Mackey, Michael (7 June 2012). "Airports of Thailand negotiating with airlines to return to Don Mueang". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
  37. "Flight Schedule (Effective 30 March 2014 (2014-03-30)–25 October 2014 (2014-10-25))" (PDF). Royal Brunei Airlines. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2014.
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