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.
13 Oct 2011
• Pegasus Airlines to Start Ankara – Erbil & Istanbul – Tehran in W11
• Korean Air W11 Operation Changes: Update 7 as of 13OCT11
• Korean Air Cancels Planned A380 Frankfurt Service; W11 Operation Changes
• Condor to Launch Toronto and Baltimore Service in S12
• Mahan Air to Operate 3 Round-Trip Tehran – Guangzhou Service in Oct 2011
• Virgin Australia Increases Western Australia Service from late-Nov 2011
• Hainan Airlines Plans to Start Beijing – Maldives Service from Nov 2011
• TAAG Angola NW11 Planned Operation Changes
• TAP Portugal to Add 4th weekly Accra Service in W11
• Alitalia W11 Beijing schedule change as of 13OCT11
• Air Macau W11 Operation Changes
• Edelweiss Air to Add 3 New European Routes from Zurich in S12
• IndiGo to Start Delhi – Kathmandu Service from late-Oct 2011
• Jet2 to Launch Manchester – Istanbul Service from Mar 2012
• Juneyao Airlines Launches Shanghai – Beijing Service
• Porter Airlines to Start Mont Tremblant – Newark Winter Seasonal Service
12 Oct 2011
• Korean Air Plans 777-300ER Service to San Francisco From July 2012
• British Airways Boosting Heathrow – Glasgow Flights in W11 with New Boeing 767 Service
• SAS to Launch 21 New European Routes in Summer 2012
• British Airways W11 Planned Boeing 777-300ER Operation as of 12OCT11
• British Airways to Add 3rd Daily Miami & 8th Daily New York JFK Service from London Heathrow in S12
• SAS to Start Oslo – Palanga Service in W11
• Iran Air W11 International Operation Changes as of 12OCT11
• Alaska Airlines to Launch San Jose CA – Palm Springs Service from Feb 2012
• Aerolineas Argentinas Plans to Resume Cancun Service from Nov 2011
• Air Arabia to Launch Moscow and Ekaterinburg Service in Oct 2011
• Eritrean Airlines W11 Operation Update: New Service to Karachi and Nonstop to Rome
• Ethiopian Airlines Expands Middle-East Service in W11; Plans to Start Toronto Service
• Transaero to Start Moscow – Mineralnye Vody Service mid-Oct 2011
• Royal Air Maroc to Start Bissau Service from mid-Dec 2011; Conakry Service Increase
• Korean Air Reduces Los Angeles Operational Frequencies in W11
• New Ghana Start-up carrier Starbow Airlines Launches Operation
• RAK Airways Expands into Pakistan Market from mid-Nov 2011
• Vueling to Start 3 New Routes from Madrid in W11
• BIMAN Bangladesh Airlines Plans Boeing 777-300ER Service to Kuala Lumpur in W11
• Emirates Reducing Houston Service from Feb 2012
11 Oct 2011
• ANA Boeing 787 Crew Training Schedule 12OCT – 23OCT11
• flyBe Ends Belfast City – Doncaster & Liverpool Service in W11
• Korean Air Applies to Expand US Domestic Codeshare Service by DELTA
• CSA Czech Airlines Increasing Bratislava – Amsterdam / Paris CDG Service in W11
• bmi W11 Operation Changes to Amman & Addis Ababa
• Alitalia to Start Tripoli Service from Nov 2011
• RusLine Expands Munich Service from Dec 2011
• Royal Brunei Shrinks South East Asia Operation from Feb 2012
• airberlin / MALEV to Begin Codeshare Service from 30OCT11
• DELTA Shrinks Memphis Operation from Jan 2012
• JetStar Cuts 2 Trans-Tasman Routes & Reduce Brisbane – Christchurch in NW11
• S7 Airlines Begins Novosibirsk – Phuket Service
• Alaska Airlines to Start Seattle – Kansas City Service from March 2012
• Cathay Pacific Cargo & Korean Air Cargo Begins Chengdu Service from Oct 2011
• THAI to Launch Phuket – Seoul Incheon Nonstop service from Nov 2011
• Sichuan Airlines to Increase Saipan Service in W11
• TACA to Start San Salvador – Bogota Service from mid-Nov 2011
• Oman Air W11 Middle East Operation Changes as of 11OCT11
10 Oct 2011
• Emirates Postpones A380 Kuala Lumpur Service to Jan 2012
• Emirates Moves Forward A380 Munich Operation Launch Date to late-Nov 2011
• Hainan Airlines Ends Kolkata Service 2 weeks after Service Launch
• EGYPTAIR W11 International Operation Changes Update 4 as of 10OCT11
• Air China W11 International Operation Changes as of 10OCT11: New Okinawa & Phuket Service
• Lufthansa to operate A380 Service on Munich – New York JFK 06 – 12DEC11
• Ethiopian Airlines Changes to China and Thailand Service in Oct/Nov 2011
• ADRIA Shrinks Operation in W11
• S7 Airlines Changes to Planned Vladivostok – Hong Kong Service from Nov 2011
• UNITED / COPA Airlines to Launch Codeshare Service from mid-Oct 2011
• Bahrain Air Adds New Frequencies to Istanbul & Khartoum Route in W11
• IBERIA Reducing Madrid – Johannesburg Service in NW11
• Blue1 Axes Helsinki – London Heathrow Service in W11
• British Airways Plans Johannesburg Service Increase in NS12
• Norwegian to Launch Oslo – Manchester Service in W11
• Arik Air to Cancel Abuja – London Heathrow Service from late-Oct 2011
• Cyprus Airways to Cancel Manchester Service from late-Oct 2011
• JAL Reveals 186-Seater Boeing 787-8 Configuration Map
07 Oct 2011
• Cebu Pacific Increasing SE Asia Service from Jan 2012
• World Routes: Xinjiang Airport Seeks Exposure and Direct Traffic to Western Europe
• Vladivostok Air Planned W11 Tokyo Narita Operation Update 2
• OpenSkies Cancels Paris Orly – Washington Dulles from W11
• TAAG Angola Increases Cuba Service in Dec 2011/Jan 2012
• Rwandair Expands International Service from late-Nov 2011
• Hainan Airlines Shelves Beijing – Bangkok – Colombo Service Launch due mid-Oct 2011
• Additional China Airlines Los Angeles Service Reductions in Nov 2011
• Turkish Airlines Postpones Boeing 737-900ER Service into Summer 2012
• EVA Air Shanghai Pu Dong Schedule Changes from W11
• Mihin Lanka to Start Colombo – Sharjah Service in W11
• South African Airways Washington Dulles Schedule Changes from Dec 2011
• easyJet Launches New French Bases and UK – Greece Routes from Apr 2012
• Air India to Fly Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on Delhi – Singapore Route from Dec 2011
• TransAsia Airways to Start Kaohsiung – Hanoi Service from Nov 2011
• Lufthansa S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 06OCT11
• Transaero Extends Beijing Operation in W11