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.

08 Sep 2011
• TransAsia Airways Taiwan – Japan Fall 2011 Charter Routes
• Dragonair to Add 4th Daily Hong Kong – Hangzhou Service in Oct 2011
• China Southern Aircraft Changes on Guangzhou – Tokyo Narita Service in W11
• Turkish Airlines Resumes Benghazi, Libya Service from mid-Sep 2011
• Velvet Sky to Launch Johannesburg – Polokwane Service from Oct 2011
• Air Canada Cancels Winter Seasonal Vancouver – Yellowknife Service
• JAL Alaska Winter 2011/12 Charters Operation
• Saudi Arabian Airlines Plans Limited US – Madinah one-way nonstop service in Oct 2011
• WizzAir to base 2nd Airbus A320 at Vilnius; Expanded Service from late-May 2012
• AeroMexico to Offer Zacatecas – Chicago O’Hare Service in Nov/Dec 2011
• Volaris to Launch 3 New Routes from Mexico to Chicago Midway from Nov 2011
• UT Air to Start Moscow – Magas Route from late-Sep 2011
• Kunming Airlines to Start 4 New Domestic Routes in Sep 2011
• Air Mauritius to add 4th weekly Mumbai service in NS12
• Eastern Airways to Start Glasgow – Stavanger Service
• SriLankan Airlines Middle East/India W11 Service Expansion as of 07SEP11
• UNITED Increasing Services from US West Coast to Cancun from Dec 2011

07 Sep 2011
• Hawaiian Airlines to Launch Kahului – San Jose CA Service from Jan 2012
• SriLankan Airlines W11 Operation Changes as of 07SEP11
• DELTA Resumes Boston – Toronto Service from Dec 2011
• Gulf Air Plans A340 service to London Nov 2011 – Jan 2012
• Air China Scales Back Service Increase on Beijing – Los Angeles Route in W11
• Transavia to Start 6 New Routes in 2012
• Royal Air Maroc Schedule Changes to Moscow Flight in W11
• Bahrain Air Resumes Kathmandu Service from late-Sep 2011
• Air Madagascar charters EuroAtlantic Boeing 777 for France Service in Sep/Oct 2011
• Air Austral Changes to Planned Mayotte – France / Reunion – Thailand Service in NW11
• Corsairfly Increasing Mayotte Island Service in NW11
• Air MeKong Fall 2011 Domestic Vietnam Service Changes
• UNI Air to Launch Taitung – Nanjing Service from Nov 2011
• GMG Airlines Service Reductions to Dubai and Jeddah
• AEROFLOT Plans Daily Moscow – Seoul Service from Jun 2012
• AeroMexico Changes to Mexico – Shanghai Service Sep 2011 – Jan 2012

06 Sep 2011
• Turkish Airlines to Increase Capacity to Singapore/Jakarta in NW11
• Air China to Start Airbus A330-300 service to Delhi on W11
• China Southern Australia Service Changes Feb – Mar 2012
• China Southern Opens A380 Reservation Service on Beijing – Guangzhou in Nov/Dec 2011
• WizzAir to Increase Warsaw Base Service from Apr 2012
• Vladivostok Air to Launch Vladivostok – Hong Kong / Singapore service late-Sep 2011
• Cathay Pacific Boosts Capacity to Mumbai in W11
• Air Europa to Launch Madrid – Cartagena Route from Dec 2011
• China Eastern Aircraft Changes to Moscow Flight from Sep 2011
• Southwest Airlines to start Atlanta – Las Vegas / Phoenix Service from Mar 2012
• Estonian Air to Launch Jyväskylä Service from Mar 2012
• China Airlines Shanghai Schedule Changes from mid-Sep 2011
• TAM Airlines Reduce Brazil – Europe Service from Oct/Nov 2011
• American Airlines to Launch Miami – Manaus Service from June 2012
• JetStar Asia Reducing Singapore – Auckland Service Sep – Nov 2011
• COPA Airlines NW11 Operation Changes as of 06SEP11

03 Sep 2011
• US Airways de-hubs Las Vegas from Dec 2011; Las Vegas Operation Overview in Summer 2006

02 Sep 2011
• Tiger Airways Australia to Resume Melbourne – Perth Service from 07SEP11
• THAI Further Increasing Beijing Service in W11
• THAI Planned Refurbished 747-400 Operation as of 02SEP11
• Mandarin Airlines Reduce Kaohsiung – Seoul from Oct 11; Maintains Kaohsiung – Osaka in W11
• Hawaiian Airlines to Start Year-Round Kahului – Oakland Route from Jan 2012
• ASIANA AIRLINES begins Ethiopian Airlines Codeshare to Ethiopia
• Singapore Airlines Moves Forward A380 All-Upper Deck Business Class to Zurich to 20SEP11
• airberlin / Pegasus Airlines Begins Codeshare Service
• KLM / AEROFLOT Expands Codeshare Service
• DELTA Resumes Fukuoka Service: New Seasonal Honolulu – Fukuoka from late-Dec 2011
• AIRFRANCE to Add 7th Daily Paris CDG – Milan Linate in S12
• Singapore Airlines Increasing Perth Service in Dec 2011/Jan 2012
• bmi to Start East Midlands – Frankfurt Service in W11

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…