SMARTWINGS SWOOPS INTO TURKEY![171210-smartwings](https://static.routesonline.com/images/cached/upload-5015-standard-242x178.jpg)
Prague based operator SmartWings has announced that it will commence scheduled services to Antalya, Turkey effective March 19th. The route will be operated with B737 aircraft on a weekly basis. However from May 24th, 2011 this will become a six-weekly rotation. The route currently has no year round non-stop service. IATA BSP data shows that the majority of indirect traffic currently transits via Istanbul with Turkish Airlines.
AIR BERLIN STEPS UP FREQUENCY ON BARCELONA AND ROME![171210-airberlin](https://static.routesonline.com/images/cached/upload-5013-standard-242x178.jpg)
Oneworld member to be, Air Berlin, will increase existing capacity on routes to Barcelona and Rome, effective March 27th, 2011. It will add a second daily service to Barcelona where it is the only carrier operating the route, however easyJet does offer a double daily from Schonefeld. It is the only carrier currently operating non-stop scheduled service from Berlin to Rome (FCO).
AIR FRANCE BOOST FOR BILBAO![171210-airfrance](https://static.routesonline.com/images/cached/upload-5016-standard-242x178.jpg)
Air France will introduce a new fifth-daily service from Paris CDG to Bilbao effective March 27th, 2011. The additional frequency will be operated with CRJ700 aircraft on a route that has seen over 70,000 O+D passengers fly between September 2009 and September 2010.
TURKISH DELIGHT WITH NEW ROUTE TO IRAN![171210-turkish](https://static.routesonline.com/images/cached/upload-5014-standard-242x178.jpg)
Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines will launch its fourth scheduled route to Iran from March 14th, 2011 with a new four-times weekly service from Istanbul to Shiraz. The route will be operated with B737-800 aircraft and will follow existing services into Tehran, Mashid and Tabriz. There is no carrier currently flying this route.
WIZZ OUTLINES SUMMER 2011 ROUTE ADDITIONS![171210-wizz](https://static.routesonline.com/images/cached/upload-5017-standard-242x178.jpg)
Geneva based Wizz Air has announced a number of new routes for Summer 2011 outlining routes from its planned bases in Belgrade and Vilnius, stories covered earlier this year in the hub. Routes that will be operated from March 27th next year include;
- March 27th 2011 twice- weekly Brno – Rome Fiumcino
- March 27th 2011 thrice- weekly Bucharest Baneasa – Bari
- March 27th 2011 twice- weekly Poznan – Barcelona
- March 29th 2011 twice- weekly Belgrade – Brussels Charleroi
- March 29th 2011 twice- weekly Bucharest Baneasa – Alicante
- March 29th 2011 thrice-weekly Tirgu Mures – London Luton
- March 29th 2011 twice- weekly Gdansk – Aarhus
- March 29th 2011 twice- weekly Gdansk – Gothenburg
- March 29th2011 thrice- weekly Gdansk – Stavanger
- April 3rd 2011 twice- weekly Belgrade – Gothenburg
- June 4th 2011 thrice- weekly Cluj – Larnaca
- April 2011 1st twice- weekly Belgrade – Eindhoven
- April 3rd 2011 twice- weekly Belgrade – Memmingen
- April 3rd 2011twice- weekly Belgrade – Stockholm Skavsta
- April 16th 2011 twice- weekly Vilnius – Cork
- April 16th 2011 thrice- weekly Vilnius – Rome
- April 16th 2011 thrice- weekly Vilnius – Stockholm Skavsta
- April 17th 2011 twice- weekly Vilnius – Doncaster/Sheffield
- April 17th 2011 five- weekly Vilnius – London Luton
- April 17th 2011 twice- weekly Vilnius – Milan Bergamo
- April 18th 2011 twice- weekly Vilnius – Barcelona
- April 18th 2011 twice- weekly Vilnius – Eindhoven
- June 18th 2011 twice- weekly Budapest – Antalya
Twice weekly Bucharest Baneasa – Larnaca (Launch date unspecified)
Thrice weekly Bucharest Baneasa – Malaga (Launch date unspecified)