Tirana International Airport

New connections will be offered by Iberia to Cagliari, Ljubljana, Palermo and Tirana.

New routes to cities in Albania and Germany are set to launch this summer as the airline prepares to more than triple capacity offered on European services compared with pre-pandemic levels.

The Hungarian airline is returning to Lodz after almost a decade, while Bydgoszcz becomes a new point on the carrier’s route map.

The Hungarian ULCC plans to significantly expand its presence in the country from December.

The ULCC began serving Albania in 2017 from Budapest and will this summer offer more than 40 routes from the country.

Abu Dhabi, Rome and Amsterdam will see increased connectivity through the partnerships.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

Two new destinations in Turkey are joining the LCC’s route map.

The two Ukrainian carriers are planning to expand their networks over the coming weeks.

Six new routes are being launched from Albania’s capital, increasing the number of services offered by the airline to 27.

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.

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

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at KLM’s new service to Cork; WestJet’s transatlantic resumption; and Air Albania’s decision to enter the crowded Tirana-London market.

Wizz Air has revealed plans to station three Airbus A320s at Dortmund Airport (DTM) in Germany–its third new base announcement in three days.

While many airlines are fighting for survival, Wizz Air is continuing its bold expansion plan with the opening of a seventh base in Romania.

Thirteen more routes have been added to Wizz Air’s summer schedule, taking the total number of new services being launched by the Central and Eastern Europe ULCC close to the 150 mark.

Routes’ latest Europe market round-up, featuring new route launches, capacity changes and news.

This week: Hamburg has secured its first-ever non-stop service to Tirana; EgyptAir is to restore Ireland’s link with Egypt; and Alaska Airlines is making further changes to its Californian network.

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

The Supervisory Board of Austrian Airlines first approved the purchase of 17 Embraer aircraft in June 2015 with the first example being transferred across to Austrian Airlines in mid-August this year and redelivered to the carrier at the end of last month following modification work and repainting into the Austrian livery. The aircraft was originally delivered to Lufthansa CityLine in March 2011.

The French low-cost airline has planned six new routes for its summer 2015 schedule.

The low-cost Italian airline added the new route on 26 October 2014 from Genoa – Tirana to operate twice weekly.

According to a study by Oxford Economics, Air Serbia is making a significant contribution to the Serbian economy. The combined direct, indirect and induced economic contribution to the Serbian economy is expected to be more than US$700 million in 2014.

2nd Update at 0810GMT 25OCT12 British Airways has outlined additional changes to planned Summer 2013 operation (effective 31MAR13) out of London