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.

23 Feb 2012
• brussels airlines Replacing SWISS on Brussels – Basel Service from late-May 2012
• Korean Air S12 Operation Changes as of 23FEB12
• Air Koryo to Start Pyongyang – Harbin Charter service from late-Apr 2012
• SWISS Basel Operation Changes from late-May 2012
• Hainan Airlines to Add 4th Weekly Beijing – Toronto Service Jul – Sep 2012
• Emirates to Start 777-300ER Service to Newcastle from Sep 2012
• Alitalia to Increase Tripoli Service from July 2012
• Air Europa S12 European Operation Changes as of 23FEB12
• ANA / Air New Zealand to Commence Codeshare Service in NS12
• Air New Zealand to Start Seasonal Auckland – Sunshine Coast Service Jul – Sep 2012
• Air New Zealand W12 Initial Changes to North America Operation
• Alitalia Starts Rome – Budapest Service from Mar 2012
• Air China to Start Regular 747-400COMBI Service on Beijing – Chengdu in S12
• Air India Delhi / Mumbai – Jeddah S12 Operational Aircraft Changes
• Garuda Indonesia Planned Taipei Service Resumption Adjustments
• EVA Air to Increase New York JFK; Reduces Los Angeles Service from mid-Jun 2012
• AIRFRANCE to Start Marseille – Berlin from June 2012; Reduction on Dusseldorf Route

22 Feb 2012
• Air New Zealand Resumes Denpasar Service June – Oct 2012
• Air China to Start 777-300ER New York JFK Service from Oct 2012; Tentative Marks End of 747PAX Operation
• Transaero to Increase Lisbon Service in S12
• UNITED to Start Seasonal Newark – Nantucket Service Jun – Aug 2012
• Air India S12 London Heathrow Operation Changes as of 22FEB12
• airberlin North Pole Sightseeing Service from Berlin Tegel on 05MAY12
• airberlin Berlin Tegel/Schoenefeld Farewell Service 02JUN12
• Mandarin Airlines Kaohsiung – Hong Kong Operation Changes in S12
• Cyprus Airways to Start Athens – Thessaloniki Service in S12
• Emirates W12 Operation Changes as of 22FEB12
• LANColombia Boosts Bogota – Miami Service from July 2012
• AVIANCA Resumes Medellin – New York JFK Jun – Sep 2012 with A318
• UNITED Reducing Washington – Paris Service Jun – Oct 2012
• Rwandair Shelves Planned Service Increase to Johannesburg due Mar 2012
• Hong Kong Airlines to Fly A320 to Singapore in Mar 2012
• Alitalia to Start Seasonal Rome – Trapani Service Jul – Sep 2012
• DELTA Ends Los Angeles – Philadelphia Service from June 2012
• Air Canada to End 767 Service to Los Angeles; 6th Daily Toronto Flight from June 2012
• Transaero to Start Moscow Vnukovo Service from July 2012

21 Feb 2012
• Emirates Seattle / Houston Capacity Swap from Mar 2012
• airgreenland to Start Nuuk, Greenland – Iqaluit, Canada Service Jul – Sep 2012
• Kenya Airways to Add 3rd Daily Nairobi – Dar es Salaam Operation late-Feb 2012
• UNITED Houston – Buenos Aires / Rio de Janeiro Aircraft Changes from late-Sep 2012: Update as of 21FEB12
• UNITED to Start Newark – Istanbul Service from July 2012
• Hong Kong Express to Start Xi’An & Changsha Service from Mar 2012
• China Southern to Start Koh Samui Service from late-Mar 2012
• CSA Czech Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 21FEB12
• Berlin Airports Operation 02JUN12/03JUN12 – Update 2 as of 21FEB12
• Frontier Airlines to Start Bismarck Service from mid-May 2012
• QANTAS Bangkok Service Adjustment from June 2012
• Garuda Indonesia 2012 Operational Plan
• Gulf Air S12 Operation Changes as of 21FEB12
• Dragonair & Hong Kong Express Boosts Kunming Capacity in S12
• Somon Air Launches Khudzhand – Krasnodar Service
• LOT Polish Airlines to Resume Beijing Service from late-May 2012

20 Feb 2012
• Pakistan International to Resume Colombo Service in late-Mar 2012
• Malaysia Airlines S12 Hong Kong Schedule Changes
• Transaero to Enter Armenia Market from late-Feb 2012
• Transaero Shelves Scheduled 777-300 Operation to New York in S12
• Uzbekistan Airways S12 Asia Operation Changes as of 20FEB12
• AeroMexico to Add 2nd Daily San Jose, Costa Rica Service from mid-Mar 2012
• AirOne New Routes from Milan in Jul & Sep 2012
• Blu-Express to Start 18 New Routes in S12
• LOT Polish Airlines Axe Hanoi Service from late-Mar 2012
• Greek Astra Airlines Expands Operation to Russia and Germany in S12
• germanwings to Start Stuttgart – Rijeka & Venice Treviso Service in S12
• Ethiopian Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 20FEB12
• RusLine Expands Operation to Istanbul
• Somon Air to Start Tajikstan – Ukraine Service late-Feb 2012
• UT Air to Start Thessaloniki Service from Mar 2012

19 Feb 2012
• Ethiopian Airlines to Start Boeing 787 Service from June 2012: Routes as of 19FEB12

17 Feb 2012
• AeroMexico to Start Atlanta Service from July 2012
• Air New Zealand to Offer Christchurch / Queenstown – Mount Cook Service Dec 12 / Jan 13
• THAI April 2012 London Operational Aircraft Changes
• Spirit Airline to Start Denver Service from May 2012
• IBERIA to Offer Weekend-only Service to Riga Jul – Sep 2012
• Turkish Airlines Splits Karachi & Dhaka Operation in S12
• Cathay Pacific Asia Service Increases in S12
• China Southern Temporary Suspends Maldives Service in Mar/Apr 2012
• DELTA to Cancel Busan Service from late-May 2012
• 06APR12: FINAL Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 Service

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…