NEWS| New Routes Launched

>Pacific Blue has added two further international routes connecting Australia and New Zealand. Sydney (SYD) is now connected to Queenstown (ZQN) with two weekly flights while Brisbane (BNE) is linked with Hamilton (HLZ) three times per week. Air New Zealand (five weekly flights)

>jetBlue has entered the highly competitive Boston (BOS) to Baltimore/Washington (BWI) market by starting four daily flights with its 100-seat Embraer E190s.

>Aegean Airlines has begun serving Istanbul (IST) from its base at Athens (ATH). Flights operate daily using an A320.

>Aer Lingus has launched another new route from its new base at London Gatwick (LGW). Vilnius (VNO), the capital of Lithuania, will initially be served with three weekly flights before increasing to daily at the start of the winter season.

>AirAsia added three new routes to its network this week. From Kota Kinabalu (BKI) in Malaysia it has begun daily flights to Brunei (BWN).

>Bahrain Air is complementing its existing thrice-weekly service to Jeddah with a new four-times weekly service between Bahrain (BAH) and Riyadh (RUH). There will be a single flight on Wednesdays and Fridays and two flights on Sunday.

>SkyExpress of Russia has begun another route from its base at Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) airport. It will now serve Krasnodar (KRR) daily.




source|http://www.anna.aero/2009/09/11/new-routes-launched-during-the-last-week-5-september-11-september/