Airline Route Update

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

For further analysis on selected stories visit our Breaking News section on Routesonline.

Source: airlineroute.net

24 Nov 2010

  • Cathay Pacific expands JAL codeshare to Hawaii from Dec 2010
  • American Airlines/Kingfisher Airlines applies for codesharing
  • Philippine Airlines plans 8th weekly Taipei service in S11
  • JAL expands jetStar codeshare on Gold Coast – Japan route
  • AerLingus launch 2 new routes in S11 and expands Cork service
  • UNITED to start Lagos service from Dec 2010
  • Hainan Airlines to launch Sydney service from mid-January 2011
  • SWISS W10 North America Latest operation changes as of 24NOV10
  • Korean Air to boost Auckland & Paris CDG service from June 2011
  • Korean Air changes to planned extra service to Singapore in Nov/Dec 2010
  • Armavia adds 5th weekly Yerevan – Dubai from Dec 2010
  • American Airlines to launch Dallas – Springfield Il from Apr 2011
  • Transavia Summer 2011 New Routes from Holland
  • Hawaiian Airlines increase Sydney service from April 2011
  • Indonesia AirAsia to launch Denpasar – Darwin from late-Dec 2010
  • Kyrgyz Airways launch Osh – Irkutsk service and W10 Operational network
  • China Southern adds Guilin – Beihai / Nanning service
  • American Airlines introducing Booking Source Premium Surcharge to select GDS system

23 Nov 2010

  • Iceland Express expands UK and Ireland operation with 3 new routes in Summer 2011
  • Xiamen Airlines to resume Fuzhou – Taipei Taoyuan service in Dec 2010
  • Thai AirAsia expands Chiang Mai service with 2 new routes from late-Jan 2011
  • UNITED begins reservation for new May 2011 Los Angeles – Shanghai service launch
  • VIM Airlines to launch Basel service; W10 International additions
  • Vim Airlines launch new Russian domestic flights to Ekaterinburg & Krasnodar
  • Icelandair to offer Winter season service to Munich Jan – Mar 2011
  • S7 Airlines year-round to Alicante & Rimini; Munich increase from late-Dec 2010
  • Belle Air to start Pristina – Munich route from Dec 2010
  • American Airlines begins Alaska Airlines Los Angeles – Mexico codeshare service
  • Malaysia Airlines adds Firefly Jet service codeshare flight from Jan 2011
  • Spanair begins UNITED Madrid – Washington codeshare service
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines Rome service adjustment from Dec 2010
  • DELTA launch China Airlines Tokyo – Kaohsiung codeshare service
  • American Airlines adds 4th Daily Dallas – Roswell from Apr 2011
  • Vueling to launch Barcelona – Zurich in S11
  • EVA Air extra Taipei – Sendai service in Jan/Feb 2011
  • HiFly to operate Japan – Europe charter in Summer 2011
  • Air China launch Ethiopian Airlines codeshare service

22 Nov 2010

  • DELTA to launch Orange County – Las Vegas from Jan 2011
  • American Airlines Mainline reintroduction from Dallas to 3 Domestic markets in S11
  • TAME Ecuador to launch Panama City from Dec 2010
  • flyBe adds new France and Germany seasonal routes in S11
  • jetStar to launch Darwin – Manila service from Feb 2011
  • RAK Airways resumes Bangladesh service from Dec 2010
  • TAAG Angola starts Nonstop Cuba service
  • American Airlines Chicago – Helsinki flight number changes
  • Virgin Blue / Skywest Australia expands codeshare service from Dec 2010
  • Strategic Airlines to launch Townsville – Denpasar from Dec 2010
  • British Airways to transfer Luxembourg service to London Heathrow in S11
  • Shanghai Airlines to launch Shanghai – Tangshan service

21 Nov 2010

  • UNITED/Continental Mainline Operation Crossover from Feb 2011
  • UNITED takes over Continental Houston – Lima route from Feb 2011

19 Nov 2010

  • Rossiya Airlines and Bulgaria Air to launch St. Petersburg – Sofia service

19 Nov 2010

  • Philippine Airlines to launch Delhi service in S11
  • China Southern launch Yining – Urumqi – Shanghai from Dec 2010
  • COPA Colombia postpone Havana launch till Dec 2010
  • China Southern to launch Changchun – Taipei and increase Zhengzhou flight from Dec 2010
  • Turkish Airlines S11 Schedule unification to Almaty service
  • Southwest Airlines launch 3 new markets from Denver from Jun 2011
  • Malaysia Airlines postpones Riyadh service launch until Jun 2011
  • Air China to launch Beijing – Milan Malpensa from Jun 2011
  • Air China to boost Stockholm service to Daily in S11
  • EVA Air to launch Taipei Taoyuan – Zhengzhou from Dec 2010
  • QANTAS Airbus A380 Service Update as of 19NOV10
  • Frontier Airlines began Houston Hobby service
  • AirAsia X to launch Paris Orly from mid-Feb 2011
  • Aerosvit to launch Cairo service from Mar 2011

18 Nov 2010

  • Cebu Pacific Winter 2010 Network Expansion
  • ADRIA/JAT Airways begins codeshare service
  • SWISS extra Geneva – Moscow service from Chrismas 2010
  • Ethiopian Airlines further postpone 777 service entry to Washington till Christmas 2010
  • Garuda Indonesia launch Turkish Airlines codeshare flight
  • Jin Air launch Jeju – Qingdao charter service
  • MALEV to launch Budapest – Barcelona service in S11
  • Continental launches new services to Ft. Lauderdale & West Palm Beach Feb 2011
  • Singapore Airlines 777-300 to Auckland in Dec 2010
  • Air China to launch Beijing – Dusseldorf in S11
  • Spanair to start Nice service in S11
  • CSA Czech Airlines adds Vietnam Airlines codeshare to Vietnam
  • AirAsia India service reductions
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