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 Dec 2011
• Emirates Adds 4th Daily A380 Service to London Heathrow in S12
• KLM S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 15DEC11
• KLM Cancels Liverpool Service from S12
• Ural Airlines to Resume Ekaterinburg – Munich Service in S12
• Air Austral Ends Bangkok / Sydney / Noumea Service from Mar 2012
• flyBe Transfers Norwich – Manchester to Loganair from Mar 2012
• Air China Launches Winter NONSTOP Service on Beijing – Lhasa Route
• germanwings to Launch 8 New Routes from Stuttgart in 2012
• JetBlue to Launch Boston – Dallas Service from May 2012
• JetBlue to Add San Juan – Newark / West Palm Beach Service Apr/May 2012
• DELTA Scales Down Miami Domestic Operation in S12
• AerLingus to Resume Stockholm; Launch Verona Service in S12
• Darwin Airline to Launch Genoa Service from late-Jan 2012
• TAP Portugal to Resume Berlin and Launch Turin Service from June 2012
• KLM Reduces Houston Service from Jan 2012
• Air China Starts Chengdu – Kathmandu NONSTOP Service from Jan 2012
• ANA Revises Boeing 787-8 International Operations Jan – Mar 2012
• Malaysia Airlines Ends Rome Service in late-Jan 2012

14 Dec 2011
• KLM Consolidates Operation at Milan to Linate Airport from S12
• Malaysia Airlines SE Asia Route Cancellations from Jan 2012
• Malaysia Airlines Confirms Cancellation of UAE/Pakistan/Dammam Service
• Caribbean Airlines to Start Grenada – Toronto Service mid-Dec 2011
• Ethiopian Airlines Delhi / Hangzhou Service Changes Jan – Mar 2012
• Ethiopian Airlines Jan – Mar 2012 Operation Changes to Brussels & Milan
• Ryanair Launches 49th Base in Palma from March 2012
• AirAsia Increasing Kota Kinabalu – Hong Kong Service from late-Feb 2012
• Saudi Arabian Airlines Planned London Heathrow S12 Service Adjustment
• Aerolineas Argentinas Operation Changes to Australia/New Zealand from Jan 2012
• Aerolineas Argentinas Phasing out Boeing 747 Service from Feb 2012
• Alaska Airlines to Resume Portland OR – Long Beach from Mar 2012
• Transaero Begins Boeing 777-300 Operation to Khabarovsk

13 Dec 2011
• Hawaiian Airlines Begins Reservation for New Fukuoka Service due mid-Apr 2012
• Emirates to Launch 2nd Daily Dubai – Venice Service in S12
• JAL / WestJet to Start Domestic Canada Codeshare Service
• Ethiopian Airlines Washington Service Reductions Feb – Apr 2012
• British Airways S12 Toronto Capacity Adjustment
• Aegean Airlines to Start Corfu – Brussels Seasonal Service in S12
• Air India Increases Tokyo Service in S12
• AIRFRANCE Cargo W11 Operational Network
• Air Austral Opens Reservation for New Seychelles – Paris CDG Service due late-Mar 2012
• Emirates Goes All-A380 Service to Jeddah in S12
• Cyprus Airways to Resume Brussels Service from June 2012
• DELTA S12 Trans-Atlantic Operation Changes as of 13DEC11

12 Dec 2011
• Emirates S12 Operation Changes as of 12DEC11
• SriLankan Airlines S12 Initial Operation Changes as of 12DEC11
• AirAsia Launches Kuala Lumpur – Semarang / Surat Thani from Feb 2012
• DELTA S12 Asia Operation Changes as of 12DEC11
• Jet2.com to Start Leeds/Bradford – Budapest Service in S12
• Hainan Airlines to Start Lanzhou – Taipei Taoyuan Service from Jan 2012
• Norwegian Adds 4 New Routes from Oslo in S12
• Ural Airlines to Launch Moscow – Cologne Service from Apr 2012
• Air New Zealand to Operate 7 Round-Trip New Zealand – Japan Charter Services Jan – Mar 2012
• JAT Airways S12 Operation Changes as of 12DEC11
• Air Macau to Increase Tokyo Service to Daily by July 2012
• Turkish Airlines Increasing Kabul Service from late-Dec 2011

09 Dec 2011
• Turkish Airlines to Launch Misurata, Libya Service from mid-Dec 2011
• Air Canada S12 Trans-Atlantic Operation Changes as of 09DEC11
• Lufthansa Shelves Planned Service Increase on Munich – South Korea Route in S12
• Lufthansa Moves Forward Planned Airbus A380 Summer Operation to New York & San Francisco
• Skymark Airlines Moves Forward Osaka Kansai Launch Date to late-Mar 2012
• China Southern to offer 6-week only Shantou – Singapore Service in Jan/Feb 2012
• Shenzhen Airlines to Launch Nanning – Taipei Taoyuan Service from late-Jan 201
• AIRFRANCE S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 09DEC11
• Hainan Airlines Maldives Operation in S12
• China Airlines Planned S12 Okinawa & Tokyo Narita Service Increase
• Air Seychelles Ends Paris Service from Jan 2012 instead of Mar 2012
• SWISS to Add 4th Daily Zurich – Prague Service in S12
• Arik Air Launches Luanda Service mid-Dec 2011
• UNITED to Launch Qatar Service from May 2012

08 Dec 2011
• Air Arabia Egypt to Start Alexandria – Milan Bergamo Service from mid-Dec 2011
• Southwest Airlines Adds 3 Seasonal Routes from Feb to Apr 2012
• Air China to Maintain 4 weekly Service on Shanghai – Sydney Route in NS12
• Lufthansa adds 3rd Daily Dusseldorf – Gothenburg Service in S12
• AeroMexico Increases Tokyo Service from Apr 2012
• QATAR Airways Maintains Increased Frequencies to Italy in S12
• Lufthansa Starts Berlin Tegel – Milan Linate Service from Jan 2012
• SWISS Increasing Chicago Service from June 2012
• Air India Extends Capacity Increase to Shanghai until late-Jan 2012
• Pegasus Airlines to Launch Kazakhstan Service from late-Jan 2012
• 1Time to Start Johannesburg Lanseria Service from Mar 2012
• 1Time to Launch Johannesburg – Mombasa from Mar 2012
• Malaysia Airlines Cancels South Africa and Argentina Service from Feb 2012 as Planned
• Lufthansa to Launch A380 Service to Houston from Aug 2012
• QATAR Airways Adds 5th Daily London Heathrow Service from S12

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…