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.

09 Jun 2011
• Asiana Airlines expands codeshare service with Singapore Airlines to 3 Continents
• TACA Regional Aeroperlas changes to Panama City – Bocas Del Toro operation from July 2011
• Silk Air to launch Kolkata service from August 2011
• Turkish Airlines begins ANA codeshare service on Domestic Japan routes
• Turkish Airlines launches Australian market presence via codeshare with Asiana Airlines
• Air Nigeria to start US codeshare service with Delta
• Vladivostok Air resumes Vladivostok – Niigata route in Jul/Aug 2011
• UT Air launches Surgut – Grozny; Additional flight increases on selected markets from Jun 2011
• UT Air launches Boeing 737-800 service to Adler/Sochi & Irkutsk
• Biman Bangladesh Airlines SE Asia changes from mid-July 2011
• Air India extends Delhi – London Heathrow cuts and reduce Tokyo till late-Jun 2011
• Korean Air plans 737-900ER weekly service to Osaka and Tokyo in Oct 2011
• China Southern boosting capacity to Xinjiang with Boeing 777 operation from July 2011
• Continental plans Boeing 777 service to Geneva & Munich in S12
• JAL increase Nagoya – Honolulu capacity Jul/Aug 2011
• SriLankan Airlines to resume Zurich service from late-Dec 2011
• SAS resumes Shanghai service from Mar 2012

08 Jun 2011
• Pacific Blue/Air New Zealand NW11 Initial Trans-Tasman Changes: Update 2
• Monarch Airlines to launch new routes to Turkey and Egypt in Summer 2012
• JAL Palau charter from July to October 2011
• Philippine Airlines increasing service to Busan & Taipei in S11
• Asiana Airlines introduces A330 service on Seoul Gimpo – Shanghai Hongqiao route
• China Southern launches Shenyang – Irkutsk service from July 2011
• TransAsia Airways S11 Charter Flights
• Vladivostok Air to launch Summer seasonal Vladivostok – Dalian service Jul – Sep 2011
• Air Canada Winter 2011/12 Sun Destinations Highlights: 3 New Destinations and 7 New Routes
• Air Canada/TACA expands Codeshare coverage via Mexico
• American Airlines/WestJet adds new codeshare market
• Air Mauritius plans 4th weekly Mumbai service Nov 2011 – Jan 2012
• Cathay Pacific expands Alaska Airlines codeshare to Mexico
• Tianjin Airlines to launch Tianjin – Hong Kong route from mid-Jul 2011
• EgyptAir returns to Iraq from July 2011 after 21-year suspension

07 Jun 2011
• Emirates to launch Daily St. Petersburg service from Nov 2011
• Korean Air A380 S11 New Operation Changes as of 07JUN11
• Air India European service changes until mid-June 2011
• British Airways/Iberia further expands Latin America/Africa/Middle East codeshare coverage
• China Eastern to launch Wuxi – Taipei service late-June 2011
• Korean Air Cargo resumes Round-The-World service with new US-Uzbekistan link
• China Airlines Cargo launch Osaka – Atlanta/New York JFK service; S11 Updated Changes
• KLM Additional long-haul frequencies on selected markets Jun – Aug 2011
• Aerosvit cancels Belgrade service
• Airphil Express to launch Cebu – Hong Kong service from late-July 2011
• Avianca adds 2nd Daily Cali – Tumaco service
• Air China to increase Tianjin – Hong Kong route from July 2011
• Garuda Indonesia expands Makassar/Ujung Padang Domestic service in June 2011
• China Eastern launches Weihai – Seoul Incheon route
• Aeroflot/Vladivostok Air begins unilateral codeshare service
• Transaero launches 747 service to Khabarovsk
• Russia’s VIM Airlines expands in Russia Far-East Region in S11

06 Jun 2011
• British Airways Initial W11 London Heathrow Long-haul Operation Changes
• Singapore Airlines Seoul Incheon schedule change from Aug 2011
• Bahrain Air to launch Istanbul service; New Service cutbacks
• Air Canada changes to Argentina & Chile service in NW11
• Vladivostok Air plans A330 service on Vladivostok – Beijing route Jul – Sep 2011
• KLM reducing Tokyo service from Jun to Sep 2011
• Alitalia extends Rome – Tokyo Narita service cuts till Oct 2011
• Cathay Pacific Group Extends Japan Reduction into Mid-July; Additional Tokyo Narita cuts
• UNI Air to launch Taichung – Nanjing from July 2011; New codeshare service with Xiamen Airlines
• China Eastern Yunnan Division June 2011 International Service Changes
• Air France to maintain 5 weekly Guangzhou service in W11
• Asky Airlines Summer 2011 Operations
• Cathay Pacific expands American Airlines Codeshare Coverage from Sep 2011
• Delta cancels Raleigh – Albany NY & Providence service from Sep 2011
• US Airways Initial W11 Trans-Atlantic Operation Changes
• Continental 767-400ER on Newark – Sao Paulo planned from mid-Dec 2011
• Aeroflot to add 3rd Daily Nizhniy Novgorod and re-times Tyumen service in W11

05 Jun 2011
• Delta initial W11 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 04JUN11

03 Jun 2011
• Korean Air to start Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 service to Paris late-Summer 2011
• EVA Air plans 777-300ER service to Guam on 18JUN11/21JUN11
• Lufthansa planned W11 changes for Israel operation
• Air Asia X Launches RFP for New European Network Expansion in 2012
• Aeroflot planned Delhi aircraft changes in W11
• Qatar Airways changes to Morocco operation
• Air New Zealand NW11 Trans-Tasman initial changes as of 03JUN11
• brussels airlines launches Bamako from Sep 2011; Changes to Accra/Abidjan service
• Korean Air New Boeing 737-900ER Planned Operation: Update as of 03JUN11
• PLUNA extra flights to Cordoba and temporary Mendoza flights in July 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…