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.

15 Mar 2012
• SA Airlink Boosts Johannesburg – Ndola Service from Apr 2012
• Smartwings Starts 13 New Routes from Ostrava in S12
• Korean Air to Base Additional Boeing 747 Aircraft at Seoul Gimpo for S12 International Flights
• SAS to Start Stavanger – Paris CDG Service from late-Aug 2012
• ASIANA AIRLINES to Increase Sendai Service from late-May 2012
• airtransat Opens Reservation for Exeter / Newcastle Service in S12
• AIRFRANCE Nigeria Operation Changes from June 2012: Service Resumption to Abuja
• WizzAir Operation Changes to Milan; New Varna Service from late-June 2012
• Virgin Australia Expands Codeshare Service with Singapore Airlines
• REDjet to Start Barbados – St. Maarten & Antigua from late-May 2012
• S7 Airlines to Start Moscow – Gorno-Altaisk Service from late-May 2012
• Turkish Airlines to Start Bilbao Service from late-May 2012
• Air China Adds 3rd Daily Chengdu – Hong Kong Service from July 2012
• InterJet to Start Mexico City – Leon from late-Mar 2012
• ADRIA Boosts Copenhagen Service in S12

14 Mar 2012
• vivaAerobus to Launch Guadalajara – Cancun Service from late-Mar 2012
• Oman Air S12 Operation Changes to Colombo & Male
• AirAsia X Increases Perth Service from late-June 2012
• Air China Reduces Shanghai – Australia Service in May 2012
• Virgin America to Launch Portland OR Service from June 2012
• American Airlines Adds 2nd Daily 777 Service on Miami – Los Angeles Jun – Aug 2012
• ETIHAD Increasing Cairo Service to 18 Weekly from June 2012
• CITYJET to Start Seasonal Brive – Amsterdam Service Jul / Aug 2012
• Precision Air to Start Lilongwe & Harare Service from June 2012
• Korean Air S12 Guam Operational Aircraft Adjustment as of 14MAR12
• EVA Air to Launch A330-200 Hello Kitty Jet; Revised S12 Hello Kitty Operation as of 14MAR12
• Lucky Air to Start 5 New Domestic China Service in S12
• Shenzhen Airlines Boosts Shenzhen – Beijing / Shanghai Hongqiao Service in S12
• Kingfisher Airlines Cancels All International Service from 25MAR12

13 Mar 2012
• CSA Czech Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 13MAR12
• MIAT Mongolian Airlines S12 Changes to Berlin and Tokyo Service as of 13MAR12
• Armavia S12 Operation Changes as of 13MAR12
• ASIANA AIRLINES Adds 3rd Weekly Da Nang Service from late-Apr 2012
• Dalian Airlines Expands Domestic China Operation in S12
• Cambodia Angkor Air Schedule Changes to Sihanoukville Service in S12
• American Airlines to Start Miami – Seattle from mid-June 2012
• American Airlines Starts Daily Miami – Manaus Service from June 2012
• UNITED to Increase Sendai Service from Oct 2012
• NIKI to Start Vienna – Florence Service from mid-May 2012
• China Southern Guangzhou – Japan / Sydney S12 Operational Aircraft Changes
• airTransat Cancels Pescara, Italy Summer Seasonal Flight in 2012
• Emirates to Add 3rd Daily Dubai – Rome Service from Oct 2012
• QATAR Airways Launches Erbil & Baghdad Service from late-May 2012
• Malaysia Airlines to Launch 487-Seater Airbus A380 Service to Sydney from late-Sep 2012
• Air Asia X Boosts Taipei Service from late-June 2012

12 Mar 2012
• Airline Codeshare Summary Update – 12MAR12
• Hainan Airlines to Add 5th weekly Berlin and Boosts Brussels to Daily from July 2012
• Vietnam Airlines Cancels Kunming; Launches Chengdu Flight in S12
• Libyan Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 12MAR12
• DELTA to Launch BusinessElite Service on Boeing 757 Intra-Asia Market from May 2012
• Nordavia Launches Moscow – Usinsk Service
• IBERIA to Cancel Johannesburg Service from May 2012
• CSA Czech Airlines to Launch Nizhniy Novgorod Service from late-Apr 2012
• AirAsia X Cancels Christchurch Service from June 2012
• LACSA to start San Jose – Monterrey Service from June 2012
• EVA Air S12 Japan Operation Changes
• EVA Air S12 Ho Chi Minh Operation Changes as of 12MAR12
• China Southern to Start Guangzhou – Phuket Service in S12
• Cathay Pacific Vancouver May/June 2012 Aircraft Changes
• Dragonair Expands China Service in S12

11 Mar 2012
• Kingfisher Airlines Temporary Suspends Mumbai – Hong Kong Service in Mar 2012

10 Mar 2012
• Kingfisher Airlines S12 Service Reductions/Cancellations as of 10MAR12
• Kingfisher Airlines Cancels London Heathrow Service from mid-Apr 2012
• EVA Air S12 A330-300 Hello Kitty Jet Operation Changes as of 10MAR12

09 Mar 2012
• Alitalia Postpones Tbilisi & Riyadh Service Launch till July 2012
• Austrian Reducing Beijing Service in S12
• ETIHAD to Increase Kuwait & Dammam Service from Apr 2012
• Korean Air Increase Taipei Service Apr/May 2012
• Kenya Airways to Boost Zanzibar Service in NS12
• Air India S12 East Asia Aircraft Changes
• IndiGo Increases Lucknow Operation and Launch Mumbai – Srinagar from mid-Mar 2012
• TAROM Increasing Bucharest – Budapest Service in S12
• EGYPTAIR S12 Operation Changes as of 09MAR12
• DELTA to Terminate American Eagle Codeshare from Apr 2012
• China Southern Enhancing Intra-Xinjiang Service in S12
• Air Finland to Start Helsinki – Gazipaşa Service in S12
• Transavia to Start Amsterdam – Budapest from Apr 2012
• Mandarin Airlines to Start Taichung – Macau from late-Apr 2012

08 Mar 2012
• SAS to Launch Seasonal Oslo – Gazipaşa Service Jul/Aug 2012
• THAI NS12 Sydney Operation Changes as of 08MAR12
• Emirates FY12 Boeing 777-300ER First Class Operation Adjustment as of 08MAR12
• Austral to Replace Aerolineas Argentinas Buenos Aires Ezeiza – Sao Paulo Service from Jun 2012
• Kyrgyzstan Air to Start Bishkek – Khudzhand mid-Mar 2012
• brussels airlines S12 Dash8-Q400 Routes by Austrian arrows & flyBe
• Aerosvit S12 Operation Changes as of 08MAR12
• Transaero to Offer Boeing 777 Service to Central Asia in S12
• Air China Maintains nonstop Chengdu – Kathmandu Service in S12
• WizzAir to Start Arad – Milan Bergamo Service from late-Jun 2012
• Turkish Airlines Plans 737-900ER Service to Athens / Beirut / Tel Aviv / Zagreb in S12
• Eastern Airways to Start Southampton – Brussels Service 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…