Airline Route Update

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

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

20 Jan 2011

  • Emirates to launch Dubai – Copenhagen service from Aug 2011
  • SWISS S11 Basel expansion: NEW Copenhagen/Rome service and Barcelona/Hamburg Increase
  • bmi replace SWISS on UK – Basel market from S11
  • 1985/86: Lufthansa Inter-Continental Network
  • Japan and Singapore signs Full Open-Skies deal
  • Blue Air adds 2 new routes from Bacau in S11
  • Malaysia Airlines increase Hyderabad service to Daily in S11
  • Cathay Pacific S11 London & Vancouver Capacity change as of 20JAN11
  • China Airlines S11 Japan/Korea Operation Changes
  • airBaltic to start Budapest service from mid-May 2011
  • KLM to codeshare on China Southern new Amsterdam – Guangzhou service
  • Bangkok Airways resumes Guilin from Feb 2011 and launch Bangladesh flight S11
  • Cathay Pacific changes to Penang flight in S11 with Daily nonstop service
  • EVA Air 777 service to Vienna Feb – Apr 2011
  • JAL FY2011/12 Operational Plan

19 Jan 2011

  • Cathay Pacific relaunches Singapore – Jakarta service Mar – Aug 2011
  • US Airways to cancel Phoenix – Memphis service
  • JetBlue to start New York JFK – Martha’s Vineyard Summer service
  • MEA S11 Initial Operation changes
  • 1985/86: ANA & Nihon Kinkyori Airways Network
  • Lufthansa Munich – Hawaii charter with A340-600 on 19JAN11
  • Korean Air S11 Japan operation changes as of 19JAN11
  • JAL adds new JAL Express 737-800 and J-Air E170 Routes from S11
  • PLUNA resumes to Buenos Aires Ezeiza service from mid-Mar 2011
  • British Airways adds 4th weekly Dar es Salaam service Jun – Sep 2011
  • China Eastern Summer Seasonal Paris Increase returns from Apr 2011
  • AerLingus Express to start Shannon – Edinburgh service
  • Korean Air Airbus A380 Inauguration postponed till 10JUN11
  • China Airlines to launch Taipei – Osaka – New York from late-Apr 2011

18 Jan 2011

  • South African Airways Planned Airbus A330-200 Routes: Update 4
  • Korean Air A380 Inaugural service Update 3: Currently Pending
  • 1985/86: JAL International Network
  • ANA FY2011/2012 Operational Plan
  • Uzbekistan Airways changes to London & Paris Operation Jan – Mar 2011
  • airberlin/S7 Airlines expands codeshare agreement
  • Norwegian to cancel Tromsø – London Gatwick from late-Mar 2011
  • THAI Summer 2011 Asia/Europe Operation Changes
  • IBEX Airlines taps into Nagoya market from July 2011
  • Qantas Restores Daily New York JFK service from June 2011
  • Delta Reduces Vancouver operation in Summer 2011 season
  • JetStar Asia to launch Hangzhou service from late-Mar 2011
  • China Southern S11 Guangzhou – Osaka/Tokyo Aircraft changes

17 Jan 2011

  • China Airlines Group and China Eastern/Shanghai Airlines to start codesharing from Feb 2011
  • Estonian Air revises Berlin Summer operation: S11 Operation changes update 2
  • Malaysia Airlines Initial Summer 2011 Int’l Changes: New Airbus A330-300 Routes
  • Emirates Winter 2011/12 Planned Operation changes: Update 3
  • Emirates to increase Seychelles service and plans aircraft change to Shanghai in S11
  • Tianjian Airlines starts new Hohhot routes
  • Qatar Airways S11 Network Changes: Update 3
  • Air India to increase Tokyo service to Daily from Jul 2011
  • Croatia Airlines Daily to Copenhagen from May 2011
  • Thai planned NS11 Australia/New Zealand operation changes
  • Hong Kong Express removes planned Kaohsiung schedule in S11
  • Alitalia to start Rome – Toulouse route from S11
  • Continental Airlines to launch Haiti service in S11
  • Delta accelerates Los Angeles – San Francisco increase: 8 Daily Shuttle-style schedule from Apr 2011
  • China Southern to launch Guangzhou – Amsterdam and Vancouver service from Jun 2011
  • Korean Air revising A380 Inaugural: First Flight 01JUN11 Seoul Incheon – Tokyo Narita

14 Jan 2011

  • Qantas A380 Los Angeles service updates as of 14JAN11
  • Spirit Airlines adds 2nd Daily Chicago – Las Vegas and New Chicago – Los Angeles service
  • Horizon Air aircraft changes to Fresno Apr – Jun 2011
  • Air France codeshare flight number changes on AirCalin Operating flight from S11
  • Luxair to start Bilbao service from May 2011
  • Ukraine International Airlines to launch Astana service; increase Almaty & Berlin service
  • Aegean Airlines to start Bologna service in S11
  • Qantas to launch Dallas service and cancels San Francisco from May 2011
  • Delta cancels Atlanta – Dakar – Luanda launch

Source: Airline Route

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…