Airline Route Update

Richard Maslen April 07, 2011

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.

07 Apr 2011
• Air France to increase Guangzhou service from late-Jun 2011
• CSA Czech Airlines to resume Poprad/Tatry service from May 2011
• Hong Kong Airlines Singapore service increase revision
• Air Canada Hong Kong Apr/May 2011 Operation Changes
• Air Astana increasing service to Turkey in S11
• Vietnam Airlines W11 Int’l Flight Number Changes: Part 2
• Skymark Airlines to launch new routes from Sendai from Spring 2012
• Qatar Airways Japan/Bangkok/Hanoi Aircraft change from late-May 2011
• EVA Air Taipei – Brisbane schedule change from Jun 2011
• Thai Outlines Initial A380 Information & 747 Retrofit; Potential Scandinavia service increase
• KLM replace Martinair to Punta Cana from W11; Havana service increase

06 Apr 2011
• Air France to launch Cape Town service from Nov 2011
• British Airways to increase Rio de Janeiro service from Nov 2011
• Emirates to launch Rio de Janeiro & Buenos Aires from Jan 2012
• Canadian North S11 Service Increase
• LANPeru to increase Quito – Medellin service to Daily from Jan 2012
• Turkish Airlines boosting Kazakhstan service
• Delta Tokyo Narita Apr/May 2011 Service Reductions from US West Coast and Hawaii
• LOT Suspends Selected Middle-East/N Africa Service May/Jun 2011
• Saudi Arabian Airlines starts Abha – Cairo service
• Ryanair drastic cuts at Alicante from Oct 2011
• AeroMexico expands US service from Jul 2011
• Aerolineas Argentinas to launch Mendoza – Santiago de Chile from Jul 2011
• Continental Airlines to resume Okinawa service late-Sep 2011
• Delta suspends Amman and extends Cairo cancellation from June 2011

05 Apr 2011
• Vietnam Airlines W11 Int’l Flight Number Changes
• Oman Air to resume Zanzibar service from mid-May 2011
• Azerbaijan Airlines to launch Baku – Simferopol Route from May 2011
• Blue1 expands brussels airlines codeshare service
• LOT Polish Airlines starts Continental Domestic US Codeshare
• Virgin Blue to operate A330 service on Sydney – Melbourne route
• ANA Reductions on Fukuoka – Okinawa; Seoul Incheon Cancellation in Apr 2011
• Edelweiss to launch Summer seasonal Orlando service in S11
• Firefly to launch Kuala Lumpur – Sandakan from Aug 2011
• Nok Air launches 4 new routes plus flight increases
• Thailand’s Business Air S11 Operation to Japan & Korea
• VivaAerobus New Domestic Mexico Routes in Mar/Apr 2011
• Air China to add 7th Daily Beijing – Hong Kong flight from Jul 2011
• Delta to start Summer seasonal Minneapolis – Reno service in Jul/Aug 2011
• LANArgentina to launch Buenos Aires – Bahia Blanca service late-Apr 2011

04 Apr 2011
• Stop Press – 04APR11
• South African Airways to start Airbus A330 service to India from mid-May 2011
• Gulf Air Iraq/Iran service resumption from mid-Apr 2011
• Airline Operation Changes due Middle-East/Africa Situation as of 04APR11
• Thai Extra Domestic flights during Songkran
• Foreign Carriers Thailand Songkran Extra Bangkok flights Apr 2011
• China Eastern Songkran 2011 extra flights to Bangkok
• Air India transferring selected India – Dammam service to Air India Express
• bmi/Oman Air begins codeshare service
• SE Air to launch Clark – Macau service from late-May 2011
• JAL Extends A300 Operation into May 2011
• TransAsia Airways starts Scheduled Regular service on Makung – Kinmen Route
• Vladivostok Air service to Nha Trang in Vietnam in April 2011
• Air France/British Airways/Lufthansa US aircraft change due Tokyo adjustment as of 04APR11
• Foreign Carriers Japan Operation Changes Apr/May 2011
• Virgin Blue to launch A330 service from 26MAY11 on Sydney – Perth

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