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 Mar 2012
• Ryanair to Add 26 Routes from London in S12
• Jet Airways March 2012 Middle East Service Reductions
• Rwandair to Increase Johannesburg Service from Aug 2012
• Alitalia to Launch Benghazi Service from June 2012
• Air Canada Maintains Calgary – Tokyo Narita Service in W12
• ETIHAD to Start Basra Service from mid-April 2012
• Frontier Airlines Expands Orlando Service from late-May 2012
• Bahamasair to Offer 4 Round-Trip Nassau – Jacksonville FL Service in June 2012
• Spirit Airlines to Start Minneapolis Service from June 2012
• China Southern Cancels Haikou – Taipei Service
• TransAsia Airways Increases Taipei – Jeju Service
• DELTA Suspends Memphis – Amsterdam from Sep 2012

29 Feb 2012
• QANTAS Ends Widebody Service on Trans-Tasman Route from May 2012
• ASIANA AIRLINES Further Boosting Hong Kong Operation in S12
• LANPeru to Increase Quito & Sao Paulo Service in NS12
• American Airlines to Start Los Angeles – Washington Reagan from mid-June 2012
• Jet Airways to Start Delhi – Dammam Service from mid-Mar 2012
• South African Airways Increasing Lusaka Service from mid-Mar 2012
• ArkeFly Adds New Service to Croatia, Italy and Greece in S12
• ArkeFly to Start US West Coast Service June – Oct 2012
• Russian Carrier Ir Aero Expands Domestic Flights in S12
• AK Bars Aero to Start St. Petersburg – Vilnius in S12
• Frontier to Start Harrisburg – Orlando Service from late-May 2012
• Cathay Pacific Minor Service Reduction to Sydney from mid-Apr 2012
• Cathay Pacific S12 Middle East Operation Changes
• Emirates Adds 5th Daily Kuwait and 6th Daily Doha Service from Aug 2012
• Air India S12 Middle East Operation Changes

28 Feb 2012
• Transaero Plans to Convert Mauritius Service to Year-Round from May 2012
• Air Canada Increasing Bogota Service to Daily Jul – Sep 2012
• Hainan Airlines / ETIHAD Starts Unilateral Codeshare Service
• Vietjetair Expands Operation from 27APR12
• Olympic Air Cancels Amsterdam Service in S12; End of Western Europe Service
• Emirates A380 Operation Changes in March / April 2012
• AIRFRANCE to Offer Nantes – Ajaccio Service in Apr/May 2012
• American Airlines Adds 4th Daily Miami – Kingston Service Apr – Aug 2012
• British Airways Sep 2012 Hong Kong Service Reductions
• Air Madagascar Plans A340 Operation from late-Mar 2012
• UNITED to Start Chicago – Sarasota Service from Nov 2012
• TransAsia Airways Cancels Taipei – Kaohsiung Domestic Service
• WizzAir to Start Vilnius – Stavanger Service from late-May 2012
• Air China Reducing Madrid Service in S12
• Emirates Adds 2nd Daily A380 to Bangkok in Mar 2012
• Philippines AirAsia Launches Operation on 28MAR12

27 Feb 2012
• B&H Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 27FEB12
• WizzAir to Start Debrecen, Hungary – London Luton Service mid-June 2012
• Malaysia Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 27FEB12
• Air China W12 International Operation Changes as of 27FEB12
• Air China Cancels Planned Copenhagen Service Resumption due June 2012
• Air China 747-400PAX S12 Operation Update as of 27FEB12
• Transaero to Start 777-300 Service to Bangkok from mid-May 2012
• Carpatair to Start 737 Service on Timisoara – Chisinau & Milan Bergamo in S12
• Carpatair Postpones Moldova – Italy Service Launch till June 2012
• Volaris to Start 4 New Domestic Mexico Routes in S12
• Hong Kong Airlines to Inaugurate Hong Kong – Taipei with All-Business Class A330 on 01MAR12
• Transavia to Start Eindhoven – Berlin Service from late-April 2012
• Job Air Replacing CSA Czech Airlines on Ljubljana & Berlin Service from Mar 2012
• IndiGo to Start New Domestic Route in March 2012
• Airline Codeshare Summary Update – 27FEB12

26 Feb 2012
• Turkish Airlines to Launch Kharkov Service from mid-Mar 2012
• Worldwide Codeshare Route Updates – Jan 2012 Edition
• DELTA S12 International Operation Changes as of 25FEB12
• Gulf Air to Start Airbus A321 Operation from May 2012

24 Feb 2012
• Norfolk Air Ceases Operation on 26FEB12
• BA/Sun Air to Start Billund – Munich from Mar 2012
• Southwest Airlines/airTran late-Sep 2012 Route Adjustments
• SE Air to Start Clark – Kota Kinabalu Service from May 2012
• Corsairfly to Start Codeshare with Sunwing Airlines June – Sep 2012
• BA/Comair Increasing Harare Service from Apr 2012
• Air Mauritius Reduces Hong Kong service in S12
• Hainan Airlines Extends Maldives Service Suspension till late-June 2012
• SriLankan Airlines Operation Changes as of 24FEB12
• ASIANA AIRLINES S12 Hong Kong / Singapore Service Increase
• THAI Smile Update 2: Flight Number Changes
• THAI S12 Nagoya / Osaka Operation Adjustment
• COPA Airlines Increases Ecuador Service from June 2012
• brussels airlines A330-200 S12 Operation
• OrenAir Expands Ukraine Service in S12
• DELTA Cancels Atlanta – London Gatwick & Miami – London Heathrow from mid-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…