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.

23 Jun 2011
• KLM increasing Denpasar service in W11
• ASIANA AIRLINES extends 5th weekly Seoul – London service to year-round
• Air China W11 Initial International Operation Changes: Update 2 as of 23JUN11
• Yemenia S11 Service Reductions as of 23JUN11
• AerLingus to add 3 new European routes from Cork in W11
• Continental to resume Sendai service from Oct 2011
• DELTA Additional W11 Trans-Atlantic Frequency Cuts
• Spirit Airlines to launch Las Vegas – Oakland from mid-Aug 2011
• S00: Royal Brunei Network

22 Jun 2011
• MIAT Mongolian Airlines plans to extend Hong Kong service to year-round flight
• Skyteam Members Chanes to Paris CDG – New York JFK Operation in W11
• Korean Air resumes Seoul Incheon – Urumqi Summer Charter service
• EVA Air W11 Los Angeles / San Francisco Service Changes as of 22JUN11
• ANA Group/IBEX Airlines/AirDo Resumes Sendai Scheduled service from 25JUL11
• AeroMexico to offer Monterrey – Brownsville TX service in Jul/Aug 2011
• Comair/British Airways to cancel Tanzania service from Aug 11; Lanseria Int’l Service postponement
• Spirit Airlines expands Chicago O’Hare with 5 New Destinations and 11 New Daily flights
• TAAG Angola to inaugurate Boeing 777-300ER to Brazil; Beijing Resumption pushed till Aug 2011
• China’s Spring Airlines expands Shijiazhuang base service from July 2011
• Sichuan Airlines launches intra-Xinjiang Routes
• S00: SABENA Inter-Continental Network

21 Jun 2011
• bmi to launch Amritsar service from mid-Oct 2011; Bishkek service changes
• Pakistan International Airlines to start Madinah service from Jul 2011
• EGYPTAIR resumes Malaysia service from August 2011
• Royal Brunei NW11 Australia / New Zealand / Vietnam Service Cutbacks
• Air China to start bmi UK/Ireland Codeshare from July 2011
• Spirit Airlines adds Las Vegas – Portland OR from Sep 2011; Fall changes to Las Vegas – Los Angeles
• Comair/British Airways increasing Johannesburg – Nelspruit service from July 2011
• Norwegian to start Copenhagen – Trondheim & Oslo – Manchester Route in W11
• Japan Approves Temporary Int’l Charter service to Sendai by HiFly and Edelweiss Air
• flyBe cancels Birmingham – Frankfurt and Manchester – Frankfurt route from late-Jul 2011
• South African Airways Reducing Nairobi capacity
• JAT Airways resumes Belgrade – Dubrovnik route
• Czech Connect Airlines adds 4 new routes in S11
• Oman Air increasing Zanzibar service from July 2011
• SriLankan Airlines July 2011 service increase to Tiruchirapally
• S00: Vietnam Airlines International Network

20 Jun 2011
• Turkish Airlines expands Iraq service with Najaf & Sulaymaniyah launch in July 2011
• flydubai to launch Dammam from mid-July 2011
• Air China W11 Initial International Operation Changes: Update 1 as of 20JUN11
• Aerolineas Galapagos launches Peru service
• UT Air begins Moscow Vnukovo – Lipetsk service
• TACA changes to La Ceiba & Roatan service from Jul 2011
• Blue1 Closing 5 European Routes in Aug/Sep 2011
• nasair to start Lahore service in Pakistan from Jul 2011
• S7 Airlines Initial W11 International Operation Changes as of 20JUN11
• LANChile Resumes Australia/New Zealand service; Extra service Jun/Jul 2011
• Alitalia W11 Initial Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 20JUN11
• American Airlines W11 Miami Initial International Service Changes as of 20JUN11
• American Airlines ending Los Angeles – San Salvador service late-Aug 2011
• CSA Czech Airlines cancels Baku launch; Begins Azerbaijan Airlines Codeshare
• Transaero postpone Hong Kong seasonal service resumption till late-Jul 2011
• Transaero to launch Lisbon & Madrid service in Jul & Sep 2011
• DELTA suspends Atlanta – Tel Aviv from Sep 2011 to Mar 2012
• Continental temporary reducing Mumbai service in Sep 2011 and Apr 2012
• S00: QATAR Airways Network

18 Jun 2011
• UNITED/Continental Codeshare moves to Identical flight numbering system from 29AUG11
• Continental plans Boeing 767-400ER service to Berlin in S12
• Continental begins Boeing 777 service on Newark – London Heathrow service

17 Jun 2011
• SpiceJet re-times Chennai – Colombo service
• bmi to increase London Heatrow – Marrakech service from Oct 2011
• DELTA to operate Boeing 767-400ER service on New York JFK – Sao Paulo in NW11
• Hainan Airlines Initial W11 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 17JUN11
• Kuwait Airways resumes Istanbul route as Summer seasonal service
• Sichuan Airlines boosting Harbin base with 4 new routes from late-Jun 2011
• Virgin Atlantic cancels Kingston service from S12
• JetBlue launch intra-Caribbean routes and seasonal Boston – St. Thomas from mid-Dec 2011
• Royal Jordanian expands MALEV European codeshare routes
• China Eastern / Alitalia launches Codeshare service on China – Italy routes
• China Eastern / Vietnam Airlines launches Codeshare service
• Air Canada boosting Colombia capacity from Dec 2011
• Air Canada to offer Daily service on Ottawa – Frankfurt in W11
• LOT Polish Airlines W11 Initial Long-haul Operation Changes as of 17JUN11
• Austrian W11 Initial Mid/Long-Haul operation changes as of 17JUN11
• Lufthansa W11 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 17JUN11
• S00: Emirates Network

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