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

Qantas is looking to take advantage of the relaxation while Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand react more cautiously.

Fort Myers becomes the 12th airport served by Southwest from Louisville.

Amid growing competition on Italian domestic routes, Ryanair is planning to grow its network in the country while at the same time preparing to reduce operations in its home market of Ireland.

The Belgian flag-carrier will increase its flying to the continent by 40% compared to now from the beginning of December to early January.

The bilateral deal allows for the potential launch of new routes between the two countries.

Bermuda Tourism Authority believes the move to London Heathrow will increase traffic thanks to hub connections.

The carrier is restarting flights to 10 US mainland destinations and Tokyo.

With less than 60 days to go until Routes’ hybrid event, we explore how Routes Reconnected will be critical in stimulating the industry’s recovery.

The Australian regional carrier has only operated turboprops until now, primarily on regional routes.

The flights bring more passengers into the carrier’s global network, American says.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Wizz opening routes to Romania from Birmingham; Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’s latest service; and Air France’s decision to begin flights to a fourth destination in India.

Etihad Airways CEO Tony Douglas indicates carrier is looking to begin nonstop services between Israel and the UAE, admits airline is yet to decide if it will ever resume A380 flights.

The Brazilian carrier is next month adding more frequencies across its network, including new routes from Brasília.

The airport aims to be able to handle 140 million passengers annually by 2040.

The airline will use an A330-300 on the CAI-JNB route.

David Neeleman’s latest startup has revised its launch plans and will now commence operations in March 2021.

Regional flying within Australia is ‘central to local economies,’ deputy prime minister says.

As airlines and airports around the world recover from the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes' latest infographic looks at the current state of the global aviation market.

As Mexican carrier Aeromar prepares to open its second route to the US, Routes catches up with Fabricio Cojuc, executive director of network strategy, alliances and industry affairs, to find out more about the airline’s network ambitions and response to COVID-19.

The airline has restarted talks with Boeing about adding the MAX jet to its fleet to enable further network expansion.

Flights from Bogota and Medellin will connect to 16 cities, including Miami and New York.

DAT said it cannot overcome the impact of COVID-19 absent adequate European Commission assistance.

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

Somon Air CEO Thomas Hallam wants to expand the Tajikistan airline’s network through codeshares and believes the Central Asia-India market is ripe for growth.