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.

04 Apr 2012
EastarJet to Start Seoul Gimpo – Taipei Song Shan from May 2012
Alaska Airlines to Start Portland OR – Pasco Service from late-Aug 2012
Spirit Airlines to Start 3 New Routes from Dallas/Ft. Worth from late-June 2012
Danubewings to Launch New Routes in S12
AirOne to Start Pisa – Reggio di Calabria Service from late-April 2012
Air Moldova Expands Italy Service with New Destinations from June 2012
British Airways / bmi to Launch Codeshare Service
SriLankan Airlines Cancels Switzerland and Italy Service from Sep 2012
EVA Air to Resume Limited Sydney Service in July 2012
China Airlines Increasing Hong Kong / Jakarta Service from May 2012
UNITED Ends Service to Accra from July 2012; Copenhagen from late-Sep 2012

03 Apr 2012
airberlin Expands ETIHAD Codeshare Service in April 2012
Route Profile: American Airlines’ 25 Years in Switzerland
Emirates A380 April/May 2012 Operation Changes as of 03APR12
Malaysia Airlines Introduces “Child-Free” Cabin on Airbus A380 Upper Deck
Virgin Australia Starts Codeshare Service with Silk Air
Singapore Airlines April 2012 Maldives Operation Changes
British Airways to Increase London City – Glasgow Service from mid-Sep 2012
Southwest Airlines Additional Network Changes for June and Aug 2012
Airphil Express to Start Manila – Kuala Lumpur Service from late-June 2012
Taiwan’s FAT Begins Nonstop Makung – China Service
Zest Air to Start Manila – Shanghai Pu Dong from late-June 2012
Dragonair Increases Kota Kinabalu Service in Jul/Aug 2012
China Eastern Boosts Rome Service to Daily from July 2012
ASIANA AIRLINES S12 US Operation Changes as of 03APR12
Aerolineas Argentinas Increasing Caracas Service from July 2012
Frontier Airlines Expands Washington Reagan – Madison from June 2012
Cathay Pacific S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 03APR12

02 Apr 2012
China Eastern Further Boosting Japan Operation in S12
TransAsia Airways to Start Taipei – Sanya Service from late-May 2012
Air New Zealand Planned Schedule Changes for Auckland – Denpasar from June 2012
EVA Air Apr – June 2012 London Service Reductions
ETIHAD Cancels Alexandria/Borg el Arab Service from mid-Apr 2012
Lufthansa Cargo Expands China Market with Chongqing and Shenyang Service
THAI Apr – Jun 2012 Denpasar Service Reduction
Uzbekistan Airways Starts Bukhara – Krasnodar Service
KLM / Transavia Starts Codeshare Service to Italy & Spain
Volaris Adds 4 New Routes from Guadalajara from late-May 2012
Dragonair to Start Hong Kong – Clark Service from late-May 2012
UNITED W12 Europe Operation Changes as of 02APR12
UNITED S12 Europe Operation Changes as of 02APR12
TAM to Start Boeing 777-300ER Service on Sao Paulo – Miami from Nov 2012
Eritrean Airlines Resumes Frankfurt Service from late-Apr 2012

30 Mar 2012
Special Report: Air China 767 Operation 1985 – 2012
SriLankan Airlines Preliminary W12 Changes as of 30MAR12
China Eastern Doubles Capacity to Mandalay, Myanmar
China Eastern to Increase Vancouver Service June – Sep 2012
SAS Resumes Oslo – Prague Service from late-Aug 2012
Kenya Airways Boosts Mumbai Operation from mid-May 2012
Hong Kong Airlines Adds Limited-Time All-Business Class A330 Service to Haikou
Austrian Operation Changes to Vienna – Linz Service from Apr 2012
Vietnam Airlines Ho Chi Minh – Tokyo Narita S12 Operation Changes
Vietnam Airlines Revises Planned Chengdu Operation due late-June 2012
Philippine Airlines to Start Denpasar Service from late-Apr 2012
AEROFLOT Boosts Capacity to Uzbekistan in S12
GMG Airlines Temporary Suspends Operation
Aerolineas Argentinas to Add 5th Weekly Barcelona Service from July 2012
Air India S12 Mumbai – London / Singapore Operation Changes as of 30MAR12
Lufthansa Postpones Munich – Mexico City Service Launch till Feb 2013
Turkish Airlines Boosts Iraq Operation from mid-April 2012
Emirates Plans Final A340-300 Service on 28FEB13: Update 1

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…