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.

19 May 2011
• Lufthansa to launch A380 service to Singapore in W11; Jakarta service change
• Kenya Airways to start N’Djamena and increase Cotonou service from late-Jun 2011
• Vietnam Airlines to start London Gatwick service from Dec 2011
• Air France W11 Initial Paris CDG Long-haul Operation Changes
• Air Canada begins TACA Codeshare to San Salvador
• bmibaby S12 New Routes from Birmingham and East Midlands
• Armavia service increase to Ukraine and Israel in S11
• Skyways continues S11 Route Expansion; Replace airBaltic on Gothenburg – Riga Route
• ASIANA Cargo plans Seoul Incheon – Nagoya launch from late-Jun 2011
• Strategic Airlines launched Gladstone operation since April 2011
• Kuwaiti low-cost carrier jazeera airways launch Cairo service
• Cebu Pacific Oct 2011 Domestic Philippines Service Increase
• KLM replacing CityJet on Amsterdam – Basel route from W11
• JetBlue to launch La Romana, Dominican Republic from Nov 2011

18 May 2011
• American Airlines delays New York JFK – Tokyo Narita service reduction till Jul 2011
• Lufthansa W11 Munich Long-haul Changes: Update 2 as of 18MAY11
• Lufthansa W11 Middle East Operational Changes
• Korean Air postpones Cairo resumption & extends Tashkent adjustment till late-Jul 2011
• Transaero reduce Miami service to 1 weekly in S11
• SriLankan Airlines reduce Tokyo – Maldives service until mid-Jun 2011
• Aerosvit to launch Kiev – Aktau service
• Air France A380 Premium Voyageur Update for New York/Tokyo market in W11
• United Flt Nbr UA001-199 appearance on Continental Mainline from 21MAY11
• United Codeshare flight number changes from 21MAY11
• flyBe to start Inverness – Amsterdam from Sep 2011
• United re-activates UA093 and UA175 as Continental Codeshare flight
• Rwandair launches Libreville and Gisenyi service

17 May 2011
• Hainan Airlines to launch 3 short-haul International services in S11
• JAL June 2011 International Service Reductions
• Air France W11 Montreal Operation Update: Boeing 747 replace A380 in Nov 2011
• TAM Airlines adds 2nd Daily Sao Paulo – Orlando service in July 2011
• CSA Czech Airlines re-expands European service from Slovakia
• Virgin Atlantic Jun – Sep 2011 Africa & Los Angeles capacity increase
• China Airlines Japan Jul/Aug 2011 Operation Changes
• Qantas A380 Operation Changes on Melbourne – Los Angeles in 2011
• nasair to launch Karachi service from June 2011; India service adjustments
• Skymark Airlines increasing Okinawa service in July 2011
• Aegean Airlines re-enters Austrian market from Sep 2011
• Skyways/airBaltic to start cooperation with 3 new routes from June 2011
• Corsairfly W11 Initial Operation Changes from Paris Orly
• Hong Kong Airlines reduce Moscow service to 2 weekly till June 2011
• flydubai to start Hyderabad service from June 2011

16 May 2011
• Emirates reducing Osaka capacity from June 2011
• Singapore Airlines Cargo launches Osaka service
• Firefly to start Johor Bahru – Indonesia service from Aug 2011
• Hainan Airlines to start Shanghai – Urumqi – Istanbul service from Jul 2011
• Aegean Airlines launches Larnaca – Paris CDG starting June 2011
• Air Canada to add Dash8-Q400 on Toronto – Fredericton from Sep 2011
• Swiss W11 Miami Minor Operation Changes
• Cathay Pacific maintains red-eye Singapore > Hong Kong service from Jul 2011
• Avianca suspends Medellin – New York JFK Sep – Dec 11 & from mid-Jan 12
• TAP Portugal W11 Flight Number Changes Update 2
• SpiceJet Domestic India Service increase from Jun 2011
• Turkish Airlines Initial W11 Changes to Bangkok/Ho Chi Minh/Osaka
• TAM Airlines reduce Paris CDG operation from Sep 2011
• Air France changes to planned Cape Town operation upon W11 Resumption
• Air New Zealand/Virgin Australia Group launch new look joint Trans-Tasman Network
• ANA extends International Service Reductions into June 2011

13 May 2011
• Hawaiian Airlines plans A330 service to San Francisco from Nov 2011
• SAS W11 Long-haul Operation Changes
• TAP Portugal Brazil Flight Number Changes from Nov 2011
• Alitalia planned W11 Beijing Operational Schedule Changes
• Bangkok Airways to increase planned new Bangkok – Bangalore route to Daily by Dec 2011
• Lufthansa W11 Frankfurt – US Operation Changes
• Air India Toronto Operation changes in June 2011
• Air India shelves plan to increase Tokyo service to Daily from July 2011
• Condor W11/12 Long-haul operation changes
• airberlin to add new routes from Saarbruecken in W11
• China Southern S11 Seasonal Harbin – Khabarovsk & Vladivistok service
• Ural Airlines to launch Krasnojarsk – Harbin from late-May 2011

12 May 2011
• TACA begins Air Canada codehsare service
• EgyptAir Initial W11 Long-haul Operation Changes
• JetStar to launch Auckland – Dunedin from Jul 2011
• ANA/Eznis Airways enter strategic partnership deal
• Delta cancels Summer seasonal New York JFK – Kiev service
• China Southern Daily to Nepal from July 2011
• Thai May 2011 European Operation Changes
• Lufthansa Initial W11 Frankfurt Long-haul Operation Changes
• China Southern plans to start Urumqi – Tbilisi service from June 2011
• Safi Airways to start Kabul – Delhi service from mid-Jun 2011
• TAM/TAP Portugal expands codeshare coverage via Spain
• TAM/Spanair launch codeshare service
• Carpatair to launch Constanta – Istanbul service from mid-Jun 2011
• Emirates to launch A380 service to Johannesburg from Oct 2011

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…