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.

07 Dec 2011
• CSA Czech Airlines Ends Bratislava Base Operation
• Air China S12 International Operation Changes as of 07DEC11
• EVA Air Paris CDG Summer Service Increase to Start from May 2012
• American Airlines Begins Codeshare Service with OpenSkies
• AEROFLOT Begins SuperJet Service to Budapest in Dec 2011
• Spring Airlines to Start Shanghai – Saga Service from mid-Jan 2012
• Royal Jordanian / MeridianaFly to Launch Codeshare Service
• TAP Portugal S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 07DEC11
• Hainan Airlines to Start Sanya – Taipei Service from Jan 2012
• Ryanair to Launch 48th Base in Billund from Mar 2012
• Spirit Airlines to Start Phoenix Mesa Service from Feb 2012
• Jet2.com Expands Newcastle Service in S12
• Emirates Boosts Paris CDG Service in 2012
• China Southern Increase A380 Domestic Service & New Shanghai Pu Dong Flight from late-Dec 2011
• Lufthansa to Start Dusseldorf – Bologna Service in S12

06 Dec 2011
• Emirates S12 Operation Changes as of 06DEC11
• AIRFRANCE S12 Beijing Operational Schedule Changes
• Hong Kong Express Boosts Okinawa Capacity from mid-Jan 2012
• China Eastern Chinese New Year 2012 Extra Flights to Taipei
• Air China Chinese New Year 2012 Extra Flights to Taipei
• AEROFLOT S12 Russia-CIS/European Service Expansion Update 3: as of 06DEC11
• Air Seychelles International Network from W85 / W92 / S01
• XL Airways France Adds Nantes – Venice Service Dec 2011 – Mar 2012
• Wizz Air Resumes Lviv Service with Dortmund and Venice Service in S12
• Wizz Air to start Bucharest Baneasa – Palma Mallorca Service from late-June 2012
• Vietnam Airlines Plans Daily Hanoi – Paris CDG Service in Jul/Aug 2012
• American Airlines Cancels Los Angeles – Boise Service from Feb 2012
• Korean Air Feb/Mar 2012 Chicago & Los Angeles Service Reductions
• AIRFRANCE Expands Offensive Strategy to Nice & Toulouse With 22 New Routes in S12

05 Dec 2011
• Virgin Australia adds 3rd Daily Brisbane – Gladstone Service from mid-Jan 2012
• Vladivostok Air to Cancel Hong Kong / Singapore Service from late-Jan 2012
• ETIHAD Cancels Cape Town Service; Johannesburg Schedule Changes from late-Jan 2012
• DELTA S12 Asia Operation Changes as of 05DEC11
• DELTA S12 Trans-Atlantic Operation Changes as of 05DEC11
• TACA Peru Moves Forward Lima – Juliaca Service Resumption to early-Jan 2012
• Sunwing Airlines to Start Toronto – Glasgow Service; S12 Trans-Atlantic Operation Changes
• AIRFRANCE To Add 4th Daily Paris CDG – Edinburgh Service in S12
• XL Airways to Start Paris CDG – San Francisco Service in S12
• XL Airways France Readjusts Planned New York Service in S12
• Estonian Air Expands Service to Finland; New Service to Tbilisi in S12
• KLM Increases Calgary Service to Daily from June 2012
• QATAR Airways Shelves Planned Iran Service Increase

02 Dec 2011
• KLM to End MD11 Service to Suriname from late-Apr 2012
• Air Asia New Services in Thailand and Indonesia Jan/Mar 2012
• Estonian Air to Launch Tallinn – Venice Service Jun – Sep 2012
• South African Airways Increases Accra Service
• WizzAir Expands Poland – Norway Service in S12
• QANTAS to Fly Boeing 747 Aircraft on Brisbane – Singapore Service in NS12
• QANTAS Revises Australia – Hong Kong Schedule from NS12
• Lufthansa S12 Munich – Singapore – Jakarta Service Reductions
• AIRFRANCE Boosts Atlanta S12 Capacity with 777-300ER Service from late-May 2012
• Cathay Pacific Changes to Amsterdam & Paris CDG Operation Feb/Mar 2012
• ASIANA AIRLINES Dec 2011 – Feb 2012 China Operation Changes
• EGYPTAIR Changes to Erbil, Iraq Operation from mid-Dec 2011
• UNITED Adds 2nd Daily Houston – Edmonton Service Feb – Jun 2012
• TransAsia Airways Extra Taipei – Shanghai Service During Chinese New Year 2012

01 Dec 2011
• New Vietnamese Low-cost Carrier VietJetAir to Start Operation on 25DEC11
• China Airlines / Mandarin Airlines Chinese New Year 2012 Extra Flights to China
• EVA Air / UNI Air Chinese New Year 2012 Extra Taiwan – China Flights
• UNITED Receives Single Operating Certificate from FAA
• Myanmar Airways International Increasing Capacity to Bangkok / Guangzhou / Singapore
• Skymark Airlines Expands Narita Shuttle Service from Feb 2012
• China Southern Capacity Changes on Guangzhou – Osaka Service in Dec 2011/Jan 2012
• China Southern Dec 2011 Sydney Operation Changes
• Turkish Airlines S12 Guangzhou Operational Aircraft Changes
• AIRFRANCE Abu Dhabi Service Reductions in Apr/May 2012
• Arik Air to Resume Abuja – London Heathrow from Dec 2011
• Offbeat: American Airlines Bans Use of Airplane Mode on Smartphone?

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…