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.

29 Jun 2011
• Estonian Air to launch Tallinn – Trondheim service from Sep 2011
• Air China reducing Munich and Dusseldorf service in July 2011
• Air China Re-configured A330-200 International Operation July – Oct 2011
• Korean Air delays Boeing 737-900ER service to Ho Chi Minh in July 2011
• Asiana Airlines expands Turkish Airlines Codeshare to Kenya
• China Eastern restoring frequency increase to Japan from Jul/Aug 2011
• Vladivostok Air expands planned Dalian service in S11
• Shandong Airlines to add 3rd weekly Yantai – Taipei service from late-July 2011
• Rwandair increasing Nairobi and Johannesburg service from July 2011
• WizzAir to launch Lodz – London Luton from mid-Sep 2011
• Delta reducing Detroit – Hong Kong service Aug 2011 – Mar 2012
• Aegean Airlines / US Airways issues Codeshare application to US DoT
• S00: Austrian Airline Group Medium/Long-Haul Network
• Delta replace Air France on Selected Atlanta / Newark – Paris CDG service 28JUN11-07JUL11
• S7 Airlines to launch Ekaterinburg – Beijing and Vladivostok – Hong Kong in W11

28 Jun 2011
• Turkish Airlines to start Afghanistan service as planned from July 2011 with new schedule
• JAL plans aircraft change to Jakarta in W11
• Malaysia Airlines Tokyo Narita July 2011 Reductions
• JetBlue adds 4th Daily Boston – Chicago service in Sep/Oct 2011
• Aigle Azur starts seasonal Paris – Tunis service
• Frontier Airlines to add seasonal Branson – Austin & Phoenix service Sep – Dec 2011
• Lufthansa to launch Frankfurt – Aberdeen service in W11
• Hainan Airlines to start Manzhouli – Chita service
• China Eastern opens Taiyuan – Bangkok route
• Rak Airways launch Ras al Khaimah – Doha service
• EgyptAir Initial W11 Long-haul Operation Changes Update 2 as of 28JUN11
• Shanghai Airlines South East Asia Service Changes in S11
• S00: Singapore Airlines/Silk Air Network
• Thai resumes Brussels from Nov 2011; Latest carrier announcing service launch from Routes Event
• nasair to launch Islamabad service from mid-July 2011

27 Jun 2011
• China Southern Airlines to start servcie to Turkey from Sep 2011
• AirZena Georgian Airways launches Batumi – Moscow Domodedovo service
• Shanghai Airlines adds Shanghai Pu Dong – Da Nang service
• Kenya Airways Africa service changes from July 2011
• Air Arabia Egypt launches Alexandria Borg el Arab – Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen service
• Aeroflot W11 European Service Changes as of 27JUN11
• Asiana Airlines W11 Vietnam Operation Changes
• Ethiopian Airlines launches Malakal, Sudan service
• Transaero W11 Long-Haul Scheduled service changes
• Transaero to start 3 New Routes from July 2011
• American Airlines New York JFK – Europe W11 Minor Adjustments
• Firefly to start KLIA – Sibu from July 2011; Gradually replace Malaysia Airlines service
• SAT Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy launches Khabarovsk – Kamchatsky service
• Iran’s Mahan Air to launch Tehran – Shanghai Pu Dong service from Sep 2011
• S00: AOM French Airlines’ Long-Haul Network

25 Jun 2011
• Hellenic Imperial launches New York JFK service with 747; London postpone till July 2011

24 Jun 2011
• Kenya Airways to launch Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from mid-July 2011
• Lufthansa Munich – Tokyo Narita service reduction in January 2012
• ANA Revises Boeing 787 SROV Schedule in July 2011
• Transaero to start Boeing 777 service to Toronto Jun – Sep 2011
• Air Seychelles planned changes to Singapore service from Nov 2011
• Lufthansa expands AVIANCA codeshare to Peru
• China Southern adds A330 service on Beijing – Changsha service in July 2011
• Jin Air to launch Jeju – Shanghai Pu Dong from late-Jun 2011
• Royal Jordanian W11 Initial Operation Changes as of 24JUN11
• Royal Jordanian Increasing Sri Lanka capacity from Aug 2011
• Iberia to add 8th weekly Madrid – Miami service in W11
• Mahan Air to launch Tehran – Larnaca service
• Spirit Airlines to launch Las Vegas – San Diego service from Sep 2011
• Turkish Airlines to start Islamabad service from late-July 2011
• S00: Air France Inter-Continental Network
• CSA Czech Airlines resumes Abu Dhabi service from late-Sep 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…