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Always innovative in terms of its B2B marketing, Athens International Airport’s Ioanna Papadopoulou has a fresh new creative ready for World Routes in Adelaide, following on from its successful 'Do the mATH' and 'Signature PairFume' campaigns.

After securing new routes to points in Asia and North America, Budapest Airport’s chief commercial officer Kam Jandu reveals the airport's sights are “firmly set” on adding more Chinese markets.

After securing Southwest's much-anticipated first routes to Hawaii, award-winning Oakland International is aiming to further develop its network with a route to Asia high on the agenda.

This week: VietJet Air to enter Indian market; easyJet to serve Albania; and Viva Aerobus schedules Chicago routes.

Our new-look feature this week profiles Air Arabia, the low-cost airline attending World Routes 2019.

As number one in Lonely Planet’s list of cities to visit in 2019, Copenhagen is using a joined-up approach to grow its tourism industry and broaden its appeal to new international markets.

This week: Wizz to begin London Southend operations; Avianca Brazil departs Star Alliance; Air New Zealand names interim CEO and more.

Qantas is to undertake three ultra long-haul research flights as part of its planning to operate non-stop routes from the east coast of Australia to London and New York. Chief executive Alan Joyce said there was “plenty of enthusiasm” for the routes, with a decision over their launch expected before the end of the year.

Air China will return to London Gatwick in November, eight months after switching the last route it operated there to London Heathrow.

American Airlines' vice president of network and schedule planning Vasu Raja explains the carrier's transatlantic strategy from Philadelphia.

United Airlines will begin service between four of its US hubs and Tokyo's Haneda International Airport from next spring.

Rupert Hogg among senior officials replaced as China pressure takes toll on Cathay.

This week: Hawaiian Airlines to resume Maui - Las Vegas service; Houston secures Africa flight; and Interjet to launch a second route to Ecuador.

This week: Just-Us seeks US flights; AirAsia X takes first A330neo; Brexit ends TAP Portugal London City services; Flydubai expands Asia network and more.

We profile Air India, the country's flag carrier and attendee at World Routes 2019.

Copenhagen Airport has enjoyed a traffic spike in recent years, but chief executive Thomas Woldbye insists that there is more to come as it seeks to further expand its network and become a connecting hub.

Air Canada has said its new Airbus A220 will be “instrumental” in growing its share of international transit traffic to and from the US.

Scandinavian carrier Norwegian is ending flights between Ireland and North America from September, blaming the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max for making the routes “no longer commercially viable”.

After handling a record 46.5 million passengers in 2018, Taoyuan International Airport is on course for further growth this year. Yuanhung Ting, director of business planning and marketing, explains more about the airport’s marketing strategy and why it has been so successful in attracting new air services.

Routesonline catches up with Trent Banfield, manager of international operations and aviation development at Tourism Australia.

This week: Indian full-service carrier Vistara is adding its third international destination and Jazeera Airways is launching a new route to the UK.

This week: Air China to end Hawaii route; Delta shakes up regional partnerships; Gulf Air reports record half-year passenger numbers and more.

American Airlines is making its first entrance into Africa, as well as expanding its Eastern Europe network and returning to Tel Aviv. Vasu Raja, the airline’s vice president for planning, said the launch of services to Africa was the “first step” in developing its network in the continent.

Routesonline looks at the case for Seoul, Johannesburg and North America’s West Coast, which are the biggest unserved markets from Copenhagen.

Lufthansa's low-cost subsidiary Eurowings will continue flying US routes next summer as part of a transatlantic expansion from its hubs in Munich and Frankfurt.