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Routes of The Week 20-26 February 2012

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on February 27, 2012 12:36 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
 Airline route network updates, announcements and key events from the week of 20-26 February 2012.

  • Delta Air Lines from 17th April will be discontinuing flights to London Gatwick, following the move of all of its London flights to London Heathrow. As economical as it may sound, it may also be emotional to some - as Gatwick was the first ever international air route for Delta when it began international flying in 1978.
  • Gulf Air from 1st May begins introducing Airbus A321 aircraft with near-flat-bed seats [to be confirmed] to its fleet. The aircraft features 8 flat bed seats and 161 economy class seats. Entering service on Mumbai flights, the fleet would then expand to Cairo, Delhi, Dubai, Karachi, Kochi (all effective 1st June) and Colombo (from 1st September).
  • Emirates Airline, from 1st September 2011, is to upgrade its Newcastle service to a daily 2 class Boeing 777-300ER. This represents a 1043 - 1148 weekly seat increase (depending on the configuration) over the Airbus A330-200 presently used on the route.
  • Air France from 8th June will launch service on the Marseille - Berlin (Brandenburg) route. Services will operate twice weekly on board Airbus A319 aircraft.
  • Air China from 1st October will be introducing Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on its Beijing - New York JFK route; replacing Boeing 747-400 aircraft.
  • Air New Zealand from 19th June to 13th October seasonally resumes service to Denpasar out of Auckland. The service will operate twice weekly on board Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. ANZ last operated this route in 1995.
  • United Airlines from 1st July will launch service on the Newark - Istanbul route. Service will operate daily on board Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.

Routes of The Week 27 Feb - 14 Mar

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on March 14, 2011 10:00 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Airline Type Route Frequency Aircraft Validity
Aegean launch Larnaca - London LHR daily A320 eff 27 Mar
Garuda Indonesia increase Jakarta - Hong Kong D > 2D 737-800 eff 16 Jun
flydubai launch Dubai - Sohag 2 weekly 737-800 eff 6 Apr
Qatar Airways launch Doha - Sofia 4 weekly A320 eff 14 Sep
Qatar Airways launch Doha - Kolkata daily A320 eff 27 July
Qatar Airways launch Doha - Oslo 5 weekly A330-200 eff 5th Oct
SE Air increase Clark - Hong Kong 1D > 2D A320 eff 15 Apr
British Airways increase London LHR - Shanghai 5 > 6 weekly 777-200ER eff 28 Apr
Hainan Airlines launch Beijing - Zurich 3 weekly A330-200 eff 31 May
KLM replacement Amsterdam - Havana 3 weekly ( replacing Martinair ) MD11 eff 31 Oct
Ethiopian launch Addis Ababa - Milan MXP 5 weekly 757-200 eff 15 Jun
Air France increase Paris CDG - Atlanta 1D > 3D EQV eff 27 Mar
Edelweiss resumption Zurich - Colombo 2 weekly A330-300 eff 31 Oct
Edelweiss launch Zurich - Capetown 2 weekly A330-200 eff 1 Nov
PIA reduction Karachi - Colombo 3 > 2 weekly A310 > 737 eff 29 Mar
Emirates increase Dubai - Manchester 2D > 3D EQV eff 1 May
AirEuropa launch Madrid - Mexico City 4 weekly A330-200 eff 2 Jun
IranAir consolidation Tehran - Milan MXP - Rome FCO weekly A310 eff 27Mar
SriLankan launch Colombo - Moscow 4 weekly A330-200 eff 23 Dec
Continental launch Newark - Stuttgart daily 757-200 eff 9 Jun

Routes of The Week 20-26 February

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on February 26, 2011 1:34 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Airline Type Route Frequency A/C Type Validity
Etihad increase Abu Dhabi - Beijing 5 weekly > Daily A330-200 eff 2 Jul
Oman Air increase Muscat - Colombo 5 > 6 weekly EQV eff 1 Jun
China Eastern increase Qingdao - Nanjing - SIN 3w > Daily A319 eff 27 Mar
Emirates cancellation Dubai - Tripoli was 3 w was A345 eff 24 Feb
Qatar Airways cancellation Doha - Tripoli was 4 w was A332 eff 24 Mar
Ethiopian reduction Addis Ababa - Mumbai 2 daily > daily 737-800 till 26 Mar
Sichuan launch Chongqing - Hanoi 2 weekly A320 eff 6 Mar
Qatar Airways increase Doha - Manchester daily > 2 daily A330-200 eff 1 Jun
Vietnam Airlines increase Hanoi - Bangkok daily > 2 daily A321 eff 16 Jul
United Airlines increase IAD - Paris CDG daily > 2 daily 777&757 eff 9 Jul

Routes of The Week 13 - 19 February

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on February 19, 2011 3:39 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Airline Type Route Frequency A/C Type Validity
American reduction Chicago -Delhi Daily > 6 weekly 777-200ER eff 1 May
Dragon Air increase Hong Kong - Kaohsiung 32 > 42 weekly 32S/330 eff 27 Mar
Hawaiian launch Honolulu - Osaka daily 767-300ER eff 12 Jul
Korean Air increase Seoul - Guam daily > 11 weekly 777/A330 eff 30 Oct
KLM launch Amsterdam - Buenos Aires 3 weekly 777-200ER eff 31 Oct
Lufthansa launch Frankfurt - Rio De Janeiro 5 weekly A340-300 eff 30 Oct
Oman Air split Muscat - Milan
(was MUC-MXP )		 4 weekly A330-200/300 eff 1 Jun
Oman Air split Muscat - Munich
(was MUC-MXP)		 4 weekly A330-300 eff 1 Jun
Qatar Airways launch Doha - Venice daily A320 eff 15 Jun
Virgin America launch to Chicago LAX ( 2 daily), SFO (3 daily) A320 eff 25 May

Routes of The Week 6 - 12 February

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on February 12, 2011 3:26 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Airline Type Route Frequency A/C Type Validity
Armavia launch Yerevan - Amritsar 2 weekly A319 9 Mar -
Bahrain Air launch Bahrain - Sharm El Sheikh ( via HBE) 2 weekly A320 3 Mar -
airberlin seasonal Stuttgart - Moscow DME 4 weekly A320 3 May - 31 Oct
Jet Airways launch Mumbai - Dammam daily 737-800 27 Mar -
Jet Airways increase Mumbai - Dubai twice daily to thrice daily new flt 73H 27 Mar -
Air Canada seasonal Toronto - Gander daily E190 18 Jun -
TAM increase Rio De Janeiro - Frankfurt 5w to daily A330-200 3 May -
Qatar Airways increase Doha - Singapore 10 to 14 weekly 77W & 332 Gradually May - 3 Nov
Thai Airways reduction Bangkok - Dubai daily 772 > 333

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Routes of the Week 30 Jan - 5 February

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on February 5, 2011 1:03 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
This week's Routes of the Week takes an experimental new look. Let us know what you think of it, by leaving a comment.


Airline Type Route Frequency Type Validity
Oman Air launch Muscat - Moscow DME 4 weekly 737-800 9 Jun 2011 -
Oman Air launch Muscat - Khartoum 4 weekly 737-800 5 May 2011 -
Emirates reduction Dubai - Khartoum 3 weekly ( was daily ) A330-200 2 Mar 2011 -
Delta saesonal Nagoya - Honolulu daily 767-300ER 15 Jul - 24 Sep 2011
Lufthansa seasonal Frankfurt - Shanghai PVG double daily ( was daily) 747-400 and A340-600 Summer 2011
Dragonair increase Hong Kong - Ningbo 10 weekly ( was daily) A320 27 Mar -
Azerbaijan Airlines launch Baku - Amsterdam twice weekly A319 24 Mar -
Air Mauritius launch Mauritius - Kuala Lumpur - Shanghai PVG weekly A330-200 4 Jul -
Philippine Airlines suspension Manila - Riyadh 4 weekly 747-400 - 31 Mar
SriLankan increase Colombo - Karachi 5 weekly ( was 4) A320 27 Mar -
SriLankan postpone Colombo - Kochi daily A320 27 Mar - ( was 1 Feb)
Transaero seasonal Moscow DME - Hong Kong weekly 777-200ER 24 Apr -
Air China launch Wuhan - Tokyo NRT 2 weekly A320 30 Mar -
Qatar Airways CEO claim Doha - Montreal 3 weekly 777-200LR June 2011 -

Routes of The Week 16-22 January

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on January 22, 2011 12:10 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Welcome to this week's Routes of The Week edition. Your weekly short and sweet route announcements list. ;-)

16-22 January

China Southern Airlines announced that it will be launching new flights to Vancouver and Amsterdam. The Vancouver route will operate thrice weekly aboard Boeing 777-200ER aircraft w.e.f 15 Jun while the new nonstop Guangzhou - Amsterdam service will operate thrice weekly w.e.f 7 Jun. The carrier already operates a daily service to Amsterdam via Beijing.

Alitalia from 27 Mar launches six weekly Rome - Touluse service on board CRJ900 aircraft. 

Qatar Airways network update, previously posted.

AerLingus Express from 27 Mar launches five times weekly Shannon - Edinburgh service onboard ATR72 aircraft.

Bangkok Airways from 27 Mar launches daily Bangkok - Dhaka service onboard A320 aircraft

MEA from 27 Mar will increase Beirut - Erbil service to daily A321, from the current five times weekly service.

Emirates launches daily Dubai - Copenhagen service from 1 Aug onboard A330-200. Equipment switches to Boeing 777-300ER w.e.f 1 Feb 2012.

Swiss International from 27 Mar launches six weekly Copenhagen and daily Rome service from Basel.

Routes of The Week 9 - 15 January

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on January 15, 2011 11:21 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Welcome to this week's Routes of The Week feature - your weekly route news update. Let's see which route activities have airlines had this week.

  • Air France from 27 Mar launches four weekly service to Tripoli onboard A320. Service increases to five weekly from 4 Jun.
  • Aer Lingus from 27 Mar launches daily Shannon - London Gatwick service onboard A320.
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines in preparation of its 2012 entry to Sky Team alliance has introduced a range of upgrades to its network. New three weekly Jeddah - Riyadh - Guangzhou service begins on 29 Mar. All Paris CDG services have been upgraded to A330-300 aircraft.
  • Qantas from 16 May launches service to Dallas. The service, world's third longest nonstop flight and the longest on a 747, will operate four times weekly. the airline also announced that from 14 May it will be cancelling service to San Francisco, also four weekly.
  • Continental from 3 May launches daily Los Angeles - Guadalajara service on board 737-800. The carrier will also launch service to Port Au Prince, Haiti from 9 Jun, again on 737-800. The service initially operates thrice weekly and increases to daily from 1 Jul.
  • Aegean from 29 Mar launches three weekly Athens - Bologna service onboard 320.
  • Luuxair from 12 May launches two weekly Bilbao service onboard EMB145.
  • Xiamen Airlines from 24 Jan launches daily Zhengzhou - Xiamen - Singapore service on board 737-700, thereby incresing overall Xiamen - SIN service to twice daily.
  • Etihad from 1 Feb increases Jeddah service to 12 times weekly. New five weekly service operates on A320.
  • Air Canada from 16 May adds the fifth daily Toronto - Los Angeles service on board A319.
  • Hawaiian Airlines on 13 Jan operated its inaugural service to Seoul, its third destination in Asia.
  • Delta Air Lines has cancelled planned service launch to Luanda from Atlanta originally due on 20 Jan.
  • Virgin Blue Airlines in March 2011 will take delivery of two used Airbus A330-200 aircraft from Emirates ( A6-EAB, EAC). Two brand new A332s will join the fleet in late 2011. The airline expects to operate these aircraft on domestic services.


Routes of The Week 1 - 8 January

By
Miyuru Sandaruwan
 on January 8, 2011 1:34 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Routes of The Week is a new feature here at The Networker. On Routes of the Week, I will be covering all of the most important route announcements, and updates of the week - so you can read them at your comfort in the weekend.

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Week from 1 Jan - 8 Jan
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  • Pakistan International Airlines from 19FEB resumes thrice weekly A310 service to Colombo, Sri Lanka from Karachi.
  • Asiana Airlines from 29MAR is launching thrice weekly 777 service to Istanbul, from Seoul.
  • flydubai from 14FEB launches four times weekly service to Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its second destination in Bangladesh, after Chittagong.
  • Volaris from 30MAR launches daily service to Las Vegas from Guadalaraja aboard A319 aircraft. Las Vegas is its fifth US destination.
  • Dutch charter carrier ArkeFly from 24JUN launches twice weekly Orlando/Miami triangular service from Amsterdam.
  • Gulf Air from 28MAR resumes service to Geneva ( three weekly ) and Milan ( four weekly ) from Bahrain, aboard PrivatAir Boeing 737 aircraft.
  • China Eastern Airlines from 18JUN launches thrice weekly 73G service to Kathmandu, Nepal from Kunming. The carrier has been steadily expanding international service out of Kunming recently.
  • China Southern Airlines will be launching its Auckland service, nonstop from Guangzhou, on 08APR.
  • Korean Air announced its intention to launch its first A380 services to Tokyo ( NRT ), Hong Kong and Bangkok. The carrier has the lightest yet of, configuration for the A380, with only 407 seats onboard.
  • Norwegian announced that it hopes to conclude a codeshare agreement with Finnair by Q1 of 2011
  • LANChile from 1APR cancels service to Toronto. It currently operates the route five times weekly.
  • Alaska Airlines from 4JAN ended mainline service on its Seattle - Vancouver route. The route is now operated with Horizon Air Bombardier Q400s.
More links of interest
  • Pakistan International Airlines planned network changes
  • Delta Air Lines planned network changes
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