The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
March 20
Volotea will launch a new public service obligation (PSO) route between Strasbourg and Copenhagen, expanding its network from eastern France. The service will begin April 9, operating 2X-weekly on Mondays and Thursdays under a two-year PSO contract awarded by French authorities. The route will offer more than 33,000 seats and is aimed at supporting regional economic development while improving connectivity between the Alsace region and Denmark. Separately, Volotea will also launch a new international route between Granada, Spain, and Porto, Portugal, from Nov. 3. The service will operate 2X-weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Iberia will expand connectivity for its new Madrid-Monterrey route through a codeshare agreement with Mexican LCC Viva, linking the service to 32 domestic destinations across Mexico. The partnership will allow passengers to book combined itineraries on a single ticket and check baggage through to their final destination. Iberia is scheduled to launch the Madrid-Monterrey route on June 2 with 3X-weekly flights operated by Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
Lufthansa plans to open a new seasonal route between Munich and Rovaniemi, expanding its network to Finnish Lapland for winter 2026-27. The service will begin Dec. 4, operating 2X-weekly on Fridays and Sundays through March 26, 2027. The airline says the expansion reflects growing demand from German travelers for winter leisure destinations in northern Finland.
Alaska Airlines has launched new daily nonstop service from Tulsa International Airport to Seattle and San Diego. Both services will operate year-round using Embraer 175 aircraft. The new routes provide onward connections via Seattle and San Diego to destinations across the Alaska Airlines network, including Hawaii, Asia and the South Pacific.
March 19
Avelo Airlines will add Indianapolis and Cleveland to its network, launching four new nonstop routes to New Haven, Connecticut, and Charlotte/Concord, North Carolina. From Indianapolis, service to New Haven and Concord will begin June 18, operating 2X-weekly on Thursdays and Sundays. From Cleveland, flights to both destinations will launch June 19 with 2X-weekly service on Fridays and Mondays. The airline will be the only carrier operating these routes, which will be served using Boeing 737 aircraft. Meanwhile, Aer Lingus plans to increase service to Indianapolis from Dublin. Frequencies will rise from 4X- to 5X-weekly from April 16.
Jazeera Airways plans to launch services linking Kuwait with six destinations in India via Saudi Arabia’s Al Qaisumah–Hafar Al Batin Airport (AQI) from March 22. The airline will serve New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kochi, expanding the carrier’s South Asia network during a period of operational disruption. The move follows the airline’s temporary shift of operations to AQI from March 11, after the suspension of flights at Kuwait International Airport for safety reasons.
Air Seychelles will open a new service between Mahe and Rome Fiumicino from March 28. The route will operate 2X-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays using Airbus A320neo aircraft, with a technical stop in Hurghada, Egypt. The airline says the new service is aimed at maintaining reliable connectivity to Europe amid ongoing disruption to traditional transit routes through Gulf hubs, which have affected access to Seychelles. Italy remains one of Seychelles’ largest source markets.
Wizz Air is expanding its Berlin Brandenburg network for summer 2026, adding new routes and increasing frequencies across Central and Eastern Europe. The ULCC has launched a new 4X-weekly service between Berlin and Bratislava from March 16, operated by Airbus A321neo aircraft. Additional new routes include Tuzla from March 30 (3X-weekly), Cluj-Napoca from March 31 (3X-weekly) and Timisoara from May 21 (2X-weekly), while Bucharest continues with daily service. Wizz Air is also increasing frequencies on existing routes, including Belgrade (5X-weekly), Chisinau (7X-weekly) and Tirana (up to 10X-weekly), alongside capacity growth on Varna. The expansion brings the carrier’s Berlin network to 12 destinations for the summer season.
LATAM Airlines Group plans to resume nonstop service between Santiago and Quito from October. The route will operate 4X-weekly using Airbus A320neo aircraft, offering approximately 35,000 annual seats. The airline last offered regular scheduled flights on the sector until March 2020 at the onset of the pandemic. Since then, the market has remained unserved, according to OAG Schedules Analyser data.
March 18
Wizz Air will base a 10th aircraft at Milan Malpensa from Oct. 25, expanding capacity and launching new routes. The additional Airbus A321neo will add around 500,000 annual seats and support five new international routes: Milan Malpensa-Dortmund (daily from Oct. 25); Bilbao (4X- to 5X-weekly from May 11); Cluj (4X-weekly from May 10); Iasi (3X-weekly from May 20); and Palma de Mallorca (daily from May 11). The airline is also expanding its domestic network, adding routes to Naples and Palermo, while increasing Milan-Naples service to 2X-daily from Sept. 1. With the expansion, Wizz Air will operate 47 routes from Malpensa across 21 countries.
Air India will operate 36 additional flights to Europe and Canada between March 19 and 28, boosting capacity on key long-haul routes amid strong international demand and ongoing disruption in the Middle East. The extra services will cover New Delhi-London Heathrow, Mumbai-London Heathrow, New Delhi-Frankfurt, New Delhi-Zurich and New Delhi-Toronto Pearson, adding more than 10,000 seats across the five routes. The move follows a prior capacity increase earlier in March, when the airline added 78 flights on nine international routes.
Norwegian will launch a new nonstop route between Stockholm Skavsta and Las Palmas, expanding its Spanish network from the airport. The service will begin Oct. 26 and operate 1X-weekly on Mondays during the winter season, targeting demand for leisure travel to the Canary Islands. Las Palmas becomes Norwegian’s fourth Spanish destination from Stockholm Skavsta, alongside Malaga, Alicante and Palma de Mallorca.
Frontier Airlines will launch four new domestic routes in May and June. The new services include daily flights between Dallas Fort Worth and New York Newark from May 5, and between Fort Lauderdale and Washington Dulles from May 21. The airline will also add 4X-weekly service on Orange County-Dallas from May 21 and Nashville-Las Vegas from June 11.
Contour Airlines will launch a new 4X-weekly nonstop route between Page, Arizona, and Las Vegas beginning July 2. The service will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays using 30-seat regional jets, linking Page Municipal Airport with Harry Reid International Airport.
March 17
Air China will expand its European network in 2026 with the launch of new services from Beijing Daxing. The carrier plans to begin daily Beijing Daxing-Frankfurt service on April 28 using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, followed by daily Beijing Daxing-Milan Malpensa flights from June 13 operated by Airbus A330-300s. The additions will complement Air China’s existing operations to Frankfurt and Milan from multiple points, including Beijing Capital, Shanghai Pudong and Chengdu.
Wizz Air plans to base a third aircraft at Varna Airport for summer 2026, launching five new routes from the Bulgarian Black Sea gateway. The Hungarian ULCC will add services to Barcelona, Spain; Athens, Greece; Paris Beauvais; Debrecen, Hungary; and Gdansk, Poland, with operations beginning June 15-16. Frequencies range from 2X-weekly to 3X-weekly. The expansion will increase Wizz Air’s network from Varna to 23 destinations and support additional capacity growth during the peak summer season.
Aeromexico will resume cooperation with Delta Air Lines on its seasonal service between Monterrey and New York John F. Kennedy for summer 2026. The route will operate 5X-weekly from June 11 through Aug. 30, offering more than 1,600 seats per week. Flights will be operated using Boeing 737-8 aircraft. The Monterrey-New York route complements other seasonal U.S. services planned for summer 2026, including Guadalajara-Seattle and Cancun-Raleigh-Durham, further expanding transborder capacity.
March 16
The U.S. Transportation Department has granted temporary waivers allowing Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways and American Airlines to suspend certain Cuba services during the summer 2026 season amid weak demand and operational challenges, including fuel supply constraints. Delta received approval to waive the 90-day dormancy rule for one of its two daily Miami-Havana roundtrips and its daily Atlanta-Havana service through Oct. 24. JetBlue was granted a similar waiver covering its 20X-weekly Fort Lauderdale-Havana frequencies for the same period. American Airlines also secured a waiver covering multiple Miami-Cuba routes, including 8X-daily Miami-Havana roundtrips and services to Camaguey, Holguin, Varadero, Santiago de Cuba and Santa Clara. Under U.S. aviation rules, airlines must regularly operate allocated international frequencies or risk losing them. Dormancy waivers allow carriers to temporarily suspend service while retaining route authorities.
Air Seychelles will launch a temporary nonstop service between Mahe and Paris Charles de Gaulle, operating 3X-weekly flights from March 20 for an initial one-month period. The route will be operated using a Boeing 787-9 through an agreement with Etihad Airways, enabling the carrier to deploy widebody capacity beyond its current narrowbody fleet. The service is intended to strengthen links with one of Seychelles’ largest European tourism markets while providing additional connectivity during a period of disruption to traditional transit routes through Middle Eastern hubs.
Air Serbia will launch a seasonal route between Belgrade and Brac, Croatia. The service will operate 2X-weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from June 20 to Sept. 12. The flights will provide direct access to the Croatian island, a popular leisure destination known for its beaches and resorts. The new route boosts Air Serbia’s presence in the Croatian market, where it already serves Split, Dubrovnik, Rijeka, Pula, Zadar and Zagreb.
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