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.

19 Jan 2012
• KLM Splits Bangkok & Taipei Operation; Manila converts to 1-stop via Taipei from S12
• Japan TransOcean Air to Offer Ryukyu Islands – Hong Kong Charter in Jan 2012
• Saudi Arabian Airlines S12 Int’l Operation Changes as of 19JAN12
• B&H Airlines S12 Operation Changes
• Jin Air Starts Kota Kinabalu & Sanya Service Jan/Feb 2012
• Emirates to Start Boeing 777-300ER Service to Durban from June 2012
• Garuda Indonesia Cancels Nagoya; Reduce Dubai/Amsterdam from Mar 2012
• Emirates Increasing Iraq & Pakistan Operation from Feb/Mar 2012
• ETIHAD to Boost Capacity to Lahore in S12
• ANA Boeing 787 Domestic Operation Mar – May 2012
• Malaysia Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 19JAN12
• Edelweiss Air Boosts Planned Summer service to Tokyo Jun – Sep 2012
• JetStar Asia Adds Manila – Osaka Service in S12
• CITYJET by AIRFRANCE to Start London City – Brest Service in S12
• Aerosvit Cancels Summer Operation to Sri Lanka in S12
• Gulf Air Axe Geneva Service from Mar 2012
• JAL Opens Reservation for Boeing 787 Service to Singapore

18 Jan 2012
• AeroSur Bolivia Increasing Miami Service from May 2012
• IBEX Airlines S12 Operation Changes
• JAT Airways S12 Operation Changes as of 18JAN12
• SpiceJet Starts New Domestic Routes in Feb 2012
• Peach Aviation S12 Operation Schedule
• InterJet to Launch Mexico City – Miami from late-Feb 2012
• DELTA Los Angeles – San Francisco Service Returns to 11 Daily Level from Mar 2012
• MeridianaFly to Start Rome – Yerevan Service in S12
• ETIHAD Increasing Sydney Service Feb – Apr 2012
• Jeju Air to Start Seoul Incheon – Nagoya Service in S12
• DELTA / WestJet Launches Codeshare Operation from Late-Jan 2012
• Mandarin Airlines Increasing Taichung – Hong Kong Flights; Flight Number Changes from S12
• flyBe to Start Southampton – Tours Service from mid-May 2012
• Alaska Airlines Expands Intra-California Service from June 2012
• COPA Airlines to Launch Curacao, Las Vegas & Liberia from June 2012

17 Jan 2012
• Finnair Launches Bangkok Airways Codeshare Service
• Korean Air Charter to Kenya in Jan 2012
• Condor to Start Vienna – Varadero / Punta Cana Weekly Service in W12
• ANA FY2012 Operation Changes
• MIAT Mongolian Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 17JAN12
• Jeju Air to Start Ho Chi Minh; Suspends Kitakyushu Service: S12 Operation Changes
• IndiGo Domestic India Service Expansion in Feb 2012
• AIRFRANCE Cancels Abu Dhabi & Leipzig Service from Mar 2012
• SriLankan Airlines Cancels Maldives Long-Haul Service: S12 Operation as of 17JAN12
• Hong Kong Airlines to Start A320 Operation from Feb 2012
• Hong Kong Airlines / Hong Kong Express Asian Routes Cancellation
• JAL FY2012 Operation Changes: Planned Boeing 787 Operation
• Air China Increases Northern Summer Service to Melbourne in S12
• Virgin America to Start Philadelphia Service from April 2012
• Air Asia X to Start Kuala Lumpur – Sydney from Apr 2012

16 Jan 2012
• ANA / Hawaiian Airlines to Start Passenger Codeshare Service
• China Eastern Increases Paris Service from July 2012
• Hawaiian Airlines to Start A330 Operation to Osaka from late-Apr 2012
• AeroMexico Suspends Barcelona Feb – Jun 2012; Planned Tokyo Increase Canceled in S12
• AeroMexico Increasing Bogota Service from Mar 2012
• Turkish Airlines S12 Europe Operation Changes as of 16JAN12
• Hong Kong Airlines Chongqing Schedule Changes from Mar 2012
• Lufthansa Updated Adjustments to Moscow Operation Changes in S12
• germanwings to Start 5 New Routes from Cologne in S12
• Cathay Pacific / Dragonair S12 Beijing Operation Changes
• Emirates London Heathrow / Manchester Jul – Oct 2012 Aircraft Changes
• Tunisair Express to start Misurata, Libya Service from late-Jan 2012
• El Al to Start Weekly Service to Lisbon and Vilnius in S12
• vivaAerobus Adds 3 New Domestic Routes from Mar 2012
• Vueling Adds Over 35 New Routes in S12

13 Jan 2012
• SCOOT AND INDIGO AIRLINES SELECT ROUTE EXCHANGE FOR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT RFPS
• Bangkok Airways to Start Koh Samui – Kuala Lumpur; Increase Hong Kong Service in S12
• Korean Air to Launch Da Nang service from mid-Jan 2012
• Blue1 to Start 4 New Scandinavian Routes in S12
• ADRIA to Start Pristina – Verona Service Jan – Mar 2012
• Montenegro Airlines to Resume Tivat – London Gatwick Service in S12
• AeroMexico Paris Operation Changes in S12
• ETIHAD / airberlin Starts Codeshare Operation
• AEROFLOT S12 Russia-CIS/European Operation Changes as of 13JAN12
• Emirates FY12 Operation Changes as of 13JAN12
• Porter Airlines to Start Washington Dulles Service from Apr 2012
• Condor to Start 3 Long-Haul Routes from Munich in W12
• Vladivostok Air Plans to Resume Russia Far-East – Alaska Service in S12
• Hong Kong Airlines to Launch Kaohsiung, Nanjing and Taipei from March 2012
• QATAR Airways to Start Croatia 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…