Is it me or are we getting new route news almost on a weekly basis ?
I have never known anything like it in in 30 years !
Well, just for reference, lets look at how good 2015 is set to be:
Already changed/started:
Cathay Pacific started Dec 8th, so, lets face it, 2015 is its bedding in period.
Emirates upgraded to 2xA388 1xB77W on 1st Feb
Qatar Airways re-added 4 flights to make 14 weekly on Feb 1st.
Etihad in a period of 2 daily B77W
Easyjet started Funchal.
Icelandair increased to 4 weekly
Flybe added 5 flights a week to Amsterdam
Still to come:
Flybe increase several routes such as BHD/NQY/MXP and more. Add new route to Bergerac.
Easyjet to add EFL/OPO/MRS/PSA/SPU add 9th based aircraft
Ryanair add 6 weekly Stuttgart, recently added Eindhoven.
Jet2 add Enfidha, Antalya, Kefalonia, Malta and Zante. Add A330 from Air Asia X.
Enter Air base B737 to run Zante, Heraklion and Preveza.
Condor add Bourgas and Heraklion.
Thomas cook add Miami and New York JFK. Increase several short haul routes.
Thomson add Alghero and Keflavik. Use B787 on many short haul routes.
Delta/Virgin add New York JFK, VS runs Atlanta. Increases to MCO and LAS, including use of A340-600 on LAS.
American Airlines use B767-300 on JFK
Air Canada Rouge increase Toronto to 6 weekly.
Iraqi Airways to start Erbil and Sulamanya
Egyptair re-start Cairo
Saudi Arabian keep 4 weekly increase into Summer.
Aurigny increase to 3 daily on Mon/Sat/Sun
Vueling to start Barcelona.
Iberia Express to start Madrid
Pegsus begin scheduled flights to Dalaman
Turkish increase to 3 daily
Nouvelair Tunisie to return on Enfidha
Correndon run Antalya charters
Small Planet increase based operations
Denim Air to run 1 weekly Innsbruck
Still waiting for confirmation:
Hainan should be announced in the next 14 days according to MAN.
Montenegro Airlines were quoted in several news articles as starting MAN, but havent yet added flights.
TCX to Boston and LAX (will be announced in May but 2016 start).
Austrian have apllied for MAN-VIE so hopefully follow through this time.
The deceases
AA to Charlotte has not returned
VS to end MAN-LHR ops
Monarch have ended several routes
All in all, not a bad year ahead, and, Im sure there are ones I have missed which would bulk out the list further (feel free to add)