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A travel bubble between New Zealand and the Cook Islands is scheduled to open on May 17.

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Ecuatoriana Airlines’ maiden route will connect Ecuador’s capital Quito with Guayaquil.

The future of business travel, the importance of cargo on route networks, and a call to increase support for airports all feature in our round-up of key quotes from Routes Reconnected.

The Milan-based airline’s first scheduled transatlantic route to the US is set to start in June.

JetBlue’s third route between New York and Colombia is set to begin in August.

The planned ramp-up of operations will focus on 'core' domestic and short-haul routes.

Nine new destinations are joining the ULCC’s route map as part of the latest expansion.

As Indian carrier Vistara signals its intention to begin flying to the US, Taiwanese airline Starlux has made headway in its efforts to serve the North American country.

The Netherlands-based LCC is focused on restarting as many routes as possible this summer, with an ambition of growing capacity to 80% of 2019 levels by the third quarter of 2021.

The agreement covers flights between the capital cities of Oman and Egypt, as well as onward domestic and international destinations.

Routes Reconnected hears from tourism experts on how the industry can lower barriers to travel.

The airline believes there is pent-up demand for leisure travel that will emerge with the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions across Europe.

In the future, the airline's passenger network will be based on its cargo network, CEO Vipula Gunatilleka tells Routes Reconnected.

The carrier could look to expand in the UK domestic market—but only if Air Passenger Duty (APD) is cut.

“We are always on the search for new routes,” MD Kees van Schaik tells Routes Reconnected.

Austrian Airlines has ‘strong expectations’ for a full leisure recovery by August, according to CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech.

Routes’ latest infographic looks at the current state of the world’s aviation market.

Speaking at Routes Reconnected, Eddie Wilson warned that there will be “a lot of pain” for some primary and secondary airports across Europe in the coming years.

SWISS CEO Dieter Vranckx outlined the carrier’s medium-term pivot to ‘interesting opportunities’ and set out a long-term vision for recovery at Routes Reconnected.

The additions takes the airline’s network in Africa to more than 100 weekly flights across 24 destinations.

A panel of airports and airline have raised the need for innovation to tackle the administrative burden and restore passenger confidence post-COVID.

CEO Felix Antelo tells Routes Reconnected the Colombian ULCC plans to increase its international network using its recently created Medellín hub.

The northern summer travel season is the first since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in which full slot waivers are not in place at airports globally.

CCO George Michalopoulos tells Routes Reconnected that the airline will emerge from the pandemic “much larger” than it was before—but success in the short-term lies in the hands of European governments.