Airports & Networks

As regional demand shrinks, cargo capacity grows.

A new player is set to enter the market between Milan and Dakar in October as competition between the two cities begins to heat up.

Qantas has warned that international routes are unlikely to resume before mid-2021 and urged a more flexible approach to Australian state border restrictions in order to boost domestic travel.

The capital of Egypt is to return to KLM’s passenger network—albeit only temporarily.

Passengers with tight connections at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will have a new method of reaching their departure gates swiftly.

COVID-19 has forced a reconsideration.

The Wyoming regional airport has been without commercial air service since April.

The implementation of globally harmonised recommendations developed by the ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce (CART) took a step forward this week through the launch of supporting initiatives for airlines and airports by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airports Council International (ACI).

The number of flights that each other's airlines can operate between the countries is to be doubled.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Volaris’ plans to expand its US footprint, Qatar Airways resuming flights to London Gatwick, and Vistara launching its first long-haul route.

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The Heathrow expansion plan heads to Britain’s top court

UK LCC easyJet is to close three UK bases at London Southend, London Stansted and Newcastle after ending redundancy consultations with pilots’ union BALPA, triggering further potential redundancies at airports operator and ground handling provider Stobart Group.

The Tennessee regional airport will get service to both Houston and Chicago on Oct. 1.

The UK government should put in place quarantine rules for certain regions of foreign countries, rather than the nations as a whole, to help avoid sudden drops in passenger demand.

Pakistan International Airlines has been cleared to resume two routes to the UK using aircraft chartered from Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly.

Philippine carriers plan to begin ramping up domestic flights in the Manila market this week following the lifting of travel restrictions imposed over two weeks ago as COVID-19 cases spiked.

London Gatwick’s CEO Stewart Wingate has urged the UK government to take a regional approach when introducing quarantine measures.

Wizz Air UK’s new base at London Gatwick is a “statement of intent” but further expansion is being hindered by the ongoing suspension of the 80-20 rule for airport slots, the airline’s MD Owain Jones has told Routes.

Ethiopian Airlines has increased the frequency of its scheduled flights on its domestic destinations to meet the growing demand.

Limited access to facilities and the suspension of on-site training has delayed the Next-Generation Air Transportation System.

Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order to increase the scope of the country’s subsidized flying program.

As airlines and airports around the world recover from the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes' latest infographic looks at the current state of the global aviation market.

The airline is trying to avoid involuntary layoffs.

Weaker forward bookings caused by “continuing uncertainty” over COVID-19 rates in some European countries prompted Ryanair to cut planned capacity.