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.

21 Jul 2011
• CSA Czech Airlines Further Cuts to Bratislava – Rome service; Brussels Changes from Sep 2011
• British Airways Increases Riyadh service to Daily in W11
• Singapore Airlines W11 Aircraft Changes to Hong Kong / Jakarta / Shanghai
• Virgin Atlantic to launch London Gatwick – Cancun service from mid-Jun 2012
• airberlin expands American Airlines North America Codeshare
• AIRFRANCE Sep/Oct 2011 Service Reduction to Chicago / Miami / Seattle
• ETIHAD to start Dusseldorf service from mid-Dec 2011
• China Eastern to start weekly Hamburg service from late-Aug 2011
• AIRFRANCE to start Nantes – Brussels & Dusseldorf service from Oct 2011
• Far Eastern Air Transport Resumes Taipei – Makung service
• China Airlines to end First Class service to Japan and Hawaii from 30OCT11
• REDjet to launch Port of Spain service from late-Jul 2011; Operation Schedule Update
• Korean Air Cargo launches Zaragoza and new Chengdu – Singapore service
• WestJet W11 Operation Changes as of 21JUL11
• AIRFRANCE Service Changes to Damascus Jul – Oct 2011
• Air Nigeria launches Abuja – Enugu & Abuja – Owerri nonstop service
• NW54: TEAL / QANTAS Network
• Korean Air Cancels Planned A380 service to Bangkok; Tokyo Temporary Increase
• WestJet to launch London ON – Cancun & Las Vegas in W11

20 Jul 2011
• Singapore Airlines W11 Operation Changes: Update 1 as of 20JUL11
• bmi Reduce London Heathrow – Berlin Tegel service from August 2011
• Frontier Airlines ends Milwaukee – Hartford & Milwaukee – Louisvillefrom Sep 2011
• UT Air to launch Moscow – Tallinn service from Aug 2011
• Pakistan Int’l Cease Istanbul Flight; Turkish Airlines Codeshare Service Expansion
• Singapore Airlines Reduces planned Osaka Operation in W11
• B&H Airlines Cancels Gothenburg and Stockholm route from Sep 2011
• Air Arabia Maroc planned W11 Casablanca operation changes
• Senegal Airlines to start Domestic service on Dakar – Ziguinchor route from Aug 2011
• AIRFRANCE to transfer Lyon – Nantes from Mainline to BritAir in W11
• airBaltic Fall 2011 Service Reductions/Cancellation
• W54: Braniff International Network
• Alaska Airlines to launch San Diego – Honolulu service from mid-Nov 2011
• bmi to launch Nice from August and Agadir from Oct 2011

19 Jul 2011
• JAL W11 International Operation Changes: as of 19JUL11
• KLM Reduce Tokyo Narita service in W11
• Singapore Airlines/Transaero launch Bilateral Codeshare service from Aug 2011
• IBERIA to start Madrid – Glasgow service in W11
• airgreenland leased Boeing 737-800 Operation
• Air New Zealand plans Boeing 777-300ER service to Nadi Dec 2011 – Feb 2012
• Royal Jordanian W11 Initial Operation Changes as of 19JUL11
• Conviasa expands Bogota service & launches 2 new routes
• DELTA Planned Service Adjustment to 24 EAS Markets in the US
• Tibet Airlines to launch operation from 26JUL11; Air China to offer codeshare service
• SAS adds 2nd Daily Copenhagen – Poznan from Oct 2011
• JetBlue to start Hartford – San Juan service from Jan 2012
• Donavia New Routes in Jul/Aug 2011
• Volaris to start Mexico City – Zacatecas service from mid-September 2011
• W54: BOAC / BEA Network
• Air Pacific NW11 Operation Changes: Boeing 767-300ER Retirement

18 Jul 2011
• Stop Press – 18JUL11
• ANA Pokemon Jets Planned Schedule Jul/Aug 2011
• Air Canada Winter 2011/12 Sun Destinations Operation Update 2: as of 18JUL11
• DELTA Los Angeles – Tokyo Haneda schedule change from Sep 2011
• DELTA W11 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 18JUL11
• Velvet Sky increasing Domestic South Africa service from Aug 2011
• Turkish Airlines W11 Initial International Operation Changes as of 18JUL11
• Turkish Airlines changes to Dakar service
• Emirates moves forward Frankfurt service increase to late-Oct 2011
• EVA Air shifts Taipei – New York service from Newark to JFK from W11
• Eritrean Airlines re-expands operations with leased Airbus A320
• Monarch Airlines to start new service to Barcelona and Sharm el Sheikh in W11
• W54: AVIANCA International Network

15 Jul 2011
• TACA to launch San Salvador – Havana service from Aug 2011
• JetStar Asia expands Asia service from August 2011
• TACV Cabo Verde to start Ilha do Sal – Italy service Jul – Oct 2011
• Gulf Air adds 6th weekly Bahrain – Addis Ababa service from Aug 2011
• KLM Shanghai Capacity boost July – Oct 2011
• Air Pacific Kiribati Capacity increase in Sep 2011
• Smartwings replace CSA Czech Airlines on Prague – Tel Aviv service from W11
• China Southern Planned New Embraer E190 Operation in Aug 2011
• MIAT Mongolian Airlines W11 Initial Operation Changes as of 15JUL11
• W54: Alitalia Inter-Continental Network
• ETIHAD Increasing Abu Dhabi – Erbil service from Sep 2011
• KLM Initial S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 14JUL11: NEW Airbus A330-300 Routes

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…