Airline Route Update

Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week.

For further information on selected stories visit our Breaking News section on Routesonline.

29 Mar 2012
SAS Resumes Tel Aviv Service from June 2012
Korean Air Apr/May 2012 Long-Haul Operational Changes as of 29MAR12
UNITED to offer one-time Truk – Manila Nonstop service late-June 2012
Nok Air Adds 3rd Daily Bangkok – Nan Service from April 2012
Air Macau Adds 4th weekly Service to Taiyuan
UNITED Plans 767-400ER Service on Newark – Paris CDG in W12
SWISS S12 Cairo Service Reductions
Air New Zealand Plans Extra Auckland – Los Angeles Service June/July 2012
THAI S12 Delhi / Mumbai Operation Changes as of 29MAR12
AIRFRANCE Adds 4th Daily Prague Service from June 2012
Finnair Plans to Increase Tokyo Narita Service from June 2012
Aerolineas Argentinas Changes to Australia/New Zealand Service from July 2012
Mandarin Airlines Changes to Taipei Song Shan – Wenzhou Service from late-Apr 2012
Transaero Temporary Suspends Moscow – Anadyr Service June – Oct 2012
EVA Air to Start Taipei Song Shan – Seoul Gimpo from May 2012
Volotea Rolls out Additional 25 New Routes for Summer 2012 Season

28 Mar 2012
Airline Codeshare Summary Update – 28MAR12
Rossiya Airlines to Start St. Petersburg – Kazan from May 2012
Mandarin Airlines Plans to Start Taipei – Ishigaki Service from mid-May 2012
Air Moldova to Launch Dublin Service June – Sep 2012
TransAsia Airways to Start Weekly Hualien – Hangzhou Service from April 2012
Corsair Changes to Summer 2012 Programme to Miami
Emirates May 2012 London Gatwick Operation Changes
China Eastern Adds 2 New Routes to Jeju from April 2012
JetStar Postpones Manila – Tokyo Narita Service Launch till mid-April 2012
Air Madagascar to Add 3rd Weekly Bangkok Service from June 2012
SA Airlink to Start Johannesburg – Maun Service from June 2012
Air China to Start Wenzhou – Taipei Service from May 2012
jazeera Airways to Start Najaf Service from April 2012
Air China Cargo Starts Chennai Service
KLM Increases Washington Dulles Service Jul – Sep 2012
Air New Zealand Changes to China Service from July 2012

27 Mar 2012
Route Profile: Melbourne 747 Kangaroo Route / QANTAS 747 London Operation
Hainan Airlines to Increase Haikou – Singapore Service from May 2012
MEA to Add 3rd Daily Beirut – Dubai Service from mid-June 2012
Cayman Airways to Start Summer Seasonal Grand Cayman – Panama City Jun – Sep 2012
euroLot Outlines Service Expansion in Summer 2012
Emirates A380 Johannesburg/London Heathrow Operation Changes in May 2012
British Airways to Start London City – Venice from mid-Sep 2012
UNITED to Discontinue Oakland Service from June 2012
Turkish Airlines to Launch Abidjan; Increase Accra Service from mid-July 2012
AEROFLOT Euro 2012 Capacity Expansion to Warsaw
QANTAS to End Boeing 747 First Class Service to Los Angeles
Mandala Airlines Relaunches Operation from Apr 2012
Turkish Airlines to Start Kigali Service from May 2012
ANA Boeing 787 Domestic Japan Operation for June 2012
Jin Air Converts Seoul – Vientiane to Regular Service; New Yinchuan Scheduled Charter in S12

26 Mar 2012
Japan & Sri Lanka Signs Open-Skies Agreement
UNITED Re-introduces Boeing 767 Service on Washington – Paris from June 2012
Virgin Australia to Start Codesharing with Virgin Atlantic from April 2012
Route Profile: Lufthansa’s Guangzhou Operation
Saudi Arabian Airlines Strengthens US Operation in S12
BIMAN Bangladesh Airlines Postpones 3rd weekly Hong Kong Service till June 2012
Correction on IBERIA Express Report on 23MAR12
Vietnam Airlines Update on Planned Da Nang – China Schedule as of 26MAR12
China Southern to Operate Kashi – Hong Kong Charter Service in late-Apr 2012
Somon Air to Start Khudzhand – Adler/Sochi Service from Apr 2012
Transaero Extends Seasonal Kuala Lumpur Operation till late-May 2012
Juneyao Airlines Launches Shanghai – Guangzhou Service
THAI Keeps Boeing 777 Service to Auckland in NS12
THAI to Launch New Inflight Product on 777-300ER to Tokyo from mid-Aug 201
China Southern Increases Sydney Jul – Oct 2012 Service
RusLine Expands International Service in Europe and Asia in S12
Philippine Airlines to Start Kalibo – Hong Kong / Seoul Incheon Service late-Apr 2012
Atlantic Airways to Start Airbus A319 Faroe Island – Copenhagen Service

23 Mar 2012
Sichuan Airlines Adds/Resumes 11 Domestic Routes in S12
Yakutia to Start New Service to Bishkek & Makhachkala from Apr 2012
Air Moldova Moves Paris Service from CDG to Beauvais Airport from May 2012
airberlin Doubles Berlin – Budapest Service from May 2012
AIRFRANCE Cargo Increasing US Freighter Service in S12
Martinair Cargo Starts Safari Connection Route
THAI Smile Update 3: Planned Route Adjustment as of 23MAR12
Hainan Airlines Expands Xi’An and Urumqi Domestic Operation in S12
Korean Air Adds 3rd Daily Seoul Incheon – Busan Service
China Airlines Operational Schedule Changes on Kaohsiung – Japan in S12
China Airlines to Resume Taipei Song Shan – Seoul Gimpo from late-Apr 2012
KLM / Ukraine International Airlines Expands Codeshare Service
StarFlyer to Launch Kitakyushu – Busan Service from July 2012
AirEuropa to Start Barcelona – Santo Domingo Summer Seasonal Service Jun – Sep 2012
IBERIA Express S12 Operational Routes

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…