News Digest From Around The World

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

20052011 News Europe

News from Europe

Lufthansa Adds 5 New Routes from Berlin / Dusseldorf in W12
Loganair/flyBe Begins Norwich – Isle of Man Seasonal Service
Finnair S12 Hong Kong / Seoul Service Reductions

Transavia to Start Iraq Service June – Oct 2012

Volotea to Start Venice – Bari from Sep 2012

SkyWork Airlines W12 Operation Changes as of 05JUN12

Turkish Airlines Increasing Bishkek Service; Secures Kyrgyzstan – Mongolia Traffic Rights

Turkish Airlines Moves Forward Planned Toronto Service Increase to late-Oct 2012

AnadoluJet Transfers International Flights to Turkish Airlines from June 2012

Volotea Adds New Italy and France Domestic Service from Sep 2012

AeroMexico to Start Cancun – San Jose Service from July 2012

Turkish Airlines to Start Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen – Kiev from mid-June 2012

SAS Adds 4 Additional Routes in W12

Air Europa Adds 8th Weekly Cancun Service Jul – Sep 2012

brussels airlines Lifts Capacity to Bristol & Newcastle in W12

TACV Cabo Verde Airlines Expands Nice / Fortaleza Operation in W12

Vueling Boosts Copenhagen Operation in W12

KLM S13 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 01JUN12

KLM Closes Reservation for Planned Miami Winter 2012 Service

SAS Expands Poland Service in W12

Blue1 to Start Copenhagen – Ivalo from Dec 2012

TAP Portugal Keeps Sao Paulo Viracopos Service with Revised Operation in NW12

SWISS W12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 31MAY12

20052011 News Americas

News from The Americas

Aerolineas Argentinas Increases Buenos Aires Ezeiza – Montevideo Service from June 2012
TAME Ecuador Launches New Quito – Tena Domestic Service

Air Canada W12 Long-Haul Operation Changes as of 06JUN12

Air Canada W12 Liberia, Costa Rica Operations

UNITED / EVA Air Seeks Codeshare Operation Approval with US DoT

DELTA Fall 2012 Memphis Service Reductions

Caribbean Airlines Further Reduces Planned London Gatwick Operation from mid-June 2012

LANColombia Adds Bogota – San Andres Island Flights from mid-June 2012

JetBlue to End Washington Dulles – Ft Lauderdale / Orlando Service

AVIANCA / Sky Airline Launches Codeshare Service

LANEcuador Boosts New York JFK Service

UNITED Expands Denver Service in Fall 2012

DELTA to Start New York JFK – Elmira Service

LAN Bogota – Miami Operation Changes from late-Aug 2012

DELTA W12 Trans-Atlantic Operation Changes as of 03JUN12

Allegiant Air to Start Monterey – Honolulu Service from Nov 2012

Hawaiian Airlines Increasing Honolulu – Las Vegas Service from September 2012

VivaColombia Launches Operation

DELTA to Convert Detroit – Paris CDG Seasonal Service to Year-Round

AVIANCA to Boost Rio de Janeiro & Santo Domingo Operation from late-June 2012

AVIANCA-TACA San Jose – Bogota Operation Changes from June 2012

Hawaiian Airlines / JetBlue to Start Codeshare Service from June 2012

American Airlines Reducing Boston – London Heathrow Winter Service in W12

20052011 News Asia

News from Asia

Air China Expands Codeshare Service with TAM
Skymark to Offer Kitakyushu – Okinawa Service in Jul/Aug 2012

EVA Air July/August 2012 Jakarta / Ho Chi Minh Service Increase

Eznis Airways Starts Ulaan Baatar – Ölgii – Almaty Service

Philippine Airlines to Add 3rd Daily Manila – Seoul Incheon Service from late-Jul 2012

BIMAN Bangladesh Operation Changes to Dubai in S12

BIMAN Shelves Planned Hong Kong Service Increase in S12

China Southern Guilin – Taipei Schedule Changes from July 2012

Malaysia Airlines Postpones A380 Service to Sydney till late-Nov 2012

Jet Airways Partially Re-Opens Reservation for Brussels – New York JFK from Sep 2012

China Southern Resumes Sendai Service from late-July 2012

THAI Shelves Planned Hong Kong – Taipei Resumption from late-Oct 2012

Jet Airways Cancels Brussels – New York JFK from Sep 2012

QANTAS Redeploys Boeing 747 on Sydney – Perth Service from July 2012

Dragonair Increases Dhaka / Kathmandu Service in Sep/Oct 2012

Japan / Qatar Concludes Revised Bilateral Air Service Agreement

Sichuan Airlines Launches Lijiang City – Hong Kong Service

China Eastern Paris CDG Sep/Oct 2012 Operation Changes

China Southern Temporary Reducing Melbourne Service Jun/Jul 2012

EVA Air Expands Royal Laurel Class Operation from Sep 2012

Hong Kong Airlines June/July 2012 Asia Operation Changes

210111-CIS MidEast

News From CIS & Middle East

flydubai to Start Bucharest / Skopje Service from Oct 2012
Saudia Boosts Jeddah – Paris CDG Service from Sep 2012

Polet Airlines Adds New Greek Routes from Voronezh

Aerosvit Adds 5 New Seasonal Routes from Lwow and Simferopol

WizzAir to Launch Georgia Service from late-Sep 2012

Kam Air Launches Moscow Service

Oman Air to Start Muscat – Tehran Service from Sep 2012

AEROFLOT Moves Forward Milan Service Increase to Sep 2012

S7 Airlines to Start Novosibirsk – Munich Service from late-Dec 2012

Rak Airways Cancels Bangkok Service Launch

Azerbaijan Airlines Launches Baku – Gabala Service
QATAR Airways to Terminate Codeshare Service with UNITED from Sep 2012

Vladivostok Air Resumes Seasonal Khabarovsk – Tokyo Narita Service from June 2012

EGYPTAIR Jun – Oct 2012 Guangzhou Operational Aircraft Changes

Transaero to Operate 777-300 to Sakhalinsk in Nov/Dec 2012

Uzbekistan Airways W12 Operation Changes as of 01JUN12

QATAR Airways to Increase Hong Kong / Kuala Lumpur Service from Sep 2012

210111-Africa

News From Africa

Kenya Airways Cancels Rome Service
South African Airways Mumbai / Accra Service Increase from Aug 2012

South African Airways Cancels Cape Town – London Heathrow from mid-Aug 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…