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.

11 Apr 2012
Press Release: Routes Asia Sees More Than 25% Growth Ahead of Record Event In China
Saudi Arabian Airlines Extra London Heathrow Service with 777-300ER in July 2012
AirlinAir Replacing AIRFRANCE on Marseille – Toulouse from late-May 2012
China Southern to Start New International Charters from Wuhan in late-Apr 2012
Silk Air Plans Singapore – Hanoi Service from June 2012
Saudi Arabian Increasing Riyadh – Istanbul Service from June 2012
Allegiant Air Opens New Base at Punta Gorda from late-Jun 2012
JetStar Asia S12 Service Increases
Air Busan to Start Scheduled Charter Service to Tunxi and Xi’An Apr – Jun 2012
SriLankan Airlines Revises Planned Dammam Operation in S12
Emirates A380 April/May 2012 Operation Changes as of 11APR12
China Eastern to Start Wuhan – Singapore Service; Nanjing – Singapore Reductions
SriLankan Airlines Revising Tokyo Narita Service Increase Jul – Sep 2012
Air China Reducing Beijing – Dubai Service Apr – Jun 2012

10 Apr 2012
OLT to Start Dresden – Hamburg Service from late-Apr 2012
Allegiant Air to Start Hawaii Service from late-June 2012
Cyprus Airways to Start Athens – London Heathrow From Oct 2012
Mandala Airlines to Start Medan – Singapore Service from late-Apr 2012
Singapore Airlines S12 Operation Changes as of 10APR12
AeroMexico to Launch Cancun – Bogota Service from May 2012
Condor Shelves Planned Munich W12 Long-Haul Service
UNITED W12 Istanbul Service Reduction
Singapore Airlines to Operate All-A380 Service to London from June 2012
Royal Jordanian May 2012 Operation Changes to Hong Kong / Kuala Lumpur
ETIHAD Codeshare Route Changes as of 10APR12
China Southern Expands China Eastern Domestic China Codeshare Routes
Yakutia Minor Schedule Changes to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Anchorage Service Jul-Sep 2012
SriLankan Airlines Reverses Decision to Cancel Italy Service

09 Apr 2012
Korean Air Adjusts Amsterdam Frequencies from May 2012
LANChile Increasing Brazil Service from July 2012
THAI Smile Update 4: Revised Operational Plan as of 09APR12
brussels airlines Increasing Kigali and Entebbe Service Jun – Sep 2012
AeroGal Cancels US Service from mid-Apr 2012
Virgin Atlantic to Start A330 Service to Chicago from Sep 2012
TACA to Cancel Lima – Brasilia from June 2012
Air Seychelles Operation Changes from May 2012
UNITED W12 Europe Operation Changes as of 09APR12
China Eastern Expands Domestic China Codeshare Service by China Southern

06 Apr 2012
China Southern Adjusts Moscow Service in S12
China Eastern to Increase Kagoshima Service from July 2012
Turkish Airlines to Add 3rd Daily Kuwait Service Jun – Sep 2012
China Airlines Increasing Capacity to Seoul Incheon in S12
China Airlines A330/340 Operation to Kagoshima in Apr/May 2012
Transavia to Start Amsterdam – Chambery Service from late-Dec 2012
T’Way Airlines to Launch Seoul Gimpo – Taipei Song Shan from late-Apr 2012
ANA Began Tokyo Narita – Niigata Service
COPA Airlines S12 Operation Changes from June as of 06APR12
Special Report: Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 Network 1981 – 2012

05 Apr 2012
Easter Holiday Posting Notice
KLM Reduces Cairo Service in S12
Korean Air Extends Flight Increase to Taipei for Entire Summer 2012 Season
Lufthansa S12 Charter Flights to Antalya / Bourgas
Condor Adds New Service to Cape Verde Islands; Gambia Flight Increases in W12
AirAsia Boosts Laos Service from late-May 2012
Virgin Atlantic to Launch 3-class A330-300 Service to New York JFK / Delhi in S12
Turkish Airlines to Launch Istanbul – Kinshasa Service from late-Aug 2012
Alitalia Further Postpones Riyadh Service Launch till mid-September 2012
QANTAS to Start Sydney – Newman WA Service from May 2012
UT Air to Start Moscow – Tambov Service
B&H Airlines S12 Operation as of 05APR12
OLT to Cancel Bremen – Brussels Service
Frontier Airlines Summer 2012 Operation to Punta Cana
Mahan Air to Add 3rd Weekly Tehran – Shanghai Pu Dong from Apr 2012
China Eastern Plans Hefei – Osaka Kansai Service Apr/May 2012
ASIANA: bmi to Leave Start Alliance on 18APR12
SriLankan Airlines May/June 2012 Switzerland / Italy Service Suspensions
AIRFRANCE to Start Strasbourg – Rome / Vienna Service from July 2012
Singapore Airlines Increasing Perth Service in Dec 12 – Jan 13
AIRFRANCE Sep/Oct 2012 North America Operation Changes
AEROFLOT Moscow – Guangzhou April/May 2012 Aircraft Changes
Saudi Arabian Airlines to Add 5th Weekly Jeddah – Addis Ababa Service from May 2012
Pakistan International Cancels Planned Service Resumption to Colombo

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…