COVID-19

The European Council is pushing to reimpose strict COVID-19 rules on passengers from the US and five other countries.

Destinations with high vaccination rates are an initial focus, while Australia’s flag-carrier is evaluating whether to operate scheduled service between London Heathrow and Darwin.

The Japanese carrier said the COVID-19 pandemic is reducing passenger demand both internationally and domestically.

Growth in the Asia-Pacific region helped to halt three consecutive weeks of global capacity declines.

The country will no longer require vaccinated passengers from Germany and Brunei to quarantine.

An order has been issued to limit passenger capacity to 40% on four routes to the US in retaliation to sanctions imposed by China’s government on United Airlines.

The carriers are seeking to cooperate on Indian Ocean flights.

New Zealand has entered lockdown to stop the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19.

After a setback in May and June, traffic in July showed promise.

The ULCC continues its fast expansion even as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers in the US.

The carrier's modest goal of operating 30% of pre-pandemic capacity in the fourth quarter is in jeopardy.

US airlines are planning to scale back capacity in September, blaming the proliferation of the COVID-19 Delta variant.

As JetBlue today launches its first transatlantic route, Routes takes a look at the current state of play in the lucrative market between the US and UK.

The carrier's initial route network is curtailed by COVID-19 travel restrictions in place in Indonesia.

African airlines' traffic in July was just 43% of pre-COVID-19 levels.

Routes’ latest infographic looks at the current state of the global aviation market as fresh lockdowns in China reverse its domestic recovery.

After a surge in domestic demand, the ULCC's CEO Barry Biffle says it sees a weakening in the traffic recovery.

The European Commission had an unenviable task of trying to please incumbent airlines, airports and opportunistic LCCs when it came to establishing the slot measures for winter flights.

The LCC wants to restore domestic flying, but the government is capping airline capacity in the country at 65% of pre-pandemic levels.

The inaugural flight will go ahead on Aug. 11 but frequencies from September are set to be lower than previously planned.

Hawaiian's US mainland capacity is rebounding from COVID-19, but international flying will take longer.

The resumption comes as Thailand progressively reopens to international visitors despite a surge in COVID-19 cases.

As Ottawa eases COVID-19 border restrictions, Delta plans a major relaunch of Canadian services.

Frontier’s president and CEO shares his views on what airports can do to attract airlines, how the market will shake out post-COVID and what he makes of the new market entrants.

CEO Alan Joyce has laid out two recovery scenarios depending on how long the lockdowns continue.