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.

04 Aug 2011
• QATAR Airways adds 4th Daily Kathmandu service from Oct 2011
• QATAR Airways W11 Planned Operational Aircraft Changes as of 04AUG11
• Ural Airlines to start Moscow – Kutaisi service
• Singapore Airlines plans All-Upper Deck Business Class A380 to London/Zurich from Oct 2011
• China Eastern Reducing Vancouver service in Nov/Dec 2011
• Alitalia Latest Beijing schedule change in W11 as of 04AUG11
• Alitalia Planned Embraer E175/E190 Operational Routes
• AIRFRANCE to start Bata, Equatorial Guinea service from late-Sep 2011
• EVA Air to increase Bangkok service in W11

03 Aug 2011
• Singapore Airlines W11 Operation Changes: Update as of 03AUG11
• SA Airlink to start Port Elizabeth – Bloemfontein from Sep 2011
• AEROFLOT plans Cancun service in W11
• airTran to Cancel service to 4 cities in 2012
• China Airlines Initial W11 Operation Changes as of 03AUG11
• SriLankan Latest Operation Changes to Moscow and Zurich Route as of 03AUG11
• ASIANA AIRLINES offering Qinhuangdao charter service in August 2011
• El Al Cancels Brazil service from Nov 2011
• Korean Air A380 S11 Operation Changes as of 03AUG11: NEW Service to Beijing

02 Aug 2011
• Royal Jordanian plans Nigeria service from Nov 2011
• Austrian W11 changes to Amman & Damascus service
• Fuji Dream Airlines begins 2 scheduled Domestic Routes from Aug 2011
• Tiger Airways to launch Singapore – Davao service from Nov 2011
• TAAG Angola further postpones Beijing service resumption till late-Aug 2011
• Lufthansa to launch weekend-only Frankfurt – Klagenfurt service in W11
• Oman Air W11 Long-Haul Operation Changes: Update as of 02AUG11
• Gulf Air to Increase Kathmandu capacity Dec 2011/Jan 2012
• China Airlines to start Taipei – Haikou / Sanya service in W11
• ASIANA AIRLINES resumes Sendai scheduled service from late-Sep 2011

01 Aug 2011
• AEROFLOT W11 Planned Russia-CIS/European Service Changes as of 01AUG11
• Air Finland to start charter service to Dubai from Oct 2011
• Gulf Air Increase Madinah service to Daily from late-Sep 2011
• Aegean Airlines/US Airways Begins Codeshare service
• EVA Air/UNI Air adds new Taiwan – China nonstop routes in W11
• Jetairfly adds new service to Algeria, Thailand and Dominican Republic in W11
• Aerosvit postpones Ho Chi Minh service launch to late-Dec 2011; Planned Hong Kong Service Canceled
• QATAR Airways boosts Doha – Dubai service to 11 Daily from late-Aug 2011
• Uzbekistan Airways adds Tashkent – Chimkent service for August 2011
• UNITED reducing Osaka service in W11
• DELTA W11 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 01AUG11
• American Airlines W11 Domestic Service Change as of 01AUG11
• American Airlines W11 International Service Change as of 01AUG11

30 July 2011
• DELTA to start Minneapolis – Liberia service from Jan 2012
• UNITED/Continental Caribbean Cross-Fleeting in W11

29 Jul 2011
• airberlin cancels 4 North African Routes in W11
• LANPeru to Cancel Brasilia service from late-Oct 2011
• AEROFLOT boosts Tel Aviv W11 Capacity with Ilyushin 96 service
• Air Canada W11 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 29JUL11
• flyBe to add Manchester – Knock service from Nov 2011
• American Airlines Increases New York JFK – Tokyo Narita back to Daily from Sep 2011
• Hainan Airlines eyes Madrid service launch with initial schedule from mid-Sep 2011
• QATAR Airways launches GOL Domestic Brazil Codeshare service
• Hainan Airlines to start Shenzhen – Mumbai service from Sep 2011
• TransAsia Airways adds Taipei – Shanghai red-eye and new Kaohsiung – Changsha service from Aug 2011
• KLM Initial S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 29JUL11
• Turkish Airlines Plans to increase Guangzhou/Hong Kong/Sao Paulo service from June 2012
• AeroMexico extends Cancun – Miami service into Winter 2011 season
• Hainan Airlines to launch Beijing – Bangkok – Colombo service from Oct 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…