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.

29 Dec 2011
• Blue Panorama Airlines to Start Seychelles Service from mid-Feb 2012
• ANA Tokyo Haneda – Beijing Operation Changes in Feb/Mar 2012
• Singapore Airlines S12 Tokyo Haneda Operation Changes
• Transavia France Planned S12 Operation Changes
• bmi Increases Addis Ababa Service in S12
• Sichuan Airlines to Operate Maldives Service in Jan/Feb 2012
• THAI Jan – Mar 2012 Australia / US Capacity Adjustments
• China Airlines Extends Taipei – Bangkok Reductions into Feb 2012
• China Southern to Increase Summer Seasonal Harbin – Khabarovsk Service in 2012
• S7 Airlines to Start Novosibirsk – Ulan-Ude Service from June 2012
• AeroMexico Ends Denver Service late-Apr 2012
• Ethiopian Airlines Starts Muscat Service
• TAP Portugal to Increase Accra Service with Schedule Changes in S12
• Korean Air Shelves Planned Manila Service Increase in W11
• IBERIA Cuts 3 European Routes from Madrid late-Jan 2012
• flyBe Ends Manston – Edinburgh Service late-Mar 2012

28 Dec 2011
• Malaysia Airlines Cuts Amsterdam Capacity from Mar 2012
• Lufthansa Plans Daily Munich – Beijing & Seoul Incheon/Busan Service in W12
• S7 Airlines to Start Yakutsk & Ulan-Ude – Beijing Service in S12
• ASIANA AIRLINES Extends Da Nang Operation into late-Mar 2012
• Singapore Airlines Additional S12 Operation Changes as of 28DEC11
• Gulf Air S12 Operation Changes as of 28DEC11
• Gulf Air Postpones New Saudi & South Sudan Service Launch
• ETIHAD to Start Boeing 777 Service to Kuala Lumpur from mid-Apr 2012
• Skymark Airlines to Start Kobe – Tokyo Narita; Increasing Kobe – Ibaraki from Mar 2012
• CSA Czech Airlines Begins Service to Baku
• Air Canada Reduces Planned Athens Operation in S12
• UNITED Plans 777 Service on Chicago – Beijing Route in S12
• Air India Plans Delhi – London Heathrow S12 Capacity Reduction
• Air India Extends A319 Operation on Delhi – Singapore Service for Entire W11
• Olympic Air S12 Europe / Africa Service Increase
• China Eastern to Add 5th Weekly Shanghai – Rome Service from mid-Mar 2012
• AEROFLOT Plans A330-300 Service to Sri Lanka in W12

27 Dec 2011
• Lufthansa Re-Schedules Munich – Mexico City Launch in late-Oct 2012
• KLM W12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 27DEC11
• Emirates W12 Operation Changes as of 27DEC11
• MASWings to Start Brunei Flights from Feb 2012
• Cathay Pacific Plans Auckland & Toronto Service Reduction in S12
• brussels airlines Starts New York JFK Service from June 2012
• Singapore Airlines Increases Adelaide Service from July 2012
• Turkish Airlines S12 Europe Operation Changes as of 27DEC11
• Luxair Increasing Geneva Service from late-Jan 2012
• QATAR Airways to Start Service to Kigali from late-Mar 2012
• Carpatair to Introduce Boeing 737 Service and New Base in Chisinau in S12
• Jin Air Starts 3 New International Services from Seoul Dec 2011 – Feb 2012
• Far Eastern Air Transport to Start 5 New Taiwan – China Routes in Jan 2012
• ANA Boeing 787 Service to Osaka / Yamaguchiube / Matsuyama begins Jan – Mar 2012
• EVA Air Increasing Fukuoka Service to Daily in S12
• AIRFRANCE S12 Orlando Operation Changes

26 Dec 2011
• Ethiopian Airlines Re-Schedules Seychelles Service Launch to April 2012
• LANColombia Moves Bogota – Ft. Lauderdale Service to Miami from Feb 2012
• Air New Zealand to Start Australia – Norfolk Island Service from Mar 2012
• KLM Further Postpones Luanda Service Launch till late-Mar 2012
• Turkish Airlines Splies Lagos & Accra Service from Jan 2012
• Turkish Airlines S12 Chicago / Washington Aircraft Changes as of 26DEC11
• UNITED S12 Europe Operation Changes as of 26DEC11
• CSA Czech Airlines to Start Prague – Ufa Service in S12
• DELTA S12 Asia Operation Changes as of 26DEC11
• AerLingus to Start Cork – Brussels from late-Mar 2012
• South African Airways Revises Planned Beijing Nonstop Service Schedule from late-Jan 2012
• Hawaiian Airlines to Start A330 Service to Sydney from late-May 2012
• Singapore Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 26DEC11
• Turkish Airlines / Aerosvit Launches Codeshare Service
• Far Eastern Air Transport Resumes Kaohsiung Service

23 Dec 2011
• KLM S12 Tokyo Capacity Adjustment as of 23DEC11
• Xiamen Airlines to Start Jinjiang – Taipei Service late-Dec 2011
• American Airlines to Start Chicago – Kitchener from June 2012
• airTran to Start 2 New Routes from Orange County from June 2012
• AIRFRANCE Further Operation Changes to Beijing Service in S12
• Taiwan’s FAT to Start Kaohsiung – Hefei Service from late-Jan 2012
• airberlin Adds Friedrichshafen – Antalya & Ibiza Service from May 2012
• Finnair to Start Codeshare with Malmö Aviation from mid-Jan 2012
• airberlin to Launch Dusseldorf – Las Vegas from May 2012

22 Dec 2011
• Malaysia Airlines De-hubs Kota Kinabalu from Jan 2012
• AirOne to Launch 3 New Routes from Milan Malpensa in S12
• Air One Launches Venice Base from May 2012 with 11 New Routes
• MEA S12 Planned Service Increase as of 22DEC11
• Atlasjet to Start Istanbul – London Stansted Service from Apr 2012
• TAP Portugal S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 22DEC11
• China Southern 2012 Chinese New Year Charter service to Australia/SE Asia
• EGYPTAIR S12 Operation Changes as of 22DEC11
• Korean Air Jan – Mar 2012 Seoul Incheon – Bangkok Operation Changes
• Oren Air to launch Novosibirsk – Dusseldorf in S12
• Royal Brunei Extra Ho Chi Minh Service in Jan/Feb 2012
• airphil Express Service Expansions from late-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…