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.

15 Sep 2011
• Mahan Air Increasing Tehran – Bangkok Service to 9 Weekly in W11
• CSA Czech Airlines to Continue Israel Operation in W11
• Turkish Airlines W11 International Operation Changes as of 15SEP11
• Korean Air to Launch Palau Service in W11
• Cathay Pacific Revises 777-300ER Premium Economy Class Operation to Toronto in Mar 2012
• Vueling adds 2nd Daily Bilbao – London Heathrow in W11; Cancels Seville – London Service
• KLM Planned Hong Kong and Denpasar Service Changes from Aug 2012
• Uzbekistan Airways Reduce Tokyo Service in W11
• COPA Airlines to Start Monterrey Service from mid-Dec 2011
• Transaero Increasing Winter Service to Vietnam in W11
• Turkish Airlines to Launch Mosul, Iraq Service from mid-Oct 2011
• China Airlines Group Boosts Taichung – China Service with 4 New Routes in W11
• Lufthansa to Launch Seasonal Dusseldorf – Knock Route in S12
• Jet2 to Launch New Link Between Glasgow and Greek Islands from May 2012
• Mandarin Airlines to Launch Taichung – Hanoi Service from Nov 2011
• Mega Maldives Launches Male – Seoul Incheon Service

14 Sep 2011
• Icelandair Summer 2012 Network Expansion
• Emirates SkyCargo Launches Sydney Service
• Virgin Atlantic / Cyprus Airways Begins Codeshare Service between Cyprus and US
• American Airlines / WestJet Sep 2011 Codeshare Routes Expansion
• Continental / UNITED Non-Existent Flight 1347 Appearance in Reservation System
• Gulf Air Extends Iran Service Cancellations into W11
• DELTA W11 Minneapolis – Amsterdam Operation Changes
• Sichuan Airlines Starts Nanning – Ho Chi Minh City Service from mid-Sep 2011
• Frontier Airlines Shrinks Milwaukee Operation from Nov 2011
• SunExpress Germany W11 Start-Up Operation Overview
• Norwegian to Launch Copenhagen – Frankfurt from Nov 2011
• Pegasus Airlines to Launch Pristina Service from mid-Oct 2011
• Hawaiian Airlines to Launch Fukuoka Service from Apr 2012
• WestJet Begins 11-week Prince George – Las Vegas Service
• Vietnam Airlines W11 Aircraft Changes on Hanoi – Singapore Route

13 Sep 2011
• Emirates A380 to Riyadh on 23SEP11
• Air Europa W11 Long-Haul Service Changes as of 13SEP11
• TunisAir to Start Tunis – Bilbao Service in W11
• Vladivostok Air moves Hong Kong / Singapore Launch to late-Oct 2011
• Loganair/flyBe to Start Donegal, Ireland Service from Nov 2011
• MIAT Mongolian Airlines to Add 3rd Weekly Hong Kong Service in W11
• MALEV to Resume Tripoli Service from late-Oct 2011
• Vietnam Airlines Adds 3rd Weekly Ho Chi Minh – Fukuoka Service in Nov/Dec 2011
• Jin Air to Launch Seoul Incheon – Hong Kong Service in W11
• Jin Air to Increase Sapporo and Macau Service in W11
• AVIANCA to Start A318 Jet Service on Medellin – Cartagena Route
• Air Arabia Launches Kharkov and Yanbu Service in Fall 2011
• Nok Air to Start Bangkok Don Mueang – Phrae Route from Oct 2011
• KLM to Start WestJet Codeshare Service from 26SEP11
• UNITED to Start 2nd Daily Newark – Frankfurt Service from Jan 2012
• flydubai to Launch Dubai – Tbilisi Service from Nov 2011

12 Sep 2011
• Air Seychelles Plans Boeing 737-800 Operation from Dec 2011
• EGYPTAIR to Add 3rd Weekly Sharm el Sheikh – London Heathrow in W11
• EGYPTAIR to Launch 6th Weekly Cairo – Guangzhou Service from Dec 2011
• IBERIA NW11 Changes to Barcelona – Sao Paulo Operational Schedule
• Royal Air Maroc to Launch Angola Service from Dec 2011
• Finnair Planned Aircraft Changes to New Chongqing Service from May 2012
• Lufthansa W11 Aircraft Changes to Riyadh/Muscat Service as of 12SEP11
• UNITED to Operate Boeing 777 on San Francisco – Los Angeles One-Way Service Nov/Dec 2011
• Kenya Airways Resumes Jeddah Service from Nov 2011
• China Eastern Yunnan Branch Planned W11 Operation as of 12SEP11
• Southwest Airlines to Cancel Philadelphia – Boston Service from Feb 2012
• Tibet Airlines Launches Chengdu – Xining & Hangzhou Service in Sep 2011
• Icelandair to Launch Reykjavik – Denver Service from May 2012
• Singapore Airlines Changes to Brunei Operation in W11
• UT Air Introduces Boeing 737-800 Service on Moscow – Tashkent Route

10 Sep 2011
• Icelandair Increasing Seattle Service to Daily from late-May 2012

09 Sep 2011
• Skymark Airlines Outlines New Domestic Routes in 2012
• Jet2 to Launch Summer Seasonal Manchester – Pula Service in S12
• Ukraine International Airlines Cancels Goa and Colombo Winter Service; UAE Service Continues
• Air China Introduces New Airbus A330-300 Service on Taipei Route from Sep 2011
• EVA Air Shelves Planned Bangkok W11 Increase; Amsterdam Reductions in Nov 2011
• Ethiopian Airlines to Increase Malakal, South Sudan Service to Daily from W11
• Ethiopian Airlines to Launch 3 weekly Service to Seychelles from Nov 2011
• EVA Air Plans Taipei – Osaka Capacity Increase in Nov 2011
• Meridianafly to Cancel Milan – Colombo & Milan – Cairo from mid-Sep 2011
• DELTA W11 Aircraft Changes on Tokyo – Hong Kong / Taipei Routes as of 09SEP11
• Alitalia Adds TAROM Domestic Romania Codeshare service
• Alitalia to Start Carpatair Codeshare Service in W11
• IBERIA Cancels Fortaleza & Recife Service from Nov 2011
• Donavia to Launch Adler/Sochi & Mineralnye Vody – St. Petersburg Service in W11
• LOT Polish Airlines Increasing Helsinki Service in W11
• KLM to Start Amsterdam – Luanda Service from Nov 2011
• Emirates to Start Dubai – Dublin Service from Jan 2012

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…