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.

08 Feb 2012
• DELTA Atlanta / Los Angeles – Tokyo Narita Operational Aircraft Change Mar – Jun 2012
• Yakutia to Operate Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Anchorage in S12 instead of Vladivostok Air
• Wizz Air Adds 9 More New Routes from Budapest in S12
• AVIANCA to Start Bogota – Havana Service from late-Mar 2012
• China Southern NE China – Japan Operation Changes in S12
• Kenya Airways Boosting Mayotte and Comores Service from June 2012
• Hainan Airlines Shelves Planned Service Resumption to Sydney from Aug 2012
• American Airlines Cancels Budapest Service
• Korean Air S12 Operation Changes as of 08FEB12
• airberlin to Start Dusseldorf – Abu Dhabi Service in S12
• British Airways to Start 3 New Seasonal Routes from London City in S12
• WestJet to Start Calgary / Vancouver – Chicago from May 2012
• Alaska Airlines to Start Seattle – Ft. Lauderdale & Philadelphia Service in S12
• China Airlines S12 Kaohsiung – Japan/Korea Operation Changes
• airberlin / ETIHAD Expands UAE – Thailand Operation in S12
• Royal Jordanian Cancels Brussels & Munich Service from Apr 2012

07 Feb 2012
• Southwest Airlines Shrinks Albuquerque Operation from Aug 2012
• Business Air Begins Bangkok – Singapore Service
• UT Air to Start Moscow – Fergana Service from Feb 2012
• Alitalia Increases Beirut Service during Peak Season in S12
• Blue1 to Start Seasonal Budapest Service
• Air Algerie Begins Algiers – Alicante Service
• TAROM Doubles Budapest Service
• Smartwings Expands Czech Republic Service in S12
• Smartwings to Start 4 New Routes from Budapest in S12
• Aegean Airlines to Start Budapest Service from Mar 2012
• Jet Airways Reducing Delhi – Abu Dhabi & Doha Service from mid-Mar 2012
• China Southern NS12 Melbourne & Sydney Operation Change
• Singapore Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 07FEB12
• China Eastern to Start New Intra-Yunnan Province Routes from Apr 2012
• ETIHAD to Start Lagos Service from July 2012
• Emirates to Start 3rd Daily Milan Malpensa Service from June 2012

06 Feb 2012
• Virgin Atlantic W12 Operation Changes as of 06FEB12
• CSA Czech Airlines Cancels Sofia Service in S12
• airberlin Launches Berlin – Budapest Service
• Lufthansa Launches Berlin / Hamburg – Budapest Service
• TACV Cabo Verde Airlines to Start Boeing 737 Operation from Feb 2012
• Ryanair to Start Budapest Base Operation from mid-Feb 2012
• Ethiopian Airlines Splits Rome & Stockholm Service from mid-June 2012
• AIRFRANCE / China Eastern Expands Codeshare Service from Mar 2012
• Wizz Air Moves Warsaw Operation to New Modlin Airport from mid-July 2012
• Wizz Air Expands Budapest Base from Mar 2012
• Air India Reducing Germany Operation in Feb/Mar 2012
• China Southern Boosts Amsterdam & Vancouver Service in S12
• Lufthansa to Start Hamburg – Birmingham Service from May 2012
• Air Seychelles to start Abu Dhabi Service from Mar 2012
• Alitalia S12 Operational Aircraft Changes on Milan Linate – London City Service
• Turkish Airlines to Increase London Gatwick Service from late-Apr 2012
• QATAR Airways S12 Operation Changes as of 06FEB12

03 Feb 2012
• Royal Jordanian Further Postpones West Africa Service Launch till June 2012
• Ural Airlines to Launch Nizhniy Novgorod – Yerevan from Mar 2012
• Gulf Air Increasing Milan Service in S12
• Royal Brunei S12 Hong Kong & Kota Kinabalu Operation Changes
• United Airways Bangladesh Launches Muscat Service
• Pakistan International Cancels Chicago Service in S12
• AEROFLOT W12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 03FEB12
• British Airways Revising NS12 Johannesburg Service Increases
• Korean Air Revises Planned S12 Honolulu Operation
• IBERIA to Start Service to Nouakchott & Accra in S12

02 Feb 2012
• UT Air Ukraine to Start Domestic Service from mid-Feb 2012
• China Eastern S12 Japan Service Increases
• China Southern to Start A380 Service on Beijing – Hong Kong Route from Mar 2012
• NordStar Airlines to Start Armenia Service from mid-Feb 2012
• THAI Smile to Launch Operation from July 2012: Planned A320 Operational Routes
• Tibet Airlines Starts 3 New Routes to Nyingchi/Linzhi
• OLT to Start 4 New Routes to Heringsdorf, Isle of Usedom
• Camair-Co Begins Lyon Service
• Spirit Airlines to Start Dallas – Myrtle Beach & Atlanta – Atlantic City from May 2012
• Alitalia Further Boosts Rome – Moscow Service from June to Sep 2012
• Aegean Airlines Resumes & Expands Greek Islands – Italy Seasonal Service in S12
• Jet Airways to Start 737-900ER Service to Kathmandu & Kuwait from mid-Feb 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…