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.

25 May 2011
• TACA Regional launches Panama City Paitilla – San Jose Costa Rica route
• Mandarin Airlines to start Taichung – Kota Kinabalu charter from late-Jun 2011
• Yemenia cancels Guangzhou service from June 2011
• Mahan Air to change International operation flight numbers in W11
• Ukraine Int’l Airlines to resume Kiev – Lwow and launch Kiev – Moscow route
• Singapore Airlines expands Trans-Tasman codeshare coverage with Air New Zealand
• Xiamen Airlines to start Makung, Taiwan service from 30JUN11
• WizzAir to start Venice Treviso – Skopje from Oct 2011
• Air France W11 Newark & Washington Service Reductions
• brussels airlines Jul/Aug 11 Africa Network changes
• Lufthansa cancels Hyderabad service from Nov 2011

24 May 2011
• ANA expands Continental codeshare on all Japan – Guam service from Jun 2011
• SriLankan Airlines plans additional Paris & Milan service in W11 as of 24MAY11
• LANChile Changes to European operation from mid-Jul 2011
• Aires changes to Bogota – Ft. Lauderdale service
• Dragonair Resumes Okinawa service from July 2011
• TransAsia Airways launch Taipei – Phuket and Singapore service from Jun 11
• United transfers selected Denver/San Francisco – Honolulu to Continental in W11
• Zest Air to add 2 new Domestic Routes from July 2011
• Zest Air to start Cebu – Shanghai from Jul 2011
• Air Europa to launch 2 Daily each to Amsterdam and Milan Malpensa in W11
• Icelandair 23MAY11/24MAY11 Operation as of 2045GMT 23MAY11

23 May 2011
• Emirates to launch A380 service to Munich from Jan 2012
• bmi continues A330 operation to Freetown, Sierra Leone in W11
• Alitalia increasing Rome – Los Angeles to Daily from Jul to Sep 2011
• Qatar Airways to start 2nd Daily Jeddah service from mid-Jun 2011
• Air France W11 Reduction to Cairo and Mexico City
• Delta to start 3 Daily Raleigh – Baltimore service from Sep 2011
• Asiana Airlines/EVA Air to start Codeshare partnership from Jun 2011
• Aires to increase Key Domestic Colombian service Jun/Jul 2011
• Air China extends Tokyo Narita Capacity Reduction till Oct 2011
• Caribbean Airlines launches NONSTOP Port of Spain – Kingston service
• AeroMexico to launch Mexico City – Huatulco from mid-June ’11 & Panama City mid-Sep ’11
• Bahrain Air S11 Service Restoration from late-Jun 2011
• Aerosvit to launch Kiev – Hong Kong service in W11
• Air France operational aircraft change to Atlanta from mid-Jul 2011
• LIAT to cancel Tobago service from Jul 2011
• Lufthansa plans W11 Munich – Cairo Capacity Increase

21 May 2011
• Follow Up as of 21MAY11: United UA093/UA175 Flight Number Replacements

20 May 2011
• Stop Press – 20MAY11
• Singapore Airlines introducing High-Density Business Class A380 configuration
• Air Canada cancels Montreal – Mexico City from Jul 2011
• airberlin W11 Hanover and Stuttgart Service Increases to the Canaries
• UTair to launch Moscow Vnukovo – Naryan-Mar from June 2011
• Blue Air to launch Cluj – Dublin/Cluj – Rome service from Jul 2011
• Hawaiian Airlines moves forward A330 debut on Tokyo Haneda route by 1 week

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…