Airline Route Update

Richard Maslen April 20, 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.

20 Apr 2011
• Shenzhen Airlines Japan Operation Changes
• SAS adds Rossiya Airlines codeshare service on Stockholm – St. Petersburg route
• Aerolineas Argentinas Asuncion service changes from May 2011
• LANChile Cancun/Miami service revision from May 2011
• Lufthansa Cargo launches Dhaka all-cargo service
• Air New Zealand plans all-Boeing 777-300ER operation on Auckland – Los Angeles Feb/Mar 2012
• JAL Sendai operation 21APR11 – 08MAY11
• ANA 21APR11 – 28APR11 Sendai Operation
• Lufthansa to resume Munich – Bursa from May 2011
• Etihad secures local traffic rights on Beijing – Nagoya sector
• Air Caraibes and Corsairfly launches codeshare service
• SAS to start Copenhagen – Palma Mallorca service from Sep 2011

19 Apr 2011
• SAS axe Dubai Seasonal service in W11/12
• Aeroflot Planned Sukhoi SSJ100-95 Routes Update 3: Cabin Configuration
• LANPeru shelves planned 5th weekly Lima – San Francisco service
• Avianca to add 3rd Daily Bogota – Panama City from mid-May 2011
• Air France Tokyo Narita S11 Changes: A380 Resumption Postpone till Sep 2011
• Emirates aircraft changes to Venice in May 2011
• Ethiopian Airlines West Africa Service changes from May 2011
• COPA Airlines Colombia to add 2nd weekly Bogota – Cancun from mid-June 2011
• COPA Airlines Colombia postpone Bogota – Caracas till July 2011; Cartagena – Caracas plan shelved
• Dragonair extends Fukuoka reductions into June 2011
• Air China launches Ground Transportation Codeshare servicefrom Shanghai Hongqiao
• Air Europa adds 3rd Daily Valencia – Paris CDG from late-May 2011
• LANChile suspends Havana service from May 2011
• Air Busan to start Busan – Tokyo Naritafrom late-Jun 2011
• JAL May 2011 International Service Reductions

18 Apr 2011
• Vietnam Airlines to launch Hanoi – Kaohsiung from mid-Jun 2011
• EgyptAir extends 777-300ER Bangkok service into May 2011
• Turkish Airlines revises Basra launch date to 23MAY11
• Air Macau extends Tokyo Narita cancellation into June 2011
• Air Canada postpone 777 summer service on Vancouver – Beijing till Jun 2011
• China Airlines extends Tokyo capacity reduction and Hawaii service changes
• Belavia to launch Brest (Belarus) – Kaliningrad and resume Minsk – Simferopol season service
• Insel Air to launch Curacao – Charlotte from June 2011
• flydubai to launch Jeddah and Riyadh from May 2011
• Aeroflot reduces Mongolia capacity offering during Summer Peak season
• Notice for 18APR11

16 Apr 2011
• Delta reduce Boston – London Heathrow capacity from Jun 2011

15 Apr 2011
• Delta reduce planned operation on Salt Lake City – Tokyo Narita in S11
• Lufthansa expands brussels airlines codeshare coverage in West Africa
• Turkish Airlines/Asiana Airlines expands codeshare to Domestic Korea/Turkey and Japan
• Air France W11 Miami and Rio de Janeiro aircraft changes
• Air Seychlles Reduce Italy service and continues 767-200 operation from Jun 2011
• Korean Air extends Cairo cancellation; Tashkent adjustment till late-July 2011
• Canadian North / Calm Air to start Codeshare service mid-Apr 2011
• EVA Air increasing Taipei – Seoul Incheon in June/Sep/Oct 2011