Airports & Networks

As per 03DEC10 GDS timetable display, Royal Air Maroc now plans to start Casablanca – Moscow Sheremetyevo service launch from 27MAR11. The Moroccan

UNITED from 25APR11 is introducing 4th Daily Los Angeles – Dallas service on board CRJ700 aircraft. Planned schedule: UA6654 LAX0810 – 1309DFW CR7 D

Effective 17FEB11, UNITED is transferring 1 Daily Denver – Las Vegas and San Francisco – Las Vegas service to Continental, operated by latter’s Boeing

AIRFRANCE starting 11JAN11 begins codeshare service on Saudi Arabian Airlines’ service between France and Saudi Arabia. At time the post goes to press

From 19DEC10, China Eastern is increasing service on Xian – Kunming – Singapore service from 3 weekly to Daily. Overall service on the Kunming –

Bangladeshi carrier GMG Airlines from 12DEC10 is introducing 4th weekly Dubai service, coinciding with the airlines’ plan to convert the service to

ROUTE EXCHANGE AIRPORT: ZURICH AIRPORT It’s been a good week for one of our key Route Exchange members Zurich Airport. Fresh from announcing a number

Ryanair announced it is basing 6 Boeing 737-800 aircraft across the Canary Islands from 01FEB11. 2 aircraft each will be based in Las Palmas/Gran

JAZEERA HEADS TO EGYPT Effective December 1 st, Kuwait City based Jazeera Airways will commence new low-cost service to Sohag, Egypt. The route will

EGYPTAIR TO LAUNCH TORONTO Star Alliance member Egyptair has announced that it will commence non-stop service from its Cairo hub to Toronto. The new

SKY’S THE LIMIT Skymark Airlines, the low-cost operator based in Japan has announced two new services set to commence next February. Effective

SKYTEAM MEMBER RAMPS UP MARSEILLE LINKS KLM has announced that it will add an additional daily frequency from Amsterdam to Marseille. Effective March

German leisure operator, Condor, part of the Thomas Cook Group has announced new service from Frankfurt to Seattle. Effective June 24 th, it will

Qatar Airways has described as “exceptional” its growth in Latin America since launching five months ago.

Emirates will be increasing its commitment to Switzerland on 1st June 2011 with the launch of non-stop, daily flights between Dubai and Geneva.

For further analysis on selected stories visit our Breaking News section on Routesonline. Source: airlineroute.net 1 Dec 2010 KLM launch Amsterdam –

Dubai based Emirates has announced that it will commence new non-stop daily services to Geneva in 2011. Effective June 1 st, Emirates will operate

AFRICA TO CHINA: A BOUYANT MARKET South African Airways does not currently operate any non-stop services to China and such service seems long overdue

LOOKING TO COMPETE WITH US AIRWAYS? SkyTeam member Delta Air Lines has announced that it will add a twice-daily service to New Orleans which will

Bmibaby currently links Belfast International with each of its four UK based operations in Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands and Manchester

Regional operator Helvetic Airways which announced services to Cardiff earlier this year, has also revealed that effective April 22 nd, 2011 it will

Emirates starting 01JUN11 is launching Daily Dubai – Geneva service on board Boeing 777-200LR/-300ER aircraft. Geneva is Emirates’ 2nd destination in

Low-cost operator Westjet has announced scheduled expansion from Halifax with four new seasonal routes to the Caribbean. It will inaugurate non-stop

KLM has also revealed plans to add new non-stop service to Xiamen in China, which will be its fifth destination in China. The route will start March

Finnair said it was able to carry 40% of its normal amount of passengers during a cabin staff strike on Wednesday. Around 30% of AY flights have been operated. SAS announced incoming President and CEO Rickard Gustafson will take over the position on Feb. 1, 2011. It previously had been announced that he would take over no later than March 1. Outgoing President and CEO Mats Jansson left the position Oct. 1 and Deputy CEO John Dueholm will continue as acting president and CEO until Feb. 1, 2011.