Airline Route Update

Richard Maslen April 28, 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.

28 Apr 2011
• Saudi’s nasair to start Riyadh – Istanbul service from mid-Jun 2011
• Singapore Airlines Singapore – Sydney temporary reductions in May/Jun 2011
• Qatar Airways gains access to Okinawa via ANA Codesharing
• Hong Kong Airlines revise S11 Singapore service increase and pending Taipei operation
• China Eastern plans to extend Paris CDG service increase to year-round into W11
• Thai May 2011 Delhi Operational aircraft changes
• Yemenia reduce Guangzhou service from May 2011
• Lufthansa W11 Dusseldorf Trans-Atlantic Changes: Toronto service goes year round
• Virgin Atlantic plans the return of Boeing 747 service to Los Angeles in S12
• Lufthansa S11 Bahrain, Cairo, Dammam Operation Changes
• Air Tahiti Nui Tokyo operations for week of 25APR11
• Korean Air Honolulu schedule changes from Jun 2011
• Korean Air May 2011 Long-haul service aircraft changes
• El Al Israel Airlines starts service to Croatia
• ANA/SAS to resume codeshare service from late-May 2011
• American Airlines to end San Francisco – Honolulu service from Sep 2011

27 Apr 2011
• Gulf Air extends Iran, Iraq and Lebanon service Cancellation
• Ethiopian Airlines postpone Boeing 777 service to Lagos till Jun 2011
• Jin Air starts Jeju – Xi’An service
• JetStar Japan NS11 Service Reductions
• Meridianafly Summer 2011 US Operation
• LOT Polish Airlines expands Singapore Airlines codeshare to Vietnam
• Czech Connect Airlines to start Prague – Geneva from Jun 2011
• China Southern increases Beijing – Xi’An Capacity with A330 service
• Korean Air Further Postpones A380 inaugural to 17JUN11
• Singapore Airlines Tokyo Haneda S11 Update as of 27APR11

26 Apr 2011
• Virgin Atlantic expands Air New Zealand codeshare service
• Qantas extends planned Japan/Singapore service adjustment till Sep 2011
• Iberia A340-600 service to Los Angeles in May/Jun 2011
• China Airlines May 2011 Japan service changes as of 26APR11
• AirAsia to launch 2nd Daily Kuching – Singapore service from mid-June 2011
• Singapore Airlines extends Tokyo Haneda reductions for entire S11
• Malaysia Airlines extends Tokyo Narita service into May 2011
• Korean Air boosting Sydney capacity Sep/Oct 2011
• UTair launches 7 new routes in Russia-CIS in Apr 2011
• SpiceJet to launch Nagpur service from mid-May 2011

25 Apr 2011
• AirAsia to start 2nd Daily Kuala Lumpur – Chennai service from May 2011
• Turkish Airlines to launch Summer Seasonal Izmir – Munich service
• Turkish Airlines Latest S11 Service Increase to Baku, Beirut, Bucharest & Sofia
• Alitalia Jul/Aug 2011 Summer European service increases
• Air Canada changes to Calgary – Tokyo Narita service in S11
• Air Canada to start Boeing 777-300ER service to Munich Jun – Sep 2011
• Delta to launch Los Angeles – Oakland service from Aug 2011
• Vietnam Airlines W11 Flight Number Changes to Malaysia
• Hawaiian Airlines adds 3rd Daily Honolulu – Los Angeles service
• Gulf Air to increase Istanbul service with schedule changes from mid-May 2011
• China Eastern Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita schedule change till May 2011
• Vietnam Airlines reducing Hanoi – Tokyo Narita capacity Apr/May 2011
• EVA Air Tokyo capacity Reduction in May 2011
• TAAG Angola to launch Luanda – Porto service from Jul 2011

23 Apr 2011
• United/Continental Asia-Pacific Cross-Fleeting Changes from W11: Guam