News Briefs From Around The World

A digest of the key route development and schedule updates from around the world...

20052011 News Europe

News from Europe

Turkish Airlines to Add Osh / Ulaan Baatar Service
AerLingus W12 Cork Operation Changes
CSA Czech Airlines Increases Prague Service
AIRFRANCE to Start Marseille – Tel Aviv from Sep 2012
Blue Island Airways Starts Jersey – Cambridge Service
Virgin Atlantic Rolls out New A330-300 Routes in S13
AIRFRANCE-KLM Service Change on Amsterdam – Marseille from Sep 2012
AIRFRANCE Reduces Guangzhou Operation in W12
Virgin Atlantic Adds 4th Daily New York JFK Service in W12
Cargolux Launches Manaus Service
bmi to Cancel Damascus Service from June 2012
Lufthansa S12 European Charter Service Update as of 21MAY12
Monarch Opens Reservation for Summer 2013
Monarch Expands Birmingham and Launch East Midlands Base late-Summer 2012
British Airways to Launch London Gatwick – Las Vegas from late-Oct 2012

Estonian Air to Maintain Paris Service in Winter 2012

Virgin Atlantic to Terminate Nairobi Service from late-Sep 2012

20052011 News Americas

News from The Americas

AeroMexico Postpones Cancun – Bogota Launch till mid-June 2012
UNITED to Start Denver – Tokyo Narita Boeing 787 Service from Mar 2013
COPA Airlines Service Changes to Bogota / Punta Cana from late-June 2012
DELTA Aug – Oct 2012 Prague Service Reductions
Frontier to Add New Colorado Springs Routes in Fall 2012
TAME Ecuador Expands Domestic Operation
Hawaiian Airlines to Start A330 Service to San Diego

Alaska Airlines to Start Portland – Lihue from Nov 2012

Aerolineas Argentinas Changes to Mexico Operation

TACA to End San Salvador – Chicago Nonstop Service from mid-June 2012

20052011 News Asia

News from Asia

ANA Boeing 787 Domestic Japan Operation Oct 2012
TransAsia Airways to Launch Taipei – Osaka Service from late-June 2012
Singapore Airlines to Offer Busan Charter Service July/Aug 2012
Philippine Airlines Capacity Increase to Australia Jul – Oct 2012
Philippine Airlines Postpones Kalibo – Hong Kong Service till late-June 2012
THAI Smile Opens Reservation for Domestic Routes
Air China Sep/Oct 2012 Los Angeles Operation Changes
AirAsia Cancels Kuala Lumpur – Solo from Sep 2012
Cathay Pacific Adds 5th Daily Nonstop Service to Seoul from July 2012
Dragonair Increases Sanya Service Jul – Oct 2012
China Southern Starts Zhengzhou – Seoul Incheon Service
Singapore Airlines W12 Saudi Arabia Operation Changes
China Eastern to Start Wuhan – Kaohsiung Service

Mega Maldives to Launch New Chinese Routes

Virgin Australia to Start Brisbane – Mount Isa from Aug 2012

Virgin Australia to Increase Brisbane – Gladstone Service

Singapore Airlines W12 Operation Changes as of 18MAY12

China Southern May/June 2012 Japan Service Reductions

Singapore Airlines Cancels Abu Dhabi / Athens Service from late-Oct 2012

SaipanAir to Launch Operation from July 2012

Hong Kong Airlines to Start Guiyang / Taiyuan Service in June 2012

Hong Kong Airlines Hanoi / Phuket Aircraft Changes from July 2012

Korean Air Nov 2012 Seoul – Bangkok Operations
Air China South East Asia Reductions June – Sep 2012
ANA Pokemon Jet Operation Jul/Aug 2012

China Airlines Starts New Luxembourg Cargo Route

AirAsia X Opens Reservation for Beijing Service

Cathay Pacific Long-Haul Cuts; W12 Operation as of 17MAY12

Jet Airways Cancels Mumbai – Bahrain Service from late-July 2012

210111-CIS MidEast

News From CIS & Middle East

Transaero to Start Moscow Vnukovo – Simferopol Service
Ural Airlines to Start Seasonal Mineralnye Vody – Barcelona Flight
AEROFLOT Plans to Start Sanya Service in W12
Air Astana Outlines Proposed Hong Kong Schedule

Tatarstan Airlines / Ak Bars Aero Adds Codeshare Service

Tatarstan Airlines / Turkish Airlines Expands Kazan – Istanbul Service from June 2012

Gulf Air Increases Dammam Service

Air Arabia S12 Service Increases

UT Air Starts Moscow – Nyagan / Beloyarsky Service

Ural Airlines to Add Krasnodar – Europe Seasonal Routes

Air Astana to Start Almaty – Kazan Service from June 2012
Aerosvit Changes to W12 Kiev – Colombo Operation
Aerosvit to Resume Shanghai Service from late-Oct 2012

Safi Airways Postpones Bahrain Launch to June 2012

QATAR Airways to Maintain A330 Operation to Seoul Aug – Oct 2012

210111-Africa

News From Africa

Royal Air Maroc Leased A310 Operation in S12
Kenya Airways Lubumbashi / Ndola Operation Changes from Sep 2012
Air Austral Consolidates French Operation in NW12
Kenya Airways to Start Kilimanjaro Service from July 2012
SA Express to Start Durban – Lusaka from July 2012

Air Austral to Cancel Australia / New Caledonia Service from mid-Aug 2012

Rwandair to Increase Tanzania / South Africa Service from June 2012

Ethiopian Airlines to Launch Toronto Service from July 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…