Several carriers are strengthening their long-haul networks over the coming weeks, adding new routes to and from airports in the Asia-Pacific region.
In the Asia-Europe market, Asiana Airlines will launch a Seoul Incheon-Prague service on April 1 using an Airbus A350-900, adding a new connection between South Korea and the Czech Republic. The airline currently flies to six destinations in Europe—Barcelona, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Paris and Rome—and expects the addition of Prague to “lay the foundations” for strengthening the airline’s network in Central and Eastern Europe.
Singapore Airlines’ subsidiary Scoot is reshaping its European network over the coming months by launching direct flights to Vienna while discontinuing service to Berlin. The Vienna route is set to begin on June 3, operating three times a week using Boeing 787-8 aircraft with 329 seats across two cabin classes. The LCC will become the sole operator of nonstop flights between Singapore and Vienna.
Meanwhile, China’s Sichuan Airlines is growing its European operations, further strengthening the dominance of Chinese airlines on China-Europe routes. The airline plans to launch nonstop flights between Chengdu Tianfu International Airport and Madrid Adolfo Suárez-Barajas Airport, establishing the only nonstop connection between the two cities. Service is set to begin on April 27, operating four times per week.
More News And Analysis From Routes Asia 2025
Other Asia-Europe connections launching this summer include Cathay Pacific’s flights to Rome Fiumicino Airport, which return after a five-year hiatus. Rome will become the Oneworld alliance member’s 12th destination in Europe and its second in Italy, alongside Milan.
Elsewhere, North American carriers Air Canada, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are preparing to expand their Asia-Pacific networks. Air Canada is launching a Vancouver-Manila service on April 2, utilizing 787-9 equipment. Frequencies will initially be 3X-weekly, rising to 4X-weekly in May.
The new route marks Air Canada’s 12th Asia-Pacific destination from Vancouver, joining cities such as Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing and Singapore. It also taps into the largest Asian market previously unserved by the airline, leveraging growing business ties, tourism demand and Canada’s large Filipino-Canadian community of more than 900,000 people.
From June 1, Delta plans to resume flights between Los Angeles and Shanghai Pudong, operating three times per week using A350-900 equipment, as well as commencing a Salt Lake City-Seoul Incheon route, restoring transpacific service from the U.S. city for the first time in more than a decade. United, meanwhile, will begin flying between Tokyo Narita Airport and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from May 1 as it revives its hub in Japan’s capital.
Related Content
