Singapore Airlines-Nok Air JV folds in face of passenger demand drop.

Virgin Australia’s current owners, including the UK Virgin Group, will have their stakes wiped out.

KLM is restarting routes from a number of UK cities as it seeks to rebuild its pre-COVID network during summer 2020.

Charting the resurgence of air transport in markets around the word, Routes looks at the easing of travel restrictions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Qantas will ground 100 aircraft for up to a year, with CEO Alan Joyce admitting that he does not expect the Australian flag carrier to resume international services in any significant way for another 12 months.

Routes’ digital platform Route Exchange is helping to play an important role in the recovery of the aviation industry.

With COVID-19 travel restrictions easing in parts of the world, airlines are gradually rebuilding their networks. Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at JetBlue’s domestic expansion strategy, Peach adding routes from Tokyo Narita, and Lufthansa resuming mainland China operations.

The Indian government said it will consider reopening regular international flights when India’s domestic traffic reaches 50-60% of pre-COVID levels; India’s airlines started a phased return to domestic flying on May 25.