The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Sept. 19
French bee has unveiled its 2025-26 winter schedule, increasing frequencies on several long-haul routes from Paris Orly Airport. Between November and March 2026, the airline will operate up to 14 flights per week to Reunion, adding 5,760 seats compared with last winter. Montreal flights will rise to 4X-weekly following a summer launch that achieved a load factor above 90%. Service to Newark Liberty will increase to 6X-weekly, while Miami and the San Francisco–Papeete route will each see up to three flights per week. “This program illustrates the strength of our network and the relevance of our model,” CEO Marc-Antoine Blondeau says.
Transavia France is expanding operations from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport with a new winter service to Tunis starting Oct. 26. The route will operate once a week on Sundays. The airline’s expanded winter program includes nine new destinations such as Agadir, Boa Vista, Djeddah, Hurghada, Marrakech, Sal, Seville and Tel Aviv, offering a total of 13 routes from Toulouse. At the same time, the LCC has opened sales for summer 2026, adding up to eight daily flights to Paris Orly along with services to Brest, Dakar, Algiers, Oran and Marrakech.
Russia’s Azimuth Airlines has launched its first international flights from its home base at Krasnodar International Airport. Service to Istanbul will operate six times per week. Additionally, the carrier plans to open routes from Krasnodar to Antalya, Turkey; Yerevan, Armenia; Dubai, UAE; Samarkand, Uzbekistan; and Tbilisi, Georgia.
Sept. 18
Turkish Airlines has launched flights to Port Sudan, expanding its African network to 63 destinations. The service began with two weekly frequencies and will increase to three flights per week from Sept. 29, operating on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. “We believe that these flights will build new bridges in many areas from trade to tourism, and from education to cultural exchange,” Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat says. Port Sudan, Sudan’s largest port city, is located on the Red Sea coast. Additionally, the airline has opened a new route to Seville, becoming its sixth destination in Spain after Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga and Bilbao. Service will be daily.
Thai AirAsia X will launch three new routes from Bangkok Don Mueang (DMK) at the end of 2025, adding direct services to Almaty, Sendai and Riyadh. Flights to Almaty, Kazakhstan, and Sendai, Japan, will begin Dec. 1, operating four times per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Service to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will start Dec. 2 with 4X-weekly frequencies on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. All routes will be operated using Airbus A330 aircraft. The expansion will bring Thai AirAsia X’s network to 10 international destinations from DMK by the end of 2025. The LCC plans to add two more A330s in the fourth quarter, increasing its fleet to 11 aircraft.
SunExpress, the joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, will add Porto to its network this winter with new nonstop service to Izmir. The 2X-weekly flights will begin Nov. 5 using Boeing 737 aircraft. The airline operates in a total of 237 routes to 92 destinations across 35 countries.
Wizz Air has resumed flights between Varna and Milan Bergamo, coinciding with the eighth anniversary of its base at the Bulgarian airport. The service operates 2X-weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Since the base opened in 2017, Wizz Air has carried nearly 5 million passengers from Varna across more than 10 European destinations. A new route to Bratislava is also scheduled to begin Nov. 15.
Royal Air Maroc has inaugurated nonstop service between Casablanca and N’Djamena, Chad, expanding its African network to 29 destinations. The new route will operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. “Each new route we open strengthens Casablanca’s position as a major hub for global connectivity and affirms our company’s leadership as a benchmark for air transport in Africa,” Royal Air Maroc CEO Hamid Addou says.
Sept. 17
Avelo Airlines has scheduled the suspension of its only routes from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT). Flights to Myrtle Beach (MYR) will be paused from Nov. 16, while service to Concord (USA), Raleigh/Durham (RDU) and Wilmington (ILM) will be suspended from early January 2026. “Avelo unfortunately made the difficult decision to pause service at MHT, with their latest flight departing on January 5, 2026,” a spokesperson for MHT says. “They plan to continue to explore opportunities in MHT and hope to return for the summer 2026 season once they identify the right mix of markets and frequencies.” Avelo also confirmed that MHT will be “seasonally suspended” as it works on its summer 2026 schedule. All four routes from MHT are currently served twice a week.
Flydubai will launch flights to Nairobi International Airport on Oct. 15, expanding its Kenya network to 11X-weekly services. The Dubai-based carrier will operate four flights per week from Dubai International Airport, complementing its Mombasa service, which increases to daily on Oct. 1. With Nairobi, flydubai will serve 12 destinations in Africa, including Addis Ababa, Cairo and Zanzibar. OAG Schedules Analyser data shows that Emirates will continue to serve Dubai-Nairobi 14X-weekly. Flydubai launched the Mombasa route in 2024, initially flying four times per week.
Air Arabia will expand its Thailand operations this winter, boosting Sharjah–Phuket service to 3X-daily flights from Oct. 26. The LCC says the move responds to rising demand for travel to Phuket and strengthens its presence in Thailand, where it also serves Bangkok and Krabi. Separately, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will launch a new route to Assiut, Egypt, starting Nov. 4. The route will operate 2X-weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays, connecting Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport with Assiut International Airport.
Sept. 16
Wizz Air will expand its Lithuanian network with seven new routes and a third aircraft based in Vilnius. The rollout begins Oct. 26 with Vilnius–Krakow (4X-weekly), followed by Vilnius–Tallinn (daily) and Vilnius–Nice (3X-weekly) on Dec. 12. Vilnius–Turku (3X-weekly) also starts Dec. 12. In 2026, Vilnius–Tirana (3X-weekly) and Palanga–Oslo (3X-weekly) begin Mar. 31, while Vilnius–Podgorica (2X-weekly) launches June 7. “The deployment of a third aircraft at our Vilnius base brings even more travel opportunities for Lithuanian passengers and underlines our long-term commitment to this market,” says Andras Szabo, Wizz Air’s commercial manager for Central Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
EVA Air will boost services from Taipei to both Milan and Brisbane in response to rising demand. From Jan. 16, 2026, the Taiwanese carrier will increase its Taipei–Milan Malpensa route from four flights per week to daily, operated by Boeing 787s. The added frequencies—on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays—will complement existing departures on the other days of the week. Separately, EVA will add a Tuesday frequency on its Taipei–Brisbane service between Dec. 2 and Feb. 24. This will bring the route to 4X-weekly flights during the peak travel season, also using 787s.
Sept. 15
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has launched its first nonstop service between Scandinavia and South Korea, with the inaugural Copenhagen–Seoul flight departing on Sept. 12. The airline will operate the route four times per week during the fall and three times per week in winter, before ramping up to as many as 6X-weekly flights next summer—a 50% capacity increase. Airbus A350 aircraft will be deployed on the route. Seoul is the main hub for SAS’ SkyTeam alliance partner Korean Airlines.
KLM will operate an expanded winter schedule from Oct. 26 to March 28, 2026, offering service to 161 destinations—92 in Europe and 69 intercontinental. The airline is adding two new destinations: weekly flights to Kittilä, Finland, starting in late November, and a return to Barbados, combined with Georgetown, Guyana, three times per week. Routes launched this summer, such as Exeter, Ljubljana and Hyderabad, will continue through the winter. Nonstop flights to San Diego also begin in late February. KLM is also increasing frequencies to several destinations, including New Delhi, Panama City, Bangkok, Cape Town and Curaçao. Three new Airbus A321neos and KLM’s final Boeing 787-10 are due for delivery this winter.
Binter Canarias will expand its Tenerife capacity this winter, adding 412,000 seats for the 2025-26 season, a 33% year-on-year increase. The carrier will launch a 2X-weekly Tenerife Norte–Badajoz route from Dec. 1 using Embraer 195-E2 aircraft. Frequencies will also rise on services to Vigo, Valencia and Asturias, while seasonal routes to Valladolid, San Sebastian, Granada, Pamplona and Murcia will be extended into the winter schedule. In addition, Binter plans to open new 5X-weekly services from both Gran Canaria and Tenerife to Seville, also starting Dec. 1.
AirAsia has launched two new direct routes to Pontianak, Indonesia, linking the West Kalimantan capital with Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. The move makes AirAsia the first airline to operate international flights at Supadio Airport since it regained international status in June 2025. Pontianak–Pontianak will be daily, while Pontianak–Kuala Lumpur will be 4X-weekly. “Following the success of our recent route launches in Palembang and beyond, Indonesia remains one of our most important markets,” AirAsia Malaysia CEO Fareh Mazputra says. “These routes not only provide greater convenience for our guests but also open more opportunities for tourism and business between Malaysia and Indonesia.”
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