Routes Update

Turkish Airlines to serve Sydney It is reported that Turkish Airlines will add 10 new international destinations to its network in 2011 and one of

JetStar Asia cancels Kota Kinabalu JetStar Asia is cancelling its 4 weekly Singapore – Kota Kinabalu service from the 16 th February 2011. The route

Star Alliance member TAP Portugal this week announced six new routes from its Lisbon hub, from where it currently operates over 800 weekly flights to

US AIRWAYS CANCELS OSLO Star Alliance member US Airways has announced that it will discontinue scheduled flights to the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The

SMARTWINGS SWOOPS INTO TURKEY Prague based operator SmartWings has announced that it will commence scheduled services to Antalya, Turkey effective

AIR CHINA RAMPS UP DELHI Air China will increase its scheduled flights from Beijing to Delhi in 2011. Effective August 29 th the existing three-times

Star Alliance member TAM Linhas Aereas will begin scheduled services to Bogota, Colombia, effective December 19th, to be operated on a six-weekly

Guangzhou based, China Southern will commence services to Auckland from March 27 th, 2011. It will operate the route thrice-weekly as an extension of

The national carrier of Ireland, this week announced expansion with five new routes from Dublin. The carriers this week inked an agreement with

Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this week in the route

IBERIA BOOST FOR VIENNA Oneworld member Iberia will boost scheduled services from Madrid to the Austrian capital of Vienna. It currently operates a

HONG KONG AIRLINES NEW SINGAPORE SERVICE Effective January 15 th 2011, Hong Kong Airlines will launch a daily service to Singapore with widebody A330

AEROMEXICO RAMPS UP SAN ANTONIO SkyTeam member Aeromexico has announced that it will add a second daily frequency from Mexico City to San Antonio

CHINA SOUTHERN GOES DAILY TO JEDDAH SkyTeam member China Southern will increase to a daily service to Jeddah from Beijing for the Summer 2011 season

HONG KONG TO MIDDLE EAST MARKET Cathay Pacific will begin services to Abu Dhabi from June 2 nd, 2011. The route will be operated on a four-times

MEXICAN TURNAROUND How times have changed in the last year for Volaris. Fifteen months ago Volaris was confined to Mexico City’s secondary airport of

Vueling’s move into Amsterdam represents a continuation of the carriers strategy to open bases outside of Spain. The Hub earlier this year analysed

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

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

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