Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways will operate three weekly flights to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire via Accra from 16 June 2021.

The Netherlands-based LCC is focused on restarting as many routes as possible this summer, with an ambition of growing capacity to 80% of 2019 levels by the third quarter of 2021.

The agreement covers flights between the capital cities of Oman and Egypt, as well as onward domestic and international destinations.

Routes Reconnected hears from tourism experts on how the industry can lower barriers to travel.

U.S. airlines welcome a turning point in the pandemic recovery.

The airline believes there is pent-up demand for leisure travel that will emerge with the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions across Europe.

In the future, the airline's passenger network will be based on its cargo network, CEO Vipula Gunatilleka tells Routes Reconnected.

The carrier could look to expand in the UK domestic market—but only if Air Passenger Duty (APD) is cut.

“We are always on the search for new routes,” MD Kees van Schaik tells Routes Reconnected.

A strong rebound in demand from U.S. mainland markets is providing a major boost for Hawaiian Airlines, but for full recovery the airline still needs similar improvement in international and inter-island markets.

Austrian Airlines has ‘strong expectations’ for a full leisure recovery by August, according to CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech.

While U.S. airlines expect a strong summer, the demand comeback will be much slower elsewhere.

Routes’ latest infographic looks at the current state of the world’s aviation market.

More than a year into the COVID-19 crisis and with airlines still under unprecedented pressure, the question of airport slots is proving the adage that you can’t please all the people all of the time.

Major airports across Europe need to face up to a looming shortfall in capacity from next winter as airlines continue to restructure their operations, Ryanair DAC CEO Eddie Wilson told delegates at Routes Reconnected.

Viva Air is seeking to grow its footprint on regional routes in Latin America, taking share from legacy carriers that currently dominate such sectors.

The UK CAA has rejected Heathrow Airport’s request for £2.6 billion ($3.6 billion) to cover COVID-19 pandemic-related losses, labeling the claim as “disproportionate and not in the interests of consumers.”

Airports and airlines will need to be “very creative in finding new solutions” to cope with the post-pandemic aviation market, a panel at Routes Reconnected heard on April 26.

Speaking at Routes Reconnected, Eddie Wilson warned that there will be “a lot of pain” for some primary and secondary airports across Europe in the coming years.

SWISS CEO Dieter Vranckx outlined the carrier’s medium-term pivot to ‘interesting opportunities’ and set out a long-term vision for recovery at Routes Reconnected.

The additions takes the airline’s network in Africa to more than 100 weekly flights across 24 destinations.

A panel of airports and airline have raised the need for innovation to tackle the administrative burden and restore passenger confidence post-COVID.

As the industry looks for signs of recovery, slot distribution remains a delicate balance for airlines, airports and authorities.

CEO Felix Antelo tells Routes Reconnected the Colombian ULCC plans to increase its international network using its recently created Medellín hub.

ACI World director general Luis Felipe de Oliveira has warned that the industry is still “bleeding” as a result of the pandemic and continues to face an existential threat.