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.

01 Feb 2012
• BIMAN Bangladesh Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 01FEB12
• Comair/BA to Terminate Johannesburg – Nelspruit from mid-Feb 2012
• Porter Airlines to Start 12th Daily Toronto – Newark Service in S12
• Ethiopian Airlines S12 Africa Operation Changes as of 01FEB12
• Ethiopian Airlines to Start Dammam Service from Feb 2012
• China Airlines Increasing Taipei – Sanya Service with New Red-Eye Service in S12
• Korean Air S12 Operation Changes as of 01FEB12
• LANPeru Boosts US Operation from Oct 2012
• THAI S12 Operation Changes as of 01FEB12
• UNITED New Domestic Summer Seasonal Routes Jun – Aug 2012
• UNITED to Start Washington – Honolulu Service from June 2012
• Condor Starts Frankfurt – Pointe-a-Pitre Weekly Service
• ETIHAD Launched A330 Service to Tripoli with Route Change
• Safi Airways Postpones Kabul – Abu Dhabi Launch till late-Feb 2012
• China Eastern to Start Chiang Rai; Increasing Chiang Mai Service from Feb 2012
• British Airways Suspends Tokyo Haneda Service for 3 weeks in Jun/Jul 2012
• AIRFRANCE Ends A319LR DEDICATE Service from April 2012

31 Jan 2012
• Singapore Airlines S12 Adelaide / Melbourne Operation Adjustments as of 31JAN12
• Condor Cancels Ft. Lauderdale Service in Winter 2012/13 Season
• Air Alps Resumes Operation from 01FEB12
• Croatia Airlines to Start Zadar – Frankfurt Service from late-April 2012
• Ethiopian Airlines Increasing Frankfurt Service to Daily from mid-June 2012
• Air Austral Postpones Planned Seychelles – Paris CDG Operation due S12
• Vueling to Start 3 New Domestic Routes from Bilbao in S12
• JetAsia Airways to Start Bangkok – Tokyo Narita Scheduled Charter from Feb 2012
• EastarJet to Start Seoul Incheon – Osaka Kansai Service from late-Mar 2012
• Cimber Sterling to Start Copenhagen – Växjö Service in S12
• WestJet S12 International Service Expansions
• WestJet to Start Vancouver – Whitehorse from mid-May 2012
• Korean Air Launches Seoul Incheon – Nairobi Scheduled Service from late-June 2012
• THAI S12 Operation Changes to Australia and Germany as of 31JAN12
• Lufthansa Resumes Tripoli Service from Feb 2012
• Garuda Indonesia Expands Domestic Service in Feb 2012
• Vueling Expands Germany / Scandinavia Operation in S12
• WestJet to Launch Toronto – New York La Guardia Service from June 2012

30 Jan 2012
• Air Asia X Increasing Tokyo Haneda Service from May 2012
• Azerbaijan Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 30JAN12
• KLM Plans Daily 777-300ER Operation to Kuala Lumpur / Jakarta in W12
• Buddha Air Resumes International / India Service from March 201
• Donavia Maintains Rostov – Dubai Service in Summer 2012
• Spanair’s Planned Lebanon Service for May 2012 Prior to Closure
• American Airlines Postpones Helsinki & Budapest Service Resumption till June 2012
• American Airlines Cancels Halifax Service from April 2012
• American Airlines Cancels New York JFK – Tokyo Narita from June 2012
• Emirates to Deploy 777-300ER to Dublin from July 2012
• Royal Brunei Daily to Melbourne Starting late-Mar 2012
• Gulf Air Boosts Saudi Arabia Service from March 2012
• QATAR Airways Cancels Doha – Cebu Service from S12
• Report: THAI Airways A340-500 Operation 2005 – 2012
• THAI Cancels NONSTOP US Service from May 2012: S12 Operation Changes as of 30JAN12
• Korean Air Boosts Da Nang Service from May 2012

27 Jan 2012
• Alitalia to Offer A330 Service to Toronto Oct – Dec 2012
• Virgin Atlantic W12 Operation Changes as of 27JAN12
• OLT Plans to Start Dresden – Zurich from Feb 2012
• American Airlines to End Hartford – San Juan Service from April 2012
• Philippine Airlines Delhi Service Adjustments in S12
• flyBe Adds Additional 5 UK/Ireland Routes in S12
• KLM Plans 777-300ER Service to Cape Town in NW12
• Kingfisher Airlines Plans Delhi / Mumbai – Bangkok Service Resumption in S12
• COPA Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 27JAN12
• SWISS S12 European Operation Changes as of 27JAN12
• Korean Air Splits Amsterdam & Madrid Operation from May 2012
• Oman Air Tanzania Operation Changes in S12
• ETIHAD / Air Seychelles Launches Codeshare Service
• germanwings Adds New Seasonal Berlin – Rijeka Service in S12
• SriLankan Airlines S12 London Heathrow Operation Adjustments as of 27JAN12
• IBERIA Terminates Barcelona – Miami Service from Apr 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…