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

8 Dec 2010

• Aerosvit S11 Initial operation changes: 17 new destinations and 23 new routes
• QANTAS Dec 2010 Sydney – Hong Kong operational aircraft changes
• China Eastern temporary reduce Colombo/Male service in Dec 10/Jan 11
• China Eastern adds Xian – Bangkok charter service
• China Southern plans to resume Lagos and increase Beijing – Jeddah to Daily in S11
• BritAir by AIRFRANCE CRJ1000NG Initial Operations from late-Dec 2010
• IBERIA/Air Nostrum CRJ1000NG Initial Operations from late-Dec 2010
• AIRFRANCE Abidjan service update until 10DEC10
• Yemenia aircraft change to Rome & Frankfurt from Dec 2010
• QANTAS continues to suspend A380 Los Angeles service to mid-Jan 2011
• Saudi Arabian Airlines to resume AIRFRANCE codeshare from Jan 2011
• germanwings to launch Cologne – Tenerife from late-Sep 2011
• germanwings to launch Berlin – Maastricht in S11
• airTran to start Bermuda service in Summer 2011
• Air China increase Moscow and Sydney service from June 2011
• Royal Jordanian S11 Flight Number Changes

7 Dec 2010

• British Airways launch London City – Faro & Malaga; UK/Amsterdam increase in S11
• Royal Jordanian Airlines S11 Updated Operation changes as of 07DEC10
• MALEV Planned Summer 2011 Operation changes
• Albanian Airlines launch new service to Pisa and Milan Bergamo in Dec 2010
• QANTAS Dec 2010 aircraft changes to Tokyo Narita
• Emirates Winter 2011/12 Planned Operation changes
• bmibaby transfer Belfast service to Belfast City from Jan 2011
• brussels airlines West Africa operation on 07DEC10
• AIRFRANCE Abidjan service re-route as of 07DEC10
• Vladivostok Air launch Niigata winter service and suspend Toyama from late-Dec 2010
• OrenAir launch Hanover service; Dusseldorf service expansion in S11
• Spring Airlines to launch Shijiazhuang – Hong Kong late-Dec 2010
• Frontier increase Denver – Chicago Midway / Dalls from mid-May 2011
• Motor Sich adds Zaporozhye – Kiev Zhulyany service
• Lufthansa Cargo to launch Manaus service from Jan 2011
• SA Express to start 3 Daily Durban – Cape Town from Jan 2011
• Royal Air Maroc to start Moscow service from 15MAR11

6 Dec 2010

• Air Macau launch Shanghai Hongqiao and reduce Pu Dong flight from mid-Dec 2010
• Sun Country increase seasonal Minneapolis – London Boeing 737 service; Gatwick replace Stansted
• AeroSur to start Washington Dulles service from mid-Dec 2010
• Aerosvit to launch Oslo service from Apr 2011
• China Eastern Jan/Feb 2011 Delhi aircraft changes
• Vietnam Airlines increase Taiwan service during Chinese New Year 2011
• Hong Kong Airlines launch Singapore service from mid-Jan 2011
• InterSky to launch Friedrichshafen – Menorca from late-May 2011
• IBERIA increase Madrid – Vienna service in S11
• Vietnam Airlines to start Tokyo Narita – Da Nang service from mid-Dec 2010
• Royal Air Maroc to launch Porto and Valencia mid-Dec 2010
• AeroMexico adds 2nd Daily Mexico City – San Antonio from Jan 2011
• ETIHAD launches Pacific Blue Trans-Tasman codeshare service
• Ethiopian Airlines increase capacity to Kilimanjaro & Mombasa
• Initial Royal Air Maroc Summer 2011 operation changes: Update 1
• Air China plans Vancouver service increase in S11
• Cathay Pacific launch Abu Dhabi/Chicago and boosts New York/Toronto service in S11

5 Dec 2010

• Cathay Pacific launch Abu Dhabi/Chicago and boosts New York/Toronto service in S11

3 Dec 2010

• Singapore Airlines launch A380 service to Los Angeles from 27MAR11 and A330 to Tokyo
• Air Canada to boost Vancouver – Beijing capacity from May 2011
• Air Tahiti Nui to operate Sydney – Los Angeles for QANTAS 07DEC10/09DEC10
• Royal Air Maroc files new Moscow service launch date in S11
• UNITED to add 4th Daily Los Angeles – Dallas from late-Apr 2011
• Continental takes over UNITED 1 Daily Denver / San Francisco – Las Vegas from Feb 2011
• AIRFRANCE to start Saudi Arabian Airlines codeshare from Jan 2011
• China Eastern increase Xian – Kunming – Singapore service from mid-Dec 2010
• GMG Airlines to add 4th weekly Dhaka – Dubai from mid-Dec 2010
• Hainan Airlines aircraft changes to Moscow in W10
• KLM S11 Long-haul operation changes as of 02DEC10

2 Dec 2010

• Indonesia Air Asia to launch Medan – Hong Kong from mid-Jan 2011
• Ryanair basing 6 new aircraft across Canary Islands with 35 new routes from Feb 2011
• Silk Air to launch Pekanbaru, Indonesia service from late-Feb 2011
• Turkish Airlines improves Tokyo Narita operating schedule in S11
• EGYPTAIR Initial Summer 2011 International operation changes
• QANTAS further postpone A380 Los Angeles service resumption into Jan 2011
• QANTAS A330-200 on Sydney – Los Angeles service 11DEC10
• ANA Opens reservation for S11 Tokyo Haneda – Honolulu service
• Ethiopian Airlines re-combine Brazzaville & Kinshasa operation
• Armavia to launch Larnaca service from late-Dec 2010
• Condor to launch Recife / Split / Seattle service in S11
• JetStar launch Gold Coast – Hobart service late-Dec 2010
• Air Canada postpone Vancouver – Tokyo Haneda launch till Mar 2011
• Emirates to launch Geneva service from Jun 2011
• Helvetic Airways to launch Cardiff and base aircraft in Bern in S11
• Blue1 adds Seasonal Kittilä – Vaasa / Kuopio service Feb – May 2011
• jetStar to add A330 service on Gold Coast – Cairns Mar – Jul 2011
• B&H Airlines postpone Sarajevo – Amsterdam launch by 2 weeks
• PLUNA to operate Punta del Este – Santiago de Chile in Feb 2011 only
• AIRFRANCE Adds Premium Voyageur service on A380 to New York/Tokyo in W11