Airports & Networks

European airlines have welcomed news of progress on a European Commission plan aimed at facilitating international travel while calling on governments to do more to support a summer recovery.

Bulgarian long-haul startup GullivAir has been awarded permission to begin flying to the U.S. and Canada.

New Ukrainian carrier Bees Airline has been approved to operate flights on more than 30 routes as the startup begins to scale up its operations.

The Ukrainian startup has received approval to launch a string of routes from the country’s capital Kyiv.

The hybrid carrier expects to begin flights in September ahead of Expo 2020 Dubai.

GullivAir has secured approvals to open routes to points in North America.

Etihad Airways has said it will recommence twice weekly services to Nairobi on May 4 2021.

We committed to return to the communities we left as a result of the pandemic, and we will be restoring flights to these regions in the coming months, of our own volition,’ WestJet’s CEO says.

As Bees Airline prepares to begin operating scheduled services, Routes looks at the latest wider picture for airlines and airports in Ukraine.

The recovery in Brazil has been temporarily stalled by a rash new COVID-19 cases.

Aer Lingus will begin its inaugural transatlantic services from the UK in July, launching an initial three routes from Manchester (MAN) this year with a fourth to follow in 2022.

Spanish LCC Volotea has confirmed plans to open a new base at Olbia in Sardinia this summer, prompting a response from rivals easyJet and Wizz Air.

Michael O’Leary believes Europe will be 'awash' with COVID-19 vaccines over the coming months—which should prompt governments to drop travel restrictions and reopen borders.

The three airlines are adding capacity and routes to the Sardinian airport this summer.

She moves north to Aalborg after more than a decade at CPH.

Four routes will be launched from the International Airlines Group-owned carrier’s new base in the UK.

Hawaiian Airlines will compete with American Airlines on the new route.

Philippine Airlines is rerouting certain international flights destined for Manila to Clark or Cebu instead.

DFW CEO Sean Donohue discusses the US airport’s recovery strategy, its major network targets, and how the US aviation market will fare in the next few months.

Egypt’s Air Cairo is to start services to Conakry in Guinea via Niamey, Niger.

The ULCC is expanding frequencies on two existing Chile-Colombia routes and moving into an unserved market.

The carrier had been prevented from flying passengers from London to Vienna.

The Atlanta-based carrier expects pandemic-weary passengers to return to flying this spring and summer.

The 'Trusted Travel Pass' is being introduced by the airline and the African Union.

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