Airline Route Update

Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this week in the route development community.

For further analysis on selected stories visit our Breaking News section on Routesonline.

25 Aug 2010

  • KLM plans A330 to Vancouver in Feb 2011
  • GOL launch Confins - Montes Claros from Nov 2010
  • Kenya Airways planned capacity increase to Brazzaville & Kinshasa from Jan 2011
  • AEROFLOT W10 New York Operational aircraft changes
  • ETIHAD launch MALEV codesharing from Sep 2010
  • Air India Daily to Paris CDG from Dec 2010
  • China Southern launch Jeddah service from 31OCT10
  • China Southern Airlines increase Guangzhou - Delhi to Daily in W10
  • Ethiopian Airlines cancel Monrovia; Accra/Abuja service adjustment
  • Druk Air ATR42 operation in Sep/Oct 2010
  • Nepal's Buddha Air launch service to Bhutan, first Int'l carrier in 29 years
  • Korean Air maintains selected Boeing 777 service to Europe in W10
  • NEW EGYPTAIR W10 Operation Changes as of 26AUG10
  • Condor S11 North America Frequency increase
  • Dragonair launch Shanghai Hongqiao service from 15SEP10
  • EVA Air to add ANA Taipei Sung Shan - Tokyo Haneda codeshare service
  • V Australia cancels Johannesburg and Phuket from Feb 2011

26 Aug 2010

  • Royal Air Maroc adds 3rd weekly Kinshasa service from Nov 2010
  • Air China adds 5th weekly Chengdu - Hefei - Seoul service late-Sep 2010
  • SA Airlink adds 3rd weekly Johannesburg - Tete service from Sep 2010
  • Air Niugini increase Port Moresby - Mendi domestic service
  • AeroGal launch Airbus A320 service from Sep 2010
  • Korean Air keeps 5 weekly Vancouver service in W10
  • Korean Air to increase Brisbane service in NW10
  • Vietnam Airlines W10 Int'l Operation Changes: Update 1
  • Hong Kong Airlines to operate A330 to Shanghai Pu Dong in W10
  • Royal Air Maroc adds new ETIHAD codeshare service
  • Singapore Airlines Cargo adds 2 new routes
  • Shanghai Airlines expands China Eastern codeshare to Hong Kong
  • Dragonair increase Ningbo service in late-Sep 2010
  • Blue1 launch Amsterdam & Increase Paris from late-Jan 2011
  • South African Airways to re-retire 747 fleet late-Sep 2010
  • Garuda Indonesia Changes to Australia in NW10 as of 27AUG10

27 Aug 2010

  • Royal Air Maroc adds 3rd weekly Kinshasa service from Nov 2010
  • Air China adds 5th weekly Chengdu - Hefei - Seoul service late-Sep 2010
  • SA Airlink adds 3rd weekly Johannesburg - Tete service from Sep 2010
  • Air Niugini increase Port Moresby - Mendi domestic service
  • AeroGal launch Airbus A320 service from Sep 2010
  • Korean Air keeps 5 weekly Vancouver service in W10
  • Korean Air to increase Brisbane service in NW10
  • Vietnam Airlines W10 Int'l Operation Changes: Update 1
  • Hong Kong Airlines to operate A330 to Shanghai Pu Dong in W10
  • Royal Air Maroc adds new ETIHAD codeshare service
  • Singapore Airlines Cargo adds 2 new routes
  • Shanghai Airlines expands China Eastern codeshare to Hong Kong
  • Dragonair increase Ningbo service in late-Sep 2010
  • Blue1 launch Amsterdam & Increase Paris from late-Jan 2011
  • South African Airways to re-retire 747 fleet late-Sep 2010
  • Garuda Indonesia Changes to Australia in NW10 as of 27AUG10

28 Aug 2010

  • ETIHAD mono-class A320 Routes: Update 2
  • CSA Czech Airlines W10 Service Reductions
  • CSA Czech Airlines ends UK service after 72 years of operation
  • MEXICANA CEASE OPERATION FROM 28AUG10 1200LT, ends 89 years operation

30 Aug 2010

  • Air Niugini operational changes to Cairns
  • Air Niugini increase Tokyo Narita capacity
  • Air China cancels Ekaterinburg flight from Nov 2010
  • Norwegian launch Oslo Torp - Alicante from Nov 2010
  • Ethiopian Airlines Johannesburg aircraft operation from Sep 2010
  • Air Canada extra Sao Paulo flight in Sep 2010
  • Afriqiyah Airways cancels Asia service
  • Korean Air A330 to Moscow in W10
  • China Southern limited service to Tulufan
  • Asky Airlines Network change from Sep 2010
  • QANTAS A380 London Heathrow service changes in Sep 2010
  • DELTA New York - Seattle A330-300 one-way flights in Sep/Oct 2010
  • DELTA increase Los Angeles - Las Vegas / San Francisco capacity from Dec 2010
  • British Airways expands American Airlines Codeshare in Mexico
  • CSA Czech Airlines W10 Service Reductions - Update 2
  • US Airways cancel Buffalo - Albany service from Oct 2010
  • Air Dolomiti cancels 2 Milan Malpensa routes
  • KLM Milan changes in W10

31 Aug 2010

  • China Eastern launch Sri Lanka and resume Maldives service
  • Oman Air delays Milan launch till Dec 2010
  • Lufthansa 747 to Lagos in Oct 2010
  • AVIANCA launch 3rd Daily Bogota - Mexico City from Sep 2010
  • ASIANA AIRLINES adds 3rd Daily Seoul Gimpo - Tokyo Haneda in W10
  • Virgin America adds 6th Daily Los Angeles - New York JFK from mid-Oct 2010
  • KLM keeps 3 weekly service to Hangzhou in W10
  • Air China keeps A319 on Bangalore service in W10
  • Air Macau increase Shanghai Pu Dong service in Sep 2010
  • China Airlines extends Taipei - Bangkok capacity cut in W10
  • Fuji Dream Airlines launching 2 new routes in W10
  • Olympic Air/Meridianafly codeshare routes
  • Anadolujet launch Ankara - Moscow in W10
  • LANPeru launch Lima - Montevideo service from Nov 2010
  • flydubai launch Ekaterinburg from mid-Oct 2010
  • Frontier Airlines launch Liberia, Costa Rica from Feb 2011
  • DELTA 747 on San Francisco - Atlanta oneway 31AUG10
  • AIRFRANCE cancels Lyon - Copenhagen & Munich in W10

1 Sep 2010

  • Aerosvit Embraer E195 Routes
  • China Southern W10 Shanghai Pu Dong - Taipei Taoyuan service changes
  • Air China launch Urumqi - Kashi and Urumqi - Korla service
  • Spirit Airlines increase Ft. Lauderdale - Cancun service from Nov 2010
  • British Airways 777-300ER enters operation 31AUG10
  • GoAir adds 4 new Domestic India routes
  • SilkAir W10 Service Increases
  • Korean Air launch Cheongju - Bangkok service
  • Air Canada expands Mexico City service in W10: Launch of long-awaited Vancouver - Mexico City
  • Virgin America launch Mexico service from Dec 10/Jan 11
  • Hong Kong Express plans to resume Osaka service in W10
  • Hainan Airlines launch Beijing - Toronto service from late-Nov 2010
Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…