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The European Council is pushing to reimpose strict COVID-19 rules on passengers from the US and five other countries.

Another week of modest growth as Chinese carriers add capacity back to their networks.

After it emerged that British Airways is planning the launch of a subsidiary to run short-haul routes out of London Gatwick from next summer, Routes looks at the carrier’s operations from the UK airport pre-pandemic and the latest schedules filed for 2022.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

More winter sun destinations are being offered by Canada’s Sunwing.

LOT Polish Airlines’ planned entry to the market comes four days before flydubai intends to begin service on the route.

More than 130 domestic routes flown by China Express are exclusive to the carrier.

SAA will return with an Africa-only network but hopes to fly beyond the continent as market conditions improve.

The routes will add mobility between the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Destinations with high vaccination rates are an initial focus, while Australia’s flag-carrier is evaluating whether to operate scheduled service between London Heathrow and Darwin.

The carrier seeks to fill the gap left by Norwegian Air Shuttle stopping transatlantic flying.

The Scottish carrier has unveiled its summer 2022 schedule, which includes the restart of several international services as well as frequency increases on scores of UK domestic routes.

Routes profiles Air Senegal, the World Routes 2021 attendee that has just revised the launch plans for its inaugural route to the US.

The partnership is designed to strengthen US connectivity from Barcelona.

The airline will pull out of Belfast City and Belfast International ahead of the winter season.

Volaris has scheduled the launch of its first route to Honduras.

The Japanese carrier said the COVID-19 pandemic is reducing passenger demand both internationally and domestically.

The Bulgarian city is the latest addition to the LCC’s network.

The funding would help the Indian airports expand.

Canada’s flag-carrier is rebuilding its European network with the resumption of service to Munich and plans to launch seasonal flights to Milan.

The carrier will also extend its Calgary-SFO summer service to year-round.

The UAE carrier is set to be operating 77 weekly flights to the UK by Oct. 31.

The route will become the sole nonstop service between the countries.

Growth in the Asia-Pacific region helped to halt three consecutive weeks of global capacity declines.

The carrier, currently only a regional operator, will use the Airbus A330-800 to launch intercontinental routes.