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.

22 Sep 2011
• Air Austral Operation Changes to Australia/New Caledonia in NW11
• SriLankan W11 Kuala Lumpur/Singapore Operation Changes Update 2
• Royal Jordanian Revises Planned Operational Schedule on New Lagos Service from Nov 2011
• Frontier Airlines to Cancel Milwaukee – Madison From Nov 2011
• Blue1 Plans Berlin Service Resumption from May 2012; Systemwide Flight Number Change in S12
• Condor S12 Initial Operation Changes as of 22SEP11
• Condor to Start Gambia Service in W11
• Condor to Add Frankfurt – Dubrovnik Service from May 2012
• REDjet to Start Georgetown – Antigua Service from late-Nov 2011

21 Sep 2011
• Emirates to Launch Zambia and Zimbabwe service from Feb 2012
• Arik Air to Start Lagos – Luanda Service from Oct 2011
• Luanda Airport Runway Repair Project 21SEP11 – 28SEP11
• brussels airlines Selected African Market Changes in W11
• Cebu Pacific Increases Manila – Kuala Lumpur Service from Jan 2012
• brussels airlines Planned A330-200 Africa Service in Oct 2011
• AVIANCA to Launch Rio de Janeiro & La Paz from Nov 2011
• Philippine Airlines Reducing Delhi Service from Sep 2011
• Tunis Air W11 Operation Changes as of 21SEP11
• Air India Express Adds New Domestic Flights; Improved Kerala – Oman Service from W11
• Emirates to Continue A380 Operation to Shanghai in W11
• Virgin America to Start Winter Seasonal San Francisco – Palm Springs from mid-Dec 2011
• UNITED Expands Winter Seasonal Service to Mammoth Lake, CA in W11
• PLUNA to Launch Seasonal Punta del Este – Sao Paulo from Dec 2011 to Apr 2012
• AIRFRANCE W11 Changes to Amman & Damascus Operation
• THAI Gradually Switches from A300 to A330 on Busan Service in W11
• flydubai to Launch Dubai – Belgrade from Nov 2011
• Bahrain Air to start Bahrain – Riyadh Service late-Sep 2011

20 Sep 2011
• China Airlines Group Changes to Kaohsiung – Beijing W11 Schedule; New Kaohsiung – China Routes
• KLM / Olympic Air Launches Codeshare Service
• Singapore Airlines W11 Beijing Aircraft Changes as of 20SEP11
• Volaris Increasing Domestic Mexico Service from mid-Oct 2011
• Alitalia Rome – Tokyo Narita Jan 2012 Service Reductions
• Alitalia Increasing Rome – Tel Aviv Service from Oct 2011
• China Southern Minor Schedule Revision for Airbus A380 Inaugural on 17OCT11
• REDjet to Launch Jamaica Service from mid-Nov 2011
• China Southern Planned Embraer E190 Aircraft W11 Operation
• AirCalin Leases Air Tahiti Nui A340 for Papeete & Tokyo Operation in Nov 2011
• Air Jamaica Resumes Orlando Service
• Spring Airlines Changes to Japan Operation from Oct 2011
• SkyMiddleEast to Start Stockholm – Tehran & London Gatwick – Cologne in W11
• Japan TransOcean Air & Mandarin Airlines Taichung – Okinawa Charters in mid-Sep 2011
• AIRFRANCE Bangkok Reductions & Service Changes; Adjusts Indo-China Service in S12

19 Sep 2011
• MeridianaFly / Air Italy W11 Cross-Fleeting Operation
• Singapore Airlines to Start A380 Service to Frankfurt/New York JFK Service from mid-Jan 2012
• EGYPTAIR Extends Japan Service Cancellation into Winter 2011
• IBERIA Returns to Madrid – Fuerteventura / Lanzarote / Palma Service in W11
• BIMAN to Introduce 777-300ER Service From Nov 2011 with Manchester / Milan Launch
• TAM Airlines Reducing Rio de Janeiro – Paris CDG Service from mid-Dec 2011
• THAI to Add 11th Weekly Bangkok – Nagoya Service from Jan 2012
• Turkish Airlines Resumes Tripoli Service 21SEP11 with Airport Changes
• Korean Air Changes to A380 Beijing & Tokyo Operation Sep/Oct 11; Planned W11 Routes
• Correction to Virgin Atlantic W11 Los Angeles Operation Changes
• Lufthansa to Start Summer Seasonal Dusseldorf – Bari & Catania Service in S12
• QATAR Airways Increasing Italy Service from Dec 2011
• British Airways S12 London Gatwick – Caribbean Operation Changes as of 19SEP11
• DELTA Opens Reservation for New Honolulu – Fukuoka Service from late-Dec 2011
• Emirates Boosting Vienna and Mauritius Service in Winter 2011 Season
• American Airlines Cancels Chicago – Brussels Service from Nov 2011
• V Australia / DELTA Launches Trans-Atlantic Codeshare from Nov 2011

16 Sep 2011
• Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Enter Operation on 03JUN12
• DELTA Extends 5 Trans-Atlantic Routes Suspension till late-May 2012
• Air Canada W11 Planned Dash8-Q400 Operations as of 16SEP11
• Stop Press – 16SEP11
• MASKargo to Start A330-200 Freighter Service from 26SEP11
• Air India Extends Delhi – Singapore Capacity Reduction into Dec 2011
• Edelweiss Air Increasing Seasonal Vancouver Service from Jul 2012
• Virgin Atlantic W11 Operation Changes as of 16SEP11
• UNITED Revises Planned New Houston – Lagos Nonstop Service from Nov 2011
• airberlin/NIKI Summer 2012 European Key Routes Service Increase
• German Carrier OLT Adds Bremen – Brussels Route and Increases Zurich Service in W11
• SpiceJet Adds New Domestic Service in Oct 2011
• Condor Charter Services to Manaus Jan – Mar 2012
• Firefly Increasing Kuala Lumpur Subang Operation in W11
• Myanmar Airways International to Launch Phnom Penh Service in W11
• Zambezi Airlines to launch Lusaka – Kinshasa Service late-Sep 2011
• Hong Kong Airlines Capacity Changes to Phuket in W11
• AIRFRANCE Postpones Bata, Equatorial Guinea Service Launch for Second Time
• WizzAir to Start Riga – Eindhoven Route from Dec 2011
• Japan and Canada Signs Open-Skies Deal; To be In effect from 2013
• Edelweiss Air to Start Zurich – Tampa Service from May 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…