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.

31 Mar 2011
• Avianca to start A330 service on Bogota – Caracas route from late-Apr 2011
• China Southern A380 Configuration Info
• Air China plans 777-300ER Domestic service on Beijing – Shanghai from Jul 2011
• Hawaiian Airlines to launch Osaka Kansai service from mid-July 2011
• United Chicago – Beijing & Tokyo Narita aircraft change from May 2011
• Emirates Africa S11 Aircraft changes
• Garuda Indonesia/Royal Brunei begins codeshare service
• Lufthansa Launch A380 Miami service from 10JUN11
• flydubai S11 Operation Changes
• Malaysia Airlines to operate Riyadh service in June/July 2011
• TAAG Angola NS11 International Operation Changes
• Ethiopian Airlines to launch Chennai service from May 2011
• Silk Air S11 Service Increase to Chiang Mai/Manado/Yangon
• Air Busan plans to launch Busan – Hong Kong from May 2011; Tokyo Narita launch pending
• People’s Viennaline launches Operation on Altenrhein – Vienna route
• Mahan Air Kuala Lumpur and Istanbul service adjustment in S11
• Atlasjet launches Tehran and Pristina service
• airtransat to launch Montreal – Istanbul Summer seasonal service in S11
• Kuban Airlines to start Krasnodar – Gyoumri service
• easyJet to add 5 new routes in W11
• Foreign Carriers Japan Apr 2011 Operation Changes as of 31MAR11

30 Mar 2011
• Malaysia Airlines scales back Tokyo operation in April 2011
• Air New Zealand/Virgin Atlantic starts codeshare service
• Delta postpone Tokyo Narita – Guangzhou service resumption till Jul 2011
• Air China further reduce Tokyo Narita capacity in Apr/May 2011
• Qantas Japan and Singapore operation changes May – Jul 2011
• China Southern reducing capacity on Guangzhou – Japan service in April 2011
• Air Tahiti Nui extends Tokyo Narita operation changes into April 2011
• EVA Air reducing capacity on Taipei – Sapporo service in Apr 2011
• Korean Air Apr 2011 Japan and International Operation Changes
• Norwegian adds 3 new routes from Stockholm from Jun 2011
• China Airlines accelerates Singapore service increase from May to Apr 2011
• American Airlines/WestJet launches Phase 1 codeshare service
• Olympic Air/Cyprus Airways launch Codeshare service
• Batavia Air launch Medan – Singapore; S11 Service to Timor-Leste
• Vietnam Airlines expands DELTA codeshare to Domestic US service
• JAL codeshare flight number changes on Vietnam Airlines service
• Continental/LOT Polish Airlines launches codeshare service

29 Mar 2011
• Great Lakes Aviation replace Ontario with Los Angeles service from May 2011
• Air France/CSA Czech Airlines terminates codeshare agreement
• Lufthansa extends New York JFK A380 service adjustment till 08APR11
• Aeroflot launches Moscow – Minsk service
• Luxair expands Lufthansa Codeshare service across Europe
• British Airways/IBERIA expands codeshare service from Apr 2011
• Middle East Airlines to Madinah till Aug 2011
• Air Europa/Transavia France to start codeshare operation from mid-May 2011
• Spanair/Aegean Airlines launch Codeshare service
• Spanair begins Lufthansa codeshare service to Hong Kong
• Iberia ends Mainline Fuerteventura & Palma Mallorca; Transfers to Vueling mid-Apr 2011
• airberlin group plans Ireland and Malta service in S11
• Air Canada expands bmi codeshare in S11
• airmalta to start Malta – Hanover service from May 2011
• Air France Tunisia S11 Reductions
• TACA Peru expands Domestic service with 2 new destinations from May 2011
• Air Mauritius to split Frankfurt and Geneva service in NW11
• Blue1 to launch Helsinki – Tampere in W11
• Foreign Carriers Japan April 2011 Operation Changes as of 29MAR11
• Singapore Airlines Tokyo Operation Changes 28MAR-03APR11
• JAL April 2011 International Service Reductions

28 Mar 2011
• Mexico’s Aviacsa to resume operation from May 2011
• Jade Cargo S11 Operation Network
• Korean Air boosting Manila service in Apr/May 2011
• Aerosvit to launch Sri Lanka service from late-Oct 2011
• ANA adds Temporary service to Yamagata and Fukushima
• Aeroflot W11 Initial Operation Changes
• Sichuan Airlines launches/resumes 30 Domestic Routes in China
• Air Astana Planned Embraer E190 Routes: Update 2
• Ethiopian Airlines S11 Operation Changes: Update 3
• US Airways to Tokyo Haneda via ANA Codeshare service
• Hainan Airlines plans to add 6 new International Routes in S11
• British Airways increases 777-300ER Chicago Operation till 30APR11
• British Airways Cairo & Toronto aircraft swap from May 2011
• Singapore Airlines Cargo S11 Planned Operation
• Korean Air Cargo S11 Operational Network
• Foreign Carriers Japan April 2011 Operation Changes as of 28MAR11

27 Mar 2011
• United-Continental to cancel 5 routes in Fall 2011
• Delta to launch Daily Los Angeles – Kansas City from Jun 2011
• JAL Extends A300 operation into April 2011

25 Mar 2011
• Stop Press – 25MAR11
• Air Tahiti Nui Tokyo Operation Changes 25MAR11/27MAR11
• LOT Polish Airlines to launch Donetsk from Jun 2011; Lwow aircraft changes
• Finnair to launch Helsinki – Pisa seasonal service May – Aug 2011
• EGYPTAIR S11 changes to Bangkok and Paris as of 25MAR11
• China Eastern/DELTA Applies Codeshare service
• Continental to launch San Francisco – Guadalajara from Jun 2011
• Hong Kong Airlines boosts Singapore service from mid-Apr 2011
• Air New Zealand/Virgin Atlantic to start Codeshare service
• Transasia Airways/Xiamen Airlines begins codeshare service
• MASWings Changes to Mulu service
• Air Macau launches 2nd Daily Macau – Shanghai Hongqiao service
• UT Air to add Mineralnye Vody – St. Petersburg & Ufa service
• Blue1 to launch Copenhagen – Tampere in W11
• Avianca Apr/May 2011 International Service Reductions
• Bearskin Airlines to launch Kitchener – Montreal & Ottawa – Montreal service

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…