Just eight scheduled passenger routes are currently operating from the airport and Swedavia believes Stockholm Arlanda could accommodate the traffic.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Mexico’s flag-carrier has opened two leisure routes from Guadalajara designed to help kickstart the country’s tourism recovery.

Virgin Australia’s decision to exit nine regional routes has prompted Qantas to expand its offering.

The Japanese LCC previously operated 10 Japan-Taiwan routes before suspending flights in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief executives from some of the world’s leading airlines will be in attendance at Routes Reconnected to discuss the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business models and how they intend to rebuild passenger demand.

Worries have set in after the budding recovery in traffic seen in early summer stagnated.

United Airlines is beefing up its international network with the addition of three routes to destinations in Africa, two to India and two to Hawaii.