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.

16 Jun 2011
• Singapore Airlines/brussels airlines to start codeshare service
• Air China Reduce Dubai service from Jul to Sep 2011
• Asiana Airlines extends London Heathrow service increase for entire S11
• Air India Mumbai – London Heathrow schedule change Jun/Jul 2011
• Singapore Airlines cancels 2nd Daily Tokyo Haneda service for entire S11 season
• Aeroflot extends capacity shift on Tokyo Narita and Seoul Incheon until late-July 2011
• Further Changes to China Eastern Dubai operation from July 2011
• LANEcuador to start San Cristobal, Galapagos service from Oct 2011
• JetStar Asia increasing Singapore – Taipei service from Aug 2011
• Hainan Airlines postpone Shenzhen – Kolkata launch; outlines new Shenzhen Int’l service
• SkyExpress to launch Moscow Vnukovo – Gelendzhik from July 2011
• Air Austral increasing Reunion – Paris CDG service; Re-times Comores – Mayotte schedule in W11
• airberlin/British Airways to start codeshare service from July 2011
• Air Asia cancels Bangladesh service from July 2011
• S00: JAL Group Network

15 Jun 2011
• KLM resumes Rio de Janeiro service in W11
• SAS/Widerøe W11 Copenhagen – Trondheim & Kristiansand route swap
• China Eastern shrinks Kunming – Dubai operation in S11
• British Airways NW11 changes to Cape Town operation
• Vladivostok Air adds A330 service to Seoul from Jul to Sep 2011
• Xiamen Airlines shelves planned service to Makung, Taiwan due Operational safety concern
• Cape Air to increase Anguilla – San Juan service from Christmas 2011
• Ethiopian Cargo Summer 2011 Network
• EVA Air planned W11 Operation changes to Seattle service
• KLM/Belavia begins Codeshare service on Amsterdam – Minsk route
• Belavia to launch Grodno – Kaliningrad from late-Jun 2011
• Sun Country to start Minneapolis – Liberia from Jan to Apr 2012
• airberlin to launch Macedonia service
• Ethiopian Airlines cancels Chennai service launch
• AVIANCA doubles Bogota – Punta Cana service from late-July 2011
• Turkish Airlines to start Istanbul – Kabul from July 2011
• S00: Alitalia Inter-Continental Network
• ANA reveals Boeing 787 Service Ready Operational Validation flight schedules in July 2011

14 Jun 2011
• Finnair W11 Asia service Minor reductions as of 14JUN11
• Kuwait Airways reduce Damascus service
• India’s IndiGo launches 5 International routes from Sep 2011
• Spanair Barcelona European/African W11 Operation Changes
• Emirates re-schedules Baghdad service launch from Nov 2011
• Jeju Air expands Busan International service with new Bangkok & Hong Kong routes
• Lion Air to start Jakarta – Kuala Lumpur service late-June 2011
• Air India extends Delhi – London Heathrow & Tokyo cuts into July 2011
• Air China launches Chengdu – Tokyo Narita Nonstop service mid-June 2011
• Ethiopian Airlines further expands Lufthansa European Codeshare Coverage
• Etihad expands Royal Air Maroc codeshare on Morocco – Spain routes
• Aerosvit Initial W11 Europe/Russia-CIS Operation Changes
• SkyWork Airlines Bern – Palma Mallorca Winter 2011 service changes
• Wizz Air to launch Brno – Eindhoven service from mid-Dec 2011
• Canadian carrier Air North Summer 2011 increase & Whitehorse – Victoria charter in Oct 2011
• First Air increases Winnipeg – Rankin Inlet service from June 2011
• Kingfisher Airlines New Domestic India routes in June 2011
• S00: Korean Air International Network
• KLM W11 Initial Operation Changes: Update 3 as of 13JUN11

13 Jun 2011
• Brazil’s Azul increasing Domestic Service in June/July 2011
• American Airlines to launch New York JFK – Antigua service from mid-Nov 2011
• Delta/Air France changes to Atlanta – Paris CDG W11 service
• Etihad W11 Operation Changes as of 13JUN11
• Exploit Valley Air Services launch new link between New Foundland and Nunavut
• Gulf Air Initial W11 Operation Changes as of 13JUN11
• Hong Kong Airlines/Hong Kong Express Jul – Oct 2011 Operation Changes
• Senegal Airlines Operation changes from July 2011: 4 New Destinations
• Copa Airlines to launch Asuncion, Chicago & Cucuta from mid-Dec 2011
• Pantanal/TAM Domestic Brazil Service increase Jun/Aug 2011
• airTran drops Skywest codeshare from Milwaukee; Keeps Akron & Des Moines service from Sep 2011
• Interjet to launch Mexico City – Guatemala City service
• Jet Airways delays planned International Capacity Increase in S11/W11
• Lufthansa Munich W11 Changes Update 3: Brazil capacity increase; Uzbekistan Cancellation
• Qatar Airways Nairobi/Dar es Salaam Operation Changes from July 2011
• S00: SriLankan Airlines Network

12 Jun 2011
• Delta W11 Asia Service Reductions
• Delta replace AIRFRANCE on Chicago – Paris CDG in W11; Interruption to AF nearly 60-year service

11 Jun 2011
• Continental Micronesia Operation Flight Number Changes from August 2011

10 Jun 2011
• South African Airways/TAP Portugal Codeshare operation changes
• S7 Airlines increase intra-Russian Far East service in W11
• British Airways W11 London Heathrow Long-Haul Changes: Update 2 as of 10JUN11
• China Airlines W11 Los Angeles & Vancouver Service Reductions
• Thai Initial W11 Long-haul changes: Update 1 as of 10JUN11
• Thai to increase Copenhagen with new one-way nonstop to Phuket in W11
• Sichuan Airlines to launch new South East Asia routes from Nanning from mid-Jun 2011
• Air France W11 Initial Paris CDG Long-haul Operation Changes as of 10JUN11
• Shenzhen Airlines plans Wuxi – Taipei Taoyuan service from 29JUN11
• Jet2 Trans-Atlantic Service to Newark in Nov/Dec 2011
• Jet2 to launch New Routes from Glasgow and Manchester in Summer 2012

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…