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.

07 Mar 2012
• Virgin Atlantic Increasing Accra Service from late-Mar 2012
• IBERIA to Start Madrid – Bari Seasonal Service in S12
• AerLingus Boosts London Service with London Southend Launch from May 2012
• UNITED to Start San Francisco – Washington Reagan Service May 2012
• Tiger Airways Australia Launches 2nd Base in Sydney from Jul 2012
• Air Namibia Postpone Gaborone / Harare Service Launch Date till mid-May 2012
• flydubai to Start Sana’a Service from late-Apr 2012
• AIRFRANCE to Launch A380 Service to Singapore from Apr 2012
• Croatia Airlines to Start Split – Belgrade Jun – Sep 2012
• AIRFRANCE Further Changes to Malabo Operation from mid-Apr 2012
• China Eastern Suspends Sri Lanka/Maldives Service till late-Mar 2012
• TAAG Angola Shelves Planned S12 Luanda – Beijing Service Increase
• ASIANA Cargo Began Service to Hanoi
• Korean Air to Start Seoul Incheon – Jeju Service from late-Mar 2012
• Rossiya Airlines to Start St. Petersburg – Orenburg from June 2012
• JetStar Cancels Brisbane – Christchurch from late-Mar 2012
• UNITED to Operate Guam – Iwo Jima Charter 14MAR12

06 Mar 2012
• Donavia Adds 4 New Routes in S12
• KLM Postpones Tripoli Service Resumption till May 2012
• Singapore Airlines S12 Operation Changes to Athens & Istanbul
• AeroMexico to Start Washington Dulles & Summer Cancun – New York JFK Service in S12
• AeroMexico Adds 3rd Daily Guatemala City Operation from Apr 2012
• Alitalia to Start Seasonal Milan – St. Petersburg service June – Sep 2012
• Palau Airways to Launch Operation 11APR12
• British Airways Cancels Planned Hong Kong / Johannesburg Service Increase in NW12
• Azerbaijan Airlines to Start Rome & Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Service in S12
• Air Corsica to Start Corsica – Rome Service June – Sep 2012 with Alitaila
• ANA Increasing Osaka – Hangzhou / Qingdao Service to Daily in S12
• China Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 06MAR12
• Singapore Airlines to Maintain Daily Munich / Manchester Service June – Sep 2012
• Indonesia / Thai AirAsia Flight Number Changes from W12
• Saudi Airlines Cargo Launches Dubai Al Maktoum Service

05 Mar 2012
• Airline Codeshare Summary – 05MAR12
• EVA Air Cargo Began Round-The-World Service
• Air Mauritius NW12 Asia Operation Changes as of 05MAR12
• Air India S12 Singapore Operation Changes
• Singapore Airlines Cargo Began Lagos Service Feb 2012
• Ukraine International Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 05MAR12
• Kuban Airlines to Start New Routes in S12
• South African Airways to Start Cotonou Service from May 2012
• MIAT Mongolian Airlines Expands Berlin Service June – Sep 2012
• Saudi Arabian Airlines Launches Riyadh – Addis Ababa Service
• Aegean Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 05MAR12
• airberlin Moves Munich – Africa Flight to Berlin from May 2012; Dusseldorf – Mombasa Goes Year-Round
• airberlin Cancels Bangkok Service from late-Mar 2012
• Safi Airways to Start Kabul – Bahrain Service from late-Apr 2012
• UNITED Retires Continental “CO” Code Flights 03MAR12

02 Mar 2012
• KLM Resumes Tripoli Service from late-Mar 2012
• CSA Czech Airlines Cancels Helsinki Service from mid-Mar 2012
• Air China Beijing – Stockholm Operation Changes from June 2012
• Vietnam Airlines Plans Da Nang – Beijing / Guangzhou Service in S12
• Indonesia AirAsia Cancels Denpasar – Darwin from late-Apr 2012
• Volotea to Launch Operation from April 2012
• TransAsia Airways to Increase Taipei – Busan Service from late-Mar 2012
• JetBlue to Launch Ft. Lauderdale – Bogota Service from May 2012
• AEROFLOT S12 Russia-CIS/European Operation Changes as of 02MAR12
• AEROFLOT Transfers Moscow – Khabarovsk Service to OrenAir in S12
• Druk Air to Start Bhutan – Singapore Direct Service from mid-May 2012
• Lufthansa Cancels Planned Dusseldorf – Tokyo Service from June 2012
• AeroMexico to Start Mexico City – San Salvador Service from mid-Apr 2012
• African Express Airways to Start Abu Dhabi Service from mid-May 2012
• China Southern March 2012 Charter Service to Naypyidaw, Myanmar
• Lufthansa to Operate 747 instead of A380 to Singapore in 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…