American Airlines has added 13 European cities beyond Zurich to its planned codeshare deal with Swiss. If the partners secure regulatory approval, American's code will be added to Swiss services from Zurich to Basle, Bologna, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hanover, Milan, Nice, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Turin, Venice, Vienna and Warsaw. The codeshare agreement is the first step towards Swiss membership of the Oneworld alliance. Sibir Airlines, Russia's second largest carrier and the principal user of Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, is transferring all its scheduled operations from Vnukovo to Domodedovo. The move, which will be completed by the end of May, is due to a combination of airport charges, airport quality and problems with transferring passengers and baggage to connecting services, says the airline. Domodedovo is the only Moscow airport with a direct rail link to the city centre. British Airways franchise operator Maersk Air has increased the number of routes it serves on behalf of the UK flag carrier from its base in Birmingham from 10 to 16. It is adding weekend flights to Bordeaux, Nice and Toulouse on 4 May, which will be ramped up to daily services in June when it will also introduce daily services to Geneva and three flights a week to Athens and Venice. Air France has reinstated its non-stop daily service between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International under a codesharing deal with fellow SkyTeam member Delta Air Lines. Air France Boeing 767-300s are serving the route. Continental Express will start a twice-daily service in July between Des Moines, Iowa, and Continental's hub in New York Newark and Houston using 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145s. Air Canada Jazz, formerly Air Canada Regional, will introduce 50-seat Bombardier CRJs on its Toronto-Baltimore/Washington route from 6 May, replacing Dash 8s. Air Canada Jazz operates 10 flights each weekday between the two destinations.
Source: Flight International
