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.

25 Apr 2012
British Airways to Start London City – Aberdeen from late-Sep 2012
EastarJet to Start Osaka – Siem Reap Charter Service Jul – Sep 2012
AIRFRANCE Adds 3 New Seasonal Routes to Ajaccio & Bastia Jul – Sep 2012
China Eastern Reducing Sri Lanka & Maldives Service in May/June 2012
Camair-Co to Start Kinshasa & Lagos Service from June 2012
Icelandair Boosts Flights to Munich & Orlando in W12
Air Dolomiti to Launch Rome – Nimes Seasonal Service
Mandarin Airlines Reducing Taichung – Hong Kong Service May/June 2012
ETIHAD S13 London Heathrow & New York JFK Initial Operation Changes
Air China S12 Long-Haul Operational Changes as of 25APR12
DELTA Increasing Planned New York La Guardia – Milwaukee Service due July 2012
DELTA Resumes Minneapolis – Syracuse from Sep 2012
Silk Air to Increase Myanmar Service from late-May 2012
ANA to Start Tokyo Narita – Seattle Service from late-July 2012 with Boeing 777
OLT Express Poland to Launch Gdansk and Lodz Base in W12
DELTA to Add 12th Daily Los Angeles – San Francisco Service from June 2012

24 Apr 2012
THAI Airbus A380 Configuration
AIRFRANCE Reducing Lima Service in NW12
Tunis Air to Start Enfidha – Moscow Service from late-Apr 2012
Mandarin Airlines Starts Makung – Zhengzhou Charter Service
China Airlines S12 Sanya Operation Changes from May 2012
UT Air to Start Nizhniy Novgorod – Kazan Service from May 2012
Air Madagascar Splits Asia Operation in NW12
Turkish Airlines Increasing Kabul Service to Daily
OLT Express Poland to Start 17 European Routes from Warsaw in W12
Georgian Airways Moves Tbilisi – Moscow Service to Vnukovo Airport
Tiger Airways Resuming Melbourne – Cairns Service
Garuda Indonesia Apr/May 2012 Extra Flights from Biak to Jakarta Halim
Air India May 2012 Shanghai Operation Changes
easyJet New UK Routes for W12
Scoot to Start Bangkok from July 2012; Tianjin from Aug 2012

23 Apr 2012
JAL Starts Boeing 787 Service to Beijing / Delhi / Moscow from May 2012
Blue1 to Start Lappeenranta – Copenhagen from June 2012
S7 Airlines to Start Moscow – Odessa from June 2012
Air Pacific March 2013 Hong Kong Temporary Suspensions
Vietnam Airlines to Offer One-time Berlin Service in June 2012
Bahamasair to Start 4 New Routes from Freeport to US from May 2012
THAI W12 Operation Changes as of 23APR12
Air China Re-adjusts Chengdu – Hong Kong S12 Operations
dae to Start Curacao – Miami Service from June 2012
Turkish Airlines / Air India Expands Codeshare Operation
UNITED Further Changes to Houston – Rio de Janeiro Operation in NW12
Tiger Airways Australia to Start Melbourne – Hobart Service from Nov 2012
DELTA Fall/Winter 2012 Asia Service Changes
Icelandair Increasing Fall Service to New York JFK Sep/Oct 2012
ETIHAD to Start Washington Dulles Service from late-Mar 2013

22 Apr 2012
THAI Airbus A380 Operational Routes as of 21APR12

21 Apr 2012
Turkish Airlines W12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 20APR12
Sichuan Airlines to Launch Vancouver Service from late-June 2012
THAI to Launch A380 Service to Tokyo Narita from Jan 2013; Sapporo Nonstop from Oct 2012

20 Apr 2012
Air India Extends 777-300ER Operation on Mumbai – London Heathrow till mid-June 2012
Virgin Australia to Terminate Gold Coast – Townsville Service from May 2012
Mandarin Airlines Taipei – Kalibo Schedule Changes from mid-May 2012
LANPeru Starts Tarapoto – Iquitos Service
Ryanair to Cut 8 Routes from Edinburgh in W12
Libyan Airlines Resumes Malta Service
AEROFLOT W12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 20APR12
Air China Reducing Shanghai – Milan Service Jul/Aug 2012
OLT Express Poland S12 Operation & New W12 European Routes
Kenya Airways to Resume Nairobi – Eldoret Service from July 2012
Kenya Airways to Start Beirut Service from Oct 2012
Air Nigeria to Resume Johannesburg Service from mid-May 2012
Route Profile: China Eastern A340-300 Operation 1996 – 2012
China Eastern S12 Honolulu Operation Changes: Final A340-300 Service

19 Apr 2012
THAI W12 Operation Changes as of 19APR12
AirOne Postpones Venice – Brussels Service till Sep 2012
Transavia to Start Dubai Service from Oct 2012
Alitalia W12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 19APR12
LANPeru San Francisco NW12 Operation Changes
Spirit Airlines to Start Dallas – Portland OR Service from late-Jun 2012
Condor Moves Forward Rio de Janeiro Launch Date to mid-Oct 2012
Cathay Pacific Cargo to Start Hyderabad Service from May 2012
Air Vanuatu to Resume Nadi Service from July 2012
Emirates Dublin Service Changes in May 2012
Armavia Reducing Paris CDG Service in May/June 2012
TAM to Start Codeshare Service with AeroMexico
Finnair / TAP Portugal to Start Codeshare Operation
Lufthansa W12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 19APR12
Scoot Moves Launch Date to early-June 2012

Richard Maslen

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