Airports & Networks

The carrier is also resuming a slew of grounded routes next summer.

Emerald Airlines will initially offer 11 routes from Dublin under a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus.

The ULCC will operate more routes to Cancun this winter than any other US airline.

Qatar Airways has resumed its non-stop services between Doha and Sofia Airport effective 16 December 2021.

The latest network additions by the airline partners come despite the US Justice Department’s efforts to block the alliance.

The planned launch comes less than two months after the U.S. Transportation Department approved PLAY's request for a foreign air carrier permit.

The ULCC is executing its “Hub Medellín” project, which hopes to make air connections from the city as important as ones from Bogota.

The Reykjavik-based startup has revealed the first two destinations in the US it plans to serve as the airline pursues a low-cost long-haul connecting strategy between Europe and the US via Iceland.

The news comes after BA relaunched London Gatwick-Doha service.

The European Commission will require airlines to use-or-lose more EU airport slots in the 2022 summer.

The ULCC is launching 14 new domestic routes from next March as it seeks to take further market share from Avianca and LATAM Airlines Group.

Krasnodar will become the second Russian destination in the ULCC’s expanding network.

While Doug Parker’s quest to create more rational marketplace has been largely successful, American’s next chapter remains to be written.

Geneva Airport has opened its new East Wing, aimed at providing a better experience to passengers—primarily those on long-haul services.

The seasonal route connecting Sydney (SYD) and Rome Fiumicino (FCO) via Perth (PER) marks Qantas' re-entry to the market in mainland Europe.

Tampere will become the airline’s first base outside its Baltic heartland, where it has three bases.

The airline will operate the only nonstop service between Australia and continental Europe.

The growing ULCC continues to add routes for 2022.

The decision to launch services from Tampere sees the carrier expand beyond the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia for the first time.

The Bolzano-based carrier, which first launched flights in June, was temporarily grounded.

AnadoluJet, the brand of Turkish Airlines, has started Sharjah – Istanbul flights.

The launch of a new service to St. Louis in the US state of Missouri is among the German airline’s network plans for the summer 2022 season.

Northern Italian regional airline Sky Alps relaunched operations Dec. 13 after its home airport reopened following the completion of a runway extension.

The Gatwick offshoot—expected to be named BA EuroFlyer later in 2022 once it receives its air operator’s certificate—is set to compete against easyJet on 33 routes.

The UK airline will resurrect short-haul operations from London Gatwick in March when its new lower-cost subsidiary is set to go head-to-head with easyJet.