COVID-19

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.

The latest lockdown in France adds to the difficulties the group faces.

New international interline agreements and flights on South Africa's busiest domestic routes highlight carrier's new course.

The carrier believes a US-UK travel corridor could be used as a template for more long-haul route resumptions.

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

Southern California and intra-California flights are among those performing relatively well.

Total seat capacity is expected to be about 25-30% less than summer 2019, with COVID-19 still causing severe restrictions in many of its destinations.

Flights to Boston and New York are among the US mainland routes returning to the airline’s network.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at ZIPAIR Tokyo’s second passenger service; the latest connection planned between Seattle and London Heathrow; and a new leisure destination joining airBaltic’s network.

The first Airbus A330-800 route is expected to be Entebbe-London Heathrow.

The flag-carrier sees demand for cargo and transit passengers on the route.

After a deal was agreed that could pave the way for Flybe to restart operations, Routes looks at what became of the carrier’s UK network since its failure.

US airports handled more than 1 million passengers on Oct. 18.

“You can’t keep flying to all these places” with traffic demand so low, the CEO of lobby group Airlines for America warns.

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.

The US carrier plans to launch eight new routes and add more flights to 19 destinations in the Caribbean, Central America and Mexico.

Two more countries in Latin America look set to join the Miami-based carrier’s network.

The pair of routes will add capacity to a market that has been unserved nonstop since Jet Airways suspended flights 18 months ago.

CEO Scott Kirby has confirmed the airline plans to return to New York John F Kennedy next year and compete aggressively on routes to the US West Coast.

The Irish ULCC is making big cuts to its winter flight schedule and shutting three bases.

Montrose Regional Airport in western Colorado has secured its second new airline partner in as many weeks.

'It has become unviable to serve these markets and these decisions were regrettably inevitable as demand is being obliterated by the Atlantic bubble and third-party fee increases,' WestJet president and CEO Ed Sims said.

The US west coast carrier bolsters the global alliance's network.

Vice presidents and heads of network planning teams have registered for the event that will support the community in reshaping the world’s route networks.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qantas resuming trans-Tasman flights; Air India expanding with a new Canadian service; and Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’s latest network addition.