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.

16 Feb 2012
• Air Mauritius to add 2nd Weekly Perth Operation from June 2012
• China Airlines / KLM to Start Codeshare Service in S12
• Bahrain Air to Start Thiruvananthapuram Service from mid-Mar 2012
• THAI to Offer One-Way India – Phuket Service Mar – Jun 2012
• AIRFRANCE Axe Planned 4 New Routes from Nice and Toulouse in S12
• Air Austral Keeps Bangkok / Sydney / Noumea Operation in NS12
• Mandarin Airlines to Start Taichung – Okinawa Service from Apr 2012
• Malaysia Airlines to Start Codeshare Service with Bangkok Airways
• QANTAS Additional International Network Changes from May 2012
• TAAG Angola to Start 2nd Weekly Luanda – Beijing Service in NS12
• Air Mauritius to add 2nd Weekly Perth Operation from June 2012

15 Feb 2012
• Emirates to Start A380 Service to Amsterdam from Aug 2012
• Turkish Airlines to Start Somalia Service from Mar 2012
• JAL Plans San Diego and Helsinki Service in W12 with Boeing 787
• Bangkok Airways Expands Domestic Thailand Operation in S12
• Air Arabia S12 Sharjah Operation Changes as of 15FEB12
• Gulf Air Cancels Additional 3 Destinations from Mar 2012
• Austrian to Increase Barcelona Service in S12
• US Airways to Start Washington Reagan – Cincinnati & Des Moines From May 2012
• JetBlue to Offer Seasonal Boston – Nantucket Service May – Sep 2012
• American Airlines adds 4th Daily Dallas – London Service from June 2012
• Air Mauritius to Cancel Service to 8 Destinations in 2012

14 Feb 2012
• Yakutia to Start 2nd Daily Moscow – Krasnodar Service in S12
• Turkish Airlines Increasing Uzbekistan Service in S12
• Hainan Airlines Closing Reservation for Maldives Service in S12
• SAS Resumes Summer Seasonal Tokyo Narita – Bergen One-way Flight in Jul/Aug 2012
• MeridianaFly to Start Seasonal Olbia – London Gatwick Service in S12
• Transaero to Resume Los Angeles Service from late-Apr 2012
• IBERIA to Operate Las Vegas / San Francisco Service Mar – May 2012
• NordStar Airlines to Start 4 New Domestic Russia Services in S12
• Lufthansa S12 European Operation Changes as of 14FEB12
• JetBlue Expands Washington Reagan Service from June 2012
• JetBlue Expands New York La Guardia Operation from Jun 2012
• flyBe to Cancel Southampton – Brussels Operation from Mar 2012
• Austrian / bmi Adjusts London – Vienna Operation in S12
• Austrian Cancels Mumbai Service from S12
• Emirates to Start Lisbon Service from July 2012

13 Feb 2012
• airphil Express to Launch New Clark Base from late-Mar 2012
• Hainan Airlines to Cancel Budapest Service from Mar 2012
• Croatia Airlines to Start Rijeka – Barcelona Summer Service
• Estonian Air to Start Embraer E170 Service from late-Feb 2012
• Air Busan to Start Busan – Qingdao Service from late-Mar 2012
• QATAR Airways Further Adjustments to Planned Kuala Lumpur / Phuket Operation in S12
• Frontier Airlines Additional Route Cuts in Apr 2012
• Turkish Airlines S12 Europe Operation Changes as of 13FEB12
• Iceland Express Adds Edinburgh, Prague & Vilnius Service in S12
• UNITED Reducing Houston – Lagos Service from late-Feb 2012
• DELTA S12 International Operation Changes as of 13FEB12
• AerLingus Regional to Start New Routes to Bournemouth and Rennes in S12

10 Feb 2012
• Frontier Airlines to End Services on 8 Routes in April 2012
• Turkish Airlines to Start 777-300ER Service to Seoul in S12
• Anadolujet Moves Moscow Operation to Vnukovo in S12
• ANA Postpones Daily 787 Operation to Frankfurt until Apr 2012
• Turkish Airlines Adds 3rd Daily New York JFK Service in S12
• Air China S12 International Operation Changes as of 10FEB12
• China Southern Boosting Capacity on Guangzhou – Taipei Service in Feb/Mar 2012
• China Southern Opens Reservation for new London Service due June 2012
• Spirit Airlines to Start Dallas – Tampa Service from May 2012
• BIMAN Bangladesh Airlines to Increase Hong Kong Service in S12
• ASIANA AIRLINES to Increase Seoul Incheon – Nanjing Service in S12
• Correction: KLM Remains on Schedule to Start Luanda Service from 27MAR12

09 Feb 2012
• Gulf Air Suspends Entebbe Service from late-Feb 2012
• ASIANA AIRLINES Increasing Seoul Incheon – Qingdao from Mar 2012
• KLM Postpones Luanda Operation till late-Oct 2012
• Korean Air to Operate Nonstop Cairo Service from late-Sep 2012
• Tiger Airways to Launch Singapore – Kochi Service from late-Apr 2012
• Thai Air Asia to Launch Bangkok – Chongqing from late-Mar 2012
• Peach Aviation Unveils International Schedules from May 2012
• Vladivostok Air S12 Operation Changes as of 09FEB12
• UNITED to Start Summer Seasonal Newark – Bozeman Service Jun – Sep 2012
• Alitalia to Offer Rome – Rhodes Weekend Service in Aug 2012
• First Air Extra Flights for 2012 Arctic Winter Games in Mar 2012
• Safi Airways to Increase Dubai Service from late-Mar 2012
• Singapore Airlines / Virgin Australia Begins Codeshare Operation
• OpenSkies to Start Economy Class on Boeing 757 from June 2012
• Frontier Airlines Adds New Routes from Colorado Springs from May 2012
• Frontier Airlines Adds 5 New Routes from Denver in 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…