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.

24 Mar 2011

• Singapore Airlines S11 changes to Guangzhou, Mumbai and Osaka
• COPA Airlines Colombia to launch Bogota – Caracas & Cartagena – Caracas from mid-Jun 2011
• Emirates extends Double Daily A380 Hong Kong service till May 2011
• Azerbaijan Airlines to launch Kiev service; Karlovy Vary service postponed till Jun 2011
• Transaero to boost Beijing service in Summer plus new St. Petersburg – Beijing route
• China Eastern increasing Australia service from late-Jun 2011
• Air China extends Tokyo reduction and Sendai suspension till Jun 2011
• Qantas Buenos Aires service changes in Aug/Sep 2011
• Turkish Airlines to launch Erbil and Basra service in S11
• TAP Portugal to launch Porto Alegre & Sao Vicente from Jun 2011
• Air France to launch Cancun service late-Oct 2011
• Air France extends A380 New York JFK service increase till late-Apr 2011
• Lufthansa extends revised A380 operation to New York JFK till 31MAR11
• Aerosvit S11 Operation Changes: Update 3 – Newly Revised Service Expansion
• United plans short-term San Francisco – Tokyo Narita capacity reduction in April 2011
• NIKI to launch Vienna – Pristina late-Jun 2011
• Foreign Carriers Tokyo Operation Changes 24-31MAR11

23 Mar 2011

• Aeroflot Planned Sukhoi SSJ100-95 Routes Update 2: New Service to Nizhniy Novgorod & Orenburg
• Yemenia S11 European Operation Changes as of 23MAR11
• EgyptAir S11 Latest International Operation Changes as of 23MAR11
• Malaysia Airlines S11 Jeddah and Shanghai Operation Changes
• Continental to add 767 service on London Heathrow in W11; Athens becomes Seasonal service
• Turkish Airlines to start codesharing on ASIANA AIRLINES service
• EVA Air/UNI Air April 2011 China service changes
• Tunis Air to start Enfidha – Manchester route from May 2011
• Xiamen Airlines to launch 7 new Domestic Routes in S11
• Beijing Capital Airlines to launch 4 new routes from Hainan Island
• Air Asia X Kuala Lumpur – Taipei schedule changes from Aug 2011
• Gulf Air to launch Kabul, Afghanistan service from mid-Jun 2011
• LANEcuador to start Ecuador – Argentina service from May 2011
• SWISS to offer Summer seasonal Basel – Nice service in Jul/Aug 2011
• Foreign Carriers Tokyo Operation Changes 23-29MAR11

22 Mar 2011

• airberlin begins Braunschweig – Moscow Vnukovo service
• Alaska Airlines to add Summer seasonal Portland OR – Billings & Missoula service
• Oman Air S11 Additional Operation Changes as of 22MAR11
• Lufthansa extends Bahrain service adjustments to April 2011
• Etihad to launch Maldives service in Winter 2011
• Air Seychelles Boeing 767 service changes from Jun 2011
• Singapore Airlines S11 Australia/New Zealand changes as of 22MAR11
• Air India returns to Sri Lanka market in S11
• Skymark Airlines to launch Kagoshima – Amami Oshima service
• StarFlyer to launch 5 Daily Tokyo Haneda – Fukuoka service from Jul 2011
• Armavia to end own operation to Krasnodar and start Kuban Airlines Codeshare service
• LOT Polish Airlines selected Hanoi service reductions in S11
• Air France increases Athens & Stockholm service in S11
• China Southern appears to cancel Vancouver service launch; S11 Amsterdam aircraft changes
• Singapore Airlines S11 Tokyo Operation Changes as of 22MAR11
• Foreign Carriers Tokyo Operation Changes 22-28MAR11

21 Mar 2011

• Stop Press – 21MAR11
• bmi/Azerbaijan Airlines to start codeshare service from Apr 2011
• Azerbaijan Airlines to launch Baku – Aberdeen UK service from May 2011
• airberlin to start Nuremberg – Tivat seasonal service
• Adria expands Seasonal Service from Pristina with 3 new routes in S11
• Aeroflot plans A330 service to Seoul in W11
• European Carriers Bahrain Service adjustments 17-27MAR11
• Lufthansa Cargo/AeroLogic S11 Operation: 5 New Destinations
• Asiana Airlines Japan Service Changes in April 2011
• Velvet Sky to launch Operation 22MAR11
• Volaris to launch Mexico City – Oakland Daily service from May 2011
• China Eastern 767 replaces A300 to Singapore in S11
• brussels airlines begins Singapore service via Lufthansa Codeshare
• Uzbekistan Airways Planned Summer 2011 European Changes
• Hong Kong Airlines S11 Planned International Service Increase

19 Mar 2011

• Foreign Carriers Tokyo Operation Changes 19-26MAR11

18 Mar 2011

• EgyptAir/Ethiopian Airlines to launch codeshare service
• Ethiopian Airlines S11 Operation Changes Update as of 18MAR11
• Cathay Pacific plans 777-300ER San Francisco service in W11
• Air Pacific to increase capacity to Kiribatis in Aug 2011
• Lufthansa S11 Orlando Capacity Adjustments
• Sichuan Airlines to launch New Domestic routes from Chongqing
• ANA Beijing/Hong Kong Changes in S11
• Hainan Airlines S11 Long-Haul Operation Changes
• China Eastern S11 Kunming International Service Changes
• Lufthansa A380 New York JFK operation 18-27MAR11
• EgyptAir S11 China Service Adjustments
• Transaero extra Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk flight 24/31MAR11
• Foreign Carriers Tokyo Operation Changes 18-26MAR11

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…