Routes

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in September 2021, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

Routes profiles Air Astana, the World Routes 2021 attendee that is set to resume service between Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan and London Heathrow later this month.

The new service will compete with SkyUp and Ryanair on a city pair basis.

The changes affect routes operated by Wizz Air’s Hungarian AOC.

Low COVID-19 vaccination rates are keeping a lid on much of Africa's airline operations.

If the plans are approved, the Spanish carrier will place its IB code on domestic and international routes operated by Alaska Airlines from Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The winter season schedule is boosted by the arrival of the carrier’s first new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

Russian airlines are adding routes to Egypt’s Red Sea resorts following the ending of a six-year flight ban.

Three routes are being added from Skopje and one from Ohrid.

The airports operator is downgrading its forecast for full-year passenger numbers.

Leading carriers including Emirates, American Airlines, Air China, and many more have confirmed their attendance at the 26th World Route Development Forum.

The Canadian carrier will return to the Scottish market during the summer 2022 season with two new routes from Toronto and the resumption of flights to Glasgow from Nova Scotia.

Head of network planning Wilken Bellmann tells Routes the UK and Ireland would be a 'great strategic fit' for the airline’s network.

Alitalia’s successor plans to launch four long-haul routes to the US later this year.

The airline wants to use its hubs, regardless of geographic location, to build unique route itineraries for passengers.

Piedmont Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines, is resuming a route suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The carrier is now able to add points in the US to its long-haul network.

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.