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.

13 Oct 2011
• Pegasus Airlines to Start Ankara – Erbil & Istanbul – Tehran in W11
• Korean Air W11 Operation Changes: Update 7 as of 13OCT11
• Korean Air Cancels Planned A380 Frankfurt Service; W11 Operation Changes
• Condor to Launch Toronto and Baltimore Service in S12
• Mahan Air to Operate 3 Round-Trip Tehran – Guangzhou Service in Oct 2011
• Virgin Australia Increases Western Australia Service from late-Nov 2011
• Hainan Airlines Plans to Start Beijing – Maldives Service from Nov 2011
• TAAG Angola NW11 Planned Operation Changes
• TAP Portugal to Add 4th weekly Accra Service in W11
• Alitalia W11 Beijing schedule change as of 13OCT11
• Air Macau W11 Operation Changes
• Edelweiss Air to Add 3 New European Routes from Zurich in S12
• IndiGo to Start Delhi – Kathmandu Service from late-Oct 2011
• Jet2 to Launch Manchester – Istanbul Service from Mar 2012
• Juneyao Airlines Launches Shanghai – Beijing Service
• Porter Airlines to Start Mont Tremblant – Newark Winter Seasonal Service

12 Oct 2011
• Korean Air Plans 777-300ER Service to San Francisco From July 2012
• British Airways Boosting Heathrow – Glasgow Flights in W11 with New Boeing 767 Service
• SAS to Launch 21 New European Routes in Summer 2012
• British Airways W11 Planned Boeing 777-300ER Operation as of 12OCT11
• British Airways to Add 3rd Daily Miami & 8th Daily New York JFK Service from London Heathrow in S12
• SAS to Start Oslo – Palanga Service in W11
• Iran Air W11 International Operation Changes as of 12OCT11
• Alaska Airlines to Launch San Jose CA – Palm Springs Service from Feb 2012
• Aerolineas Argentinas Plans to Resume Cancun Service from Nov 2011
• Air Arabia to Launch Moscow and Ekaterinburg Service in Oct 2011
• Eritrean Airlines W11 Operation Update: New Service to Karachi and Nonstop to Rome
• Ethiopian Airlines Expands Middle-East Service in W11; Plans to Start Toronto Service
• Transaero to Start Moscow – Mineralnye Vody Service mid-Oct 2011
• Royal Air Maroc to Start Bissau Service from mid-Dec 2011; Conakry Service Increase
• Korean Air Reduces Los Angeles Operational Frequencies in W11
• New Ghana Start-up carrier Starbow Airlines Launches Operation
• RAK Airways Expands into Pakistan Market from mid-Nov 2011
• Vueling to Start 3 New Routes from Madrid in W11
• BIMAN Bangladesh Airlines Plans Boeing 777-300ER Service to Kuala Lumpur in W11
• Emirates Reducing Houston Service from Feb 2012

11 Oct 2011
• ANA Boeing 787 Crew Training Schedule 12OCT – 23OCT11
• flyBe Ends Belfast City – Doncaster & Liverpool Service in W11
• Korean Air Applies to Expand US Domestic Codeshare Service by DELTA
• CSA Czech Airlines Increasing Bratislava – Amsterdam / Paris CDG Service in W11
• bmi W11 Operation Changes to Amman & Addis Ababa
• Alitalia to Start Tripoli Service from Nov 2011
• RusLine Expands Munich Service from Dec 2011
• Royal Brunei Shrinks South East Asia Operation from Feb 2012
• airberlin / MALEV to Begin Codeshare Service from 30OCT11
• DELTA Shrinks Memphis Operation from Jan 2012
• JetStar Cuts 2 Trans-Tasman Routes & Reduce Brisbane – Christchurch in NW11
• S7 Airlines Begins Novosibirsk – Phuket Service
• Alaska Airlines to Start Seattle – Kansas City Service from March 2012
• Cathay Pacific Cargo & Korean Air Cargo Begins Chengdu Service from Oct 2011
• THAI to Launch Phuket – Seoul Incheon Nonstop service from Nov 2011
• Sichuan Airlines to Increase Saipan Service in W11
• TACA to Start San Salvador – Bogota Service from mid-Nov 2011
• Oman Air W11 Middle East Operation Changes as of 11OCT11

10 Oct 2011
• Emirates Postpones A380 Kuala Lumpur Service to Jan 2012
• Emirates Moves Forward A380 Munich Operation Launch Date to late-Nov 2011
• Hainan Airlines Ends Kolkata Service 2 weeks after Service Launch
• EGYPTAIR W11 International Operation Changes Update 4 as of 10OCT11
• Air China W11 International Operation Changes as of 10OCT11: New Okinawa & Phuket Service
• Lufthansa to operate A380 Service on Munich – New York JFK 06 – 12DEC11
• Ethiopian Airlines Changes to China and Thailand Service in Oct/Nov 2011
• ADRIA Shrinks Operation in W11
• S7 Airlines Changes to Planned Vladivostok – Hong Kong Service from Nov 2011
• UNITED / COPA Airlines to Launch Codeshare Service from mid-Oct 2011
• Bahrain Air Adds New Frequencies to Istanbul & Khartoum Route in W11
• IBERIA Reducing Madrid – Johannesburg Service in NW11
• Blue1 Axes Helsinki – London Heathrow Service in W11
• British Airways Plans Johannesburg Service Increase in NS12
• Norwegian to Launch Oslo – Manchester Service in W11
• Arik Air to Cancel Abuja – London Heathrow Service from late-Oct 2011
• Cyprus Airways to Cancel Manchester Service from late-Oct 2011
• JAL Reveals 186-Seater Boeing 787-8 Configuration Map

07 Oct 2011
• Cebu Pacific Increasing SE Asia Service from Jan 2012
• World Routes: Xinjiang Airport Seeks Exposure and Direct Traffic to Western Europe
• Vladivostok Air Planned W11 Tokyo Narita Operation Update 2
• OpenSkies Cancels Paris Orly – Washington Dulles from W11
• TAAG Angola Increases Cuba Service in Dec 2011/Jan 2012
• Rwandair Expands International Service from late-Nov 2011
• Hainan Airlines Shelves Beijing – Bangkok – Colombo Service Launch due mid-Oct 2011
• Additional China Airlines Los Angeles Service Reductions in Nov 2011
• Turkish Airlines Postpones Boeing 737-900ER Service into Summer 2012
• EVA Air Shanghai Pu Dong Schedule Changes from W11
• Mihin Lanka to Start Colombo – Sharjah Service in W11
• South African Airways Washington Dulles Schedule Changes from Dec 2011
• easyJet Launches New French Bases and UK – Greece Routes from Apr 2012
• Air India to Fly Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on Delhi – Singapore Route from Dec 2011
• TransAsia Airways to Start Kaohsiung – Hanoi Service from Nov 2011
• Lufthansa S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 06OCT11
• Transaero Extends Beijing Operation 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…