Airline Route Update is a comprehensive summary of route announcements, capacity increases and codeshare details from this past week.
For further analysis on selected stories visit our Breaking News section on Routesonline.
19 May 2011
• Lufthansa to launch A380 service to Singapore in W11; Jakarta service change
• Kenya Airways to start N’Djamena and increase Cotonou service from late-Jun 2011
• Vietnam Airlines to start London Gatwick service from Dec 2011
• Air France W11 Initial Paris CDG Long-haul Operation Changes
• Air Canada begins TACA Codeshare to San Salvador
• bmibaby S12 New Routes from Birmingham and East Midlands
• Armavia service increase to Ukraine and Israel in S11
• Skyways continues S11 Route Expansion; Replace airBaltic on Gothenburg – Riga Route
• ASIANA Cargo plans Seoul Incheon – Nagoya launch from late-Jun 2011
• Strategic Airlines launched Gladstone operation since April 2011
• Kuwaiti low-cost carrier jazeera airways launch Cairo service
• Cebu Pacific Oct 2011 Domestic Philippines Service Increase
• KLM replacing CityJet on Amsterdam – Basel route from W11
• JetBlue to launch La Romana, Dominican Republic from Nov 2011
18 May 2011
• American Airlines delays New York JFK – Tokyo Narita service reduction till Jul 2011
• Lufthansa W11 Munich Long-haul Changes: Update 2 as of 18MAY11
• Lufthansa W11 Middle East Operational Changes
• Korean Air postpones Cairo resumption & extends Tashkent adjustment till late-Jul 2011
• Transaero reduce Miami service to 1 weekly in S11
• SriLankan Airlines reduce Tokyo – Maldives service until mid-Jun 2011
• Aerosvit to launch Kiev – Aktau service
• Air France A380 Premium Voyageur Update for New York/Tokyo market in W11
• United Flt Nbr UA001-199 appearance on Continental Mainline from 21MAY11
• United Codeshare flight number changes from 21MAY11
• flyBe to start Inverness – Amsterdam from Sep 2011
• United re-activates UA093 and UA175 as Continental Codeshare flight
• Rwandair launches Libreville and Gisenyi service
17 May 2011
• Hainan Airlines to launch 3 short-haul International services in S11
• JAL June 2011 International Service Reductions
• Air France W11 Montreal Operation Update: Boeing 747 replace A380 in Nov 2011
• TAM Airlines adds 2nd Daily Sao Paulo – Orlando service in July 2011
• CSA Czech Airlines re-expands European service from Slovakia
• Virgin Atlantic Jun – Sep 2011 Africa & Los Angeles capacity increase
• China Airlines Japan Jul/Aug 2011 Operation Changes
• Qantas A380 Operation Changes on Melbourne – Los Angeles in 2011
• nasair to launch Karachi service from June 2011; India service adjustments
• Skymark Airlines increasing Okinawa service in July 2011
• Aegean Airlines re-enters Austrian market from Sep 2011
• Skyways/airBaltic to start cooperation with 3 new routes from June 2011
• Corsairfly W11 Initial Operation Changes from Paris Orly
• Hong Kong Airlines reduce Moscow service to 2 weekly till June 2011
• flydubai to start Hyderabad service from June 2011
16 May 2011
• Emirates reducing Osaka capacity from June 2011
• Singapore Airlines Cargo launches Osaka service
• Firefly to start Johor Bahru – Indonesia service from Aug 2011
• Hainan Airlines to start Shanghai – Urumqi – Istanbul service from Jul 2011
• Aegean Airlines launches Larnaca – Paris CDG starting June 2011
• Air Canada to add Dash8-Q400 on Toronto – Fredericton from Sep 2011
• Swiss W11 Miami Minor Operation Changes
• Cathay Pacific maintains red-eye Singapore > Hong Kong service from Jul 2011
• Avianca suspends Medellin – New York JFK Sep – Dec 11 & from mid-Jan 12
• TAP Portugal W11 Flight Number Changes Update 2
• SpiceJet Domestic India Service increase from Jun 2011
• Turkish Airlines Initial W11 Changes to Bangkok/Ho Chi Minh/Osaka
• TAM Airlines reduce Paris CDG operation from Sep 2011
• Air France changes to planned Cape Town operation upon W11 Resumption
• Air New Zealand/Virgin Australia Group launch new look joint Trans-Tasman Network
• ANA extends International Service Reductions into June 2011
13 May 2011
• Hawaiian Airlines plans A330 service to San Francisco from Nov 2011
• SAS W11 Long-haul Operation Changes
• TAP Portugal Brazil Flight Number Changes from Nov 2011
• Alitalia planned W11 Beijing Operational Schedule Changes
• Bangkok Airways to increase planned new Bangkok – Bangalore route to Daily by Dec 2011
• Lufthansa W11 Frankfurt – US Operation Changes
• Air India Toronto Operation changes in June 2011
• Air India shelves plan to increase Tokyo service to Daily from July 2011
• Condor W11/12 Long-haul operation changes
• airberlin to add new routes from Saarbruecken in W11
• China Southern S11 Seasonal Harbin – Khabarovsk & Vladivistok service
• Ural Airlines to launch Krasnojarsk – Harbin from late-May 2011
12 May 2011
• TACA begins Air Canada codehsare service
• EgyptAir Initial W11 Long-haul Operation Changes
• JetStar to launch Auckland – Dunedin from Jul 2011
• ANA/Eznis Airways enter strategic partnership deal
• Delta cancels Summer seasonal New York JFK – Kiev service
• China Southern Daily to Nepal from July 2011
• Thai May 2011 European Operation Changes
• Lufthansa Initial W11 Frankfurt Long-haul Operation Changes
• China Southern plans to start Urumqi – Tbilisi service from June 2011
• Safi Airways to start Kabul – Delhi service from mid-Jun 2011
• TAM/TAP Portugal expands codeshare coverage via Spain
• TAM/Spanair launch codeshare service
• Carpatair to launch Constanta – Istanbul service from mid-Jun 2011
• Emirates to launch A380 service to Johannesburg from Oct 2011