Airline Route Update

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.

17 Nov 2011
• Air China Moves Forward Shanghai – Paris CDG Service Resumption to mid-Mar 2012
• Virgin Atlantic S12 San Francisco Schedule Change; Opens Vancouver Service Reservation
• QATAR Airways to Start Doha – Perth Service from July 2012
• ANA Expands Lufthansa Intra-European Codeshare Service
• Air Seychelles Reduces Johannesburg Service in Jan/Feb 2012
• Air Europa Suspends New York JFK Service Jan – Mar 2012; DELTA Codeshare starts mid-Jan 2012
• DELTA to Launch Salt Lake City – Charlotte From Mar 2012
• XL Airways France Reduces US Operation in S12
• UT Air W11 Boeing 737-800 Operations
• Ethiopian Airlines Splits Harare & Lusaka Service from Dec 2011
• Transaero to Launch Moscow – Vilnius From Dec 2011
• China Eastern Aircraft Changes to Delhi from Jan 2012
• Air Jamaica Resumes Miami Service from Dec 2011
• Turkish Airlines Plans Double Daily 777 Service to New York JFK in S1
• Routes Press Release: SCOOT SELECTS ROUTE EXCHANGE TO SUPPORT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT

16 Nov 2011
• Lufthansa S12 European Operation Changes as of 16NOV11
• Turkmenistan Airlines Adds Ashghabat – Kiev Service
• Hawaiian Airlines to Launch Honolulu – New York JFK Service from June 2012
• SWISS Replaces bmi on Basel – Manchester Route
• ASIANA AIRLINES Adds Capacity to Saipan from Dec 2011
• Korean Air Plans Seoul Incheon – Guam Service Increase Dec 2011 – Feb 2012
• Nok Air Planned Boeing 737-800 Operations from Dec 2011
• AVIANCA Increases Washington Dulles Service to Daily from Dec 2011
• UNITED Plans Guam – Tokyo Narita Operation Changes in Feb/Mar 2012
• Singapore Airlines to Add A330-300 Service to Manila from mid-Dec 2011
• Jet Airways Changes to Mumbai – Brussels – Newark Operation from late-Nov 2011
• Korean Air Adds Capacity on Seoul Incheon – Tokyo Haneda in Jan/Feb 2012
• Vietnam Airlines Planned Taiwan Operation For Chinese New Year 2012
• TAP Portugal Leases White Airways A310 for Sao Tome Operation
• Australia’s Air North to Start Darwin – Townsville Service from mid-Feb 2012
• Emirates Continues A380 Nonstop Service to Hong Kong in Dec 2011

15 Nov 2011
• Emirates Adds 3rd Daily A380 Service to London Heathrow from late-Jan 2012
• SAS S12 European Operation Changes as of 15NOV11
• TAP Portugal Increases Lisbon – Milan Malpensa Service
• Lufthansa-bmi Berlin Tegel – London Heathrow Operation Changes from 24NOV11
• Lufthansa Plans S12 London Gatwick Capacity Change
• brussels airlines S12 European Operation Changes as of 15NOV11
• British Airways S12 London Heathrow – Europe Operation Changes as of 15NOV11
• THAI Operation Changes From Dec 2011 to Mar 2012
• DELTA Expands New York JFK Domestic Service from June 2012
• DELTA Expands New York – Caribbean Service from Mar 2012
• Ryanair S12 New Services from Turku and Leeds/Bradford
• bmibaby to Start 2 New Seasonal Routes in S12
• T’Way Airlines to Start Seoul Incheon – Fukuoka from late-Dec 2011

14 Nov 2011
• Ethiopian Airlines Postponing Seychelles Service Launch till Jan 2012
• airTran/Southwest Airlines Adds 11 New Routes from June 2012
• airTran Ends Operations to 5 Cities from June 2012
• LAM Mozambique Cancels Lisbon Route from late-Nov 2011
• ASIANA AIRLINES South East Asia Capacity Adjustments in W11
• DELTA / AEROFLOT to Begin Codeshare Service from Dec 2011
• EGYPTAIR Resumes Tripoli Service from 17NOV11
• Air India Deploys Boeing 777-300ER on Saudi Arabia Service
• Finnair W11 Scheduled Leisure Flight Operation as of 14NOV11
• THAI Reducing Europe / Mid-East Routes in Nov 2011
• Air China Vancouver Schedule Changes from Feb 2012
• EVA Air Hello Kitty A330-300 Operations as of 14NOV11
• Rwandair to Launch Lagos Service from Dec 2011
• Lufthansa S12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 14NOV11

12 Nov 2011
• DELTA to Replace AIRFRANCE on Seattle – Paris CDG Service in S12

11 Nov 2011
• Malaysia Airlines Reopens Reservation on UAE/Pakistan/South Africa/Argentina/Dammam Service
• VIM Avia Adds St. Petersburg – Krasnodar Weekdays Service
• MIAT Mongolian Airlines Hong Kong & Europe Operation Changes from Dec 2011
• Malaysia Airlines Ends Kota Kinabalu Hub Status from Feb 2012
• UNITED “Temporary” Cancels Newark – Athens S12 Service
• Air China Beijing – Paris CDG Operation Adjustments Jan – Mar 2012
• UNITED to Offer 10 China – Guam Round-Trip Charter Service In Chinese New Year 2012
• flyBe to Start 3 New French Routes from Exeter in S12
• Air Canada to Boost Calgary – Tokyo Narita Service in 2012
• Transaero Introduces Boeing 777-300 Service to Vladivostok mid-Nov 2011
• Hong Kong Airlines Nov/Dec 2011 Bangkok & Singapore Operation Changes
• British Airways to Start London Heathrow – Bologna Service in S12
• SATA Changes to Copenhagen Operation from mid-Apr 2012

10 Nov 2011
• AIRFRANCE S12 Service Increase to San Francisco / Seoul / Singapore
• US Airways S12 Trans-Atlantic Operation Changes as of 10NOV11
• S7 Airlines Adds New Service to Turin & Milan Bergamo in Jan 2012
• easyJet to Launch London Luton – Reykjavik from late-Mar 2012
• Kingfisher Airlines Nov 2011 International Service Reductions
• airTran ends Dallas/Ft. Worth Service from 21NOV11
• Taiwan’s FAT Begins Taiwan – China Service: Nov 2011 Schedule
• Air New Zealand Cancels Planned Service Increase to Beijing due Dec 2011
• Finnair Shelves Planned Lyon Service Launch in Apr 2012
• QANTAS Increasing A380 Melbourne – Los Angeles Service to Daily from Jan 2012
• Philippine Airlines Los Angeles Nov/Dec 2011 Service Adjustments
• B&H Airlines Resumes Amsterdam Service from mid-Dec 2011
• Hong Kong Airlines Reducing Moscow Service in W11
• AEROFLOT Plans Sukhoi SuperJet Service to Oslo in late-Nov 2011
• Malaysia Airlines Cancels Pakistan/UAE/South Africa/Argentina/Dammam Service
• QANTAS to Start A380 Service to Hong Kong from mid-Jan 2012

Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…