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Romanian carrier Blue Air will grow its network at home and in Italy later this year.

As regional demand shrinks, cargo capacity grows.

A new player is set to enter the market between Milan and Dakar in October as competition between the two cities begins to heat up.

Qantas has warned that international routes are unlikely to resume before mid-2021 and urged a more flexible approach to Australian state border restrictions in order to boost domestic travel.

The capital of Egypt is to return to KLM’s passenger network—albeit only temporarily.

COVID-19 has forced a reconsideration.

The Wyoming regional airport has been without commercial air service since April.

The number of flights that each other's airlines can operate between the countries is to be doubled.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Volaris’ plans to expand its US footprint, Qatar Airways resuming flights to London Gatwick, and Vistara launching its first long-haul route.

The Tennessee regional airport will get service to both Houston and Chicago on Oct. 1.

Pakistan International Airlines has been cleared to resume two routes to the UK using aircraft chartered from Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly.

London Gatwick’s CEO Stewart Wingate has urged the UK government to take a regional approach when introducing quarantine measures.

Wizz Air UK’s new base at London Gatwick is a “statement of intent” but further expansion is being hindered by the ongoing suspension of the 80-20 rule for airport slots, the airline’s MD Owain Jones has told Routes.

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The airline is trying to avoid involuntary layoffs.

Weaker forward bookings caused by “continuing uncertainty” over COVID-19 rates in some European countries prompted Ryanair to cut planned capacity.

Russia’s government has expanded the number of routes eligible for subsidies as part of efforts to increase domestic traffic.

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

Southwest Airlines is pushing ahead with plans to begin service to its second Colorado destination.

The service will operate 2X-weekly until September, when a third weekly flight will be added.

Hungary’s Wizz Air has reinstated a second aircraft at its Riga base, reversing a decision to downsize operations in the Latvian capital.

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The south Florida hub served an average of 28,000 passengers daily in July, up from just 6,000 daily in April.

The codeshare between Azul Brazilian Airlines and LATAM Airlines Brazil will encompass 64 domestic routes.

Seven new routes are being launched from Doncaster Sheffield Airport following Wizz Air’s latest expansion.