Airports & Networks

A fifth freedom route from Milan to New York, as well as flights between Dubai and Orlando, are set to restart in June.

London Heathrow Airport has proposed a four-tier traffic-light system for the UK that builds on the country’s travel corridors policy to control international travel as the British government looks to relax its borders.

Dubai-based Emirates is resuming its fifth-freedom service between Milan Malpensa (MXP) and New York (JFK) starting June 1.

Five vacation destinations are being added to easyJet’s network from Birmingham Airport (BHX) this summer as the LCC banks on a rebound in leisure demand.

EasyJet’s network additions come a week after the UK airport secured AnadoluJet as a new airline partner.

EgyptAir has announced the operation of a daily flight from Cairo to Addis Ababa starting January 6th and to Lagos, starting February 1, 2021.

Today Emirates will deploy its latest flagship A380 aircraft featuring new premium economy seats and other enhancements across all cabins to London Heathrow.

The Florida-based ULCC is further growing its network from Los Angeles and adding a new destination in Mexico.

Portugal’s flag-carrier hopes to be operating 100 routes in August.

Alaska can now offer passengers expansive international route itineraries.

Swoop is adding a new destination in British Columbia this summer and expanding from a second. Both airports participated in the Canadian carrier’s recent RFP with Routes.

U.S. airports would potentially get $25 billion in government funding to modernize under President Joe Biden’s infrastructure improvement proposal.

Andorra is promoting the creation of an airport aimed at opening up the landlocked state starting in 2025.

Bamboo Airways’ European expansion ambitions have taken a step forward after the Vietnamese carrier was granted takeoff and landing slots at London Heathrow (LHR) to operate six flights per week from May.

Canadian ULCC Flair Airlines is expanding its network to include Montréal (YUL) from July as part of an ongoing strategy to stimulate domestic traffic.

Air France is considering closing its bases at Marseille (MRS), Nice (NCE) and Toulouse (TLS) as it restructures its domestic network.

A combined 29 new routes are being launched from the two bases.

The airline has made no secret of its desire to begin long-haul services to Europe, with flights from Vietnam to London moving closer.

Air Austral has planned two weekly flights to Mayotte (Dzaoudzi) from Marseille during summer 2021.

Khartoum needs a new airport. But, with that project at a standstill, a study has recommended far-reaching improvements to the existing facility in the Sudanese capital.

SunExpress is resuming service between the Turkish city of Izmir and Dortmund, Germany.

Two contradictory plans have been announced by the government that mean international travel from England would be simultaneously permitted and illegal for a full six weeks.

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

The city is the ninth Canadian domestic destination to be added to the carrier’s network this summer.

U.S. regional airline CommutAir has started operations from its new hub in Denver (DEN), Colorado.