Airports & Networks

Central Americas has regained the most capacity since 2019, while South East Asia’s recovery lags behind.

LCCs recover faster than their legacy peers.

Four UAE carriers—Etihad and Emirates and LCCs Air Arabia and flydubai—now operate to the Russian capital.

The carrier also plans to fly to Delhi from Melbourne.

Etihad Airways has launched its inaugural flight to the new state-of-the-art International Terminal C at Moscow Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport (SVO).

Oman Air has resumed direct services on its Muscat-Zurich-Muscat route.

Ribero tells Routes which markets Colombia is focusing on as it looks to bring overseas tourists back post-COVID.

Domestic flying in October greatly outpaced international operations.

The airline industry anticipated a strong rebound in 2022, but more border closures and restrictions will make that harder to achieve.

The Vietnamese LCC expects to touch down in Europe with service to Moscow from next July.

Firefly, the airline’s short-haul subsidiary focused on leisure traffic, will restart operations in April 2022.

The expected arrival of Airbus A220s in the 2022 first half offers new route opportunities for the Salt Lake City-headquartered airline.

Spain’s flag-carrier has reinstated two long-haul routes and outlined growth plans to the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico.

Little is known about the new COVID-19 variant, but short-term flight bans and border closures are a concern for airlines.

The aviation industry has become so good at automating the travel process that it has forgotten how to have contingency plans in place when the system breaks down, London Heathrow Airport’s CEO said Dec. 2.

ICAO calls for a “more measured” response by governments to the omicron variant of COVID-19.

The carriers are asking US and Mexican authorities to allow an antitrust-immunized alliance to commence in the 2023 first quarter.

The partnership will seek to stimulate tourism in the Spanish region.

The planned resumption follows an agreement with Link Airways.

The move signals Oman’s ambition of a more liberalized air traffic accord with the 27 member states.

Emirates will resume its passenger operations between Dubai and Nigeria from 5 December 2021.

Jazeera Airways took off with its first flight to the largest city in Kazakhstan, Almaty on the evening of December 1.

Hamad International Airport (HIA) has welcomed new direct flights from Rwanda to Qatar, facilitated by the codeshare agreement between Qatar Airways and RwandAir.

Ground handling giant Swissport has added six Chilean airports to its portfolio as part of a comprehensive growth strategy across Latin America, which includes a multitude of new locations in Argentina, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay.

Routes selects 75 new air services set to start around the world in December 2021, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.