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The LCC is returning to capital Malé after an absence of two-and-a-half years.

With international service not expected to resume until July 2021 at the earliest, Australia’s flag carrier is hoping to stimulate domestic demand where border restrictions allow.

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

Five months after agreeing to deepen ties with Finnair, Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines is launching a second route to Finland’s capital city.

Israel’s flag-carrier will next month begin operating scheduled flights from Tel Aviv to Athens, London, New York and Paris.

Ryanair will reduce its October capacity by an additional 20% and has warned of more possible cuts over the winter months.

Flights from Almaty to Tashkent and Bishkek are being added back to the Kazakhstan-based carrier's network.

Delta Air Lines is the airport’s primary tenant and will use 25 gates at the newly built terminal.

Fifteen vacation destinations are being added to Lufthansa’s network from Frankfurt for the summer 2021 season.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qatar Airways adding a long-awaited Ghana service; Emirates upgauging its Moscow route; and Viva Air’s plans to open a Bogota-Cali link.

WestJet is adding more warm weather leisure routes next month, as well as resuming flights between Toronto and London Gatwick.

The carrier will resume one-way flights to Tokyo later this week while exploring the possibility of reinstating service to other East Asian countries.

The Turkish LCC is pushing ahead with plans to open its first route to Pakistan.

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.

Just eight scheduled passenger routes are currently operating from the airport and Swedavia believes Stockholm Arlanda could accommodate the 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.

Mexico’s flag-carrier has opened two leisure routes from Guadalajara designed to help kickstart the country’s tourism recovery.

Virgin Australia’s decision to exit nine regional routes has prompted Qantas to expand its offering.

The Japanese LCC previously operated 10 Japan-Taiwan routes before suspending flights in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief executives from some of the world’s leading airlines will be in attendance at Routes Reconnected to discuss the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business models and how they intend to rebuild passenger demand.

Worries have set in after the budding recovery in traffic seen in early summer stagnated.

United Airlines is beefing up its international network with the addition of three routes to destinations in Africa, two to India and two to Hawaii.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qatar Airways resuming Lagos; Wizz Air’s first Italian domestic routes; and American Airline adding Daytona Beach flights.

More travel restrictions to important leisure destinations have forced easyJet to cut capacity again. However, the UK government has heeded calls to adopt a regionalized approach to quarantines.

Travel Foundation CEO says severely reduced level of flying offers the industry a chance to rethink unsustainable practices.