Airline Route Update

Richard Maslen June 02, 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.

02 Jun 2011
• Oman Air A330 to Cairo and Karachi in S11
• Ethiopian Airlines extra Rome service late-July 2011 with Boeing 737
• Stop Press – 02JUN11
• Greek carrier Sky Wings Airlines to start scheduled service to Ukraine from Jun 2011
• SpiceJet to launch 3 new Domestic India routes from mid-June 2011
• AeroMexico to lauch Guatemala City from July 2011; Expands Central America codeshare with COPA
• Korean Air to start Seoul Gimpo – Beijing from July 2011
• Firefly to launch Kuala Lumpur – Langkawi service from Dec 2011
• Hellenic Imperial to launch Athens – London Gatwick late-Jun 2011
• Alitalia adds 8th weekly Rome – Sao Paulo service Jun – Oct 2011
• TAP Portugal/Turkish Airlines Expands Codeshare agreement

01 Jun 2011
• Stop Press – 01JUN11
• Continental Europe/Argentina Fall/Winter 2011/12 Capacity Cuts
• EgyptAir to launch Alexandria – Dubai service in June 2011
• SAT Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy resumes Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Beijing service
• Asiana Airlines launches Seoul Gimpo – Beijing from July 2011
• Air China and China Southern launches Beijing – Seoul Gimpo service from July 2011
• Cameroon’s Camair-Co Operation changes as of June 2011
• Delta Trans-Atlantic Route Cuts/Reductions Sep 2011 – Mar 2012
• ANA reveals 6th Generation Pokemon Livery “Peace Jet” schedule for July 2011
• Hellenic Imperial Airways plans Athens – New York JFK launch from late-June 2011
• Korea’s EastarJet to launch Seoul Incheon – Tokyo Narita from July 2011
• Turkish Airlines Summer Increase to Europe/Mid-East in Jun/Jul 2011
• Turkish Airlines changes to Sana’a service and increase Riyadh flight from late-Jun 2011
• Hainan Airlines to launch Kolkata service from July 2011
• Air Arabia Egypt enters Saudi Arabia market from June 2011

31 May 2011
• North Korea’s Air Koryo launches Pyongyang – Kuwait service

28 May 2011
• JAL Boeing 787-8 Executive/Economy Class Partial Configuration
• JAL to start Boeing 787 service to Boston Apr 2012; Singapore planned for W11
• Etihad to launch Seychelles from Nov 2011

27 May 2011
• SAS adds 3 new European Winter Routes in W11
• Air China North America changes for Sep/Oct 2011
• El Al expands S7 Airlines Domestic Russia Codeshare coverage
• Asiana Airlines postpones Seoul Incheon – Tokyo Haneda resumption till late-July 2011
• Aeroflot Planned Sukhoi SSJ100-95 Routes Update 4: S11 Changes
• Vueling to add 4th Daily Barcelona – Milan Malpensa in W11
• Jin Air boosts Clark, Philippines service to 5 weekly in Jul/Aug 2011

26 May 2011
• TAP Portugal cancels Johannesburg service; Maputo changes from June 2011
• Emirates to launch 3rd Daily Dubai – Frankfurt service from Dec 2011
• airberlin to launch Liberia, Costa Rica service from Nov 2011
• Malaysia Airlines extends Tokyo Narita reductions into mid-June 2011
• Aeroflot plans Ilyushin 96 instead of Boeing 767 to Sri Lanka in W11 upon Resumption
• Air China Revises Boeing 777-300ER Domestic China service eff Jul 2011
• Singapore Airlines Latest Tokyo Haneda service adjustment as of 26MAY11
• ANA Boeing 787 Service Ready Operational Validation on Japan Routes in July 2011
• Stop Press – 26MAY11
• Lufthansa ends Lufthansa Italia Brand from 30OCT11
• Kyrgyz Airways launches Bishkek – Urumqi service
• Air Europa to launch Madrid – Geneva route in W11
• flydubai expands to Ukraine starting mid-Sep 2011
• SAS to launch Stockholm – Milan Malpensa in W11
• Iberia to start Luanda, Angola from late-Sep 2011
• WizzAir cancels 3 routes from Cluj starting mid-Jun 2011