Airports & Networks

BEIJING—Spring Airlines will set up a base at Xiamen, expanding its presence at the southeastern Chinese city and aiming at Northeast and Southeast Asian markets.

While several carriers are announcing resumption of some services over their networks, Austrian Airlines has postponed its restart again.

Korean Air predicts losses seen in the 2020 first quarter (Q1) will continue though the current quarter, although there are some positive signs for passenger demand emerging.

Cathay Pacific is accumulating huge losses as almost all of its flights remain suspended because of COVID-19, and the Hong Kong-based carrier sees little prospect of improvement in the near term.

IATA believes the Argentinian government is "open" to reconsidering a total ban on commercial flights through Sept. 1.

Daily cargo flights between Dallas-Fort Worth and Hong Kong are a new addition.

Doha-based Qatar Airways will axe more than 9,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on the Gulf carrier.

Demand for air cargo is driving the return of Delta Air Lines’ passenger services from the US to Germany and the UK.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across Latin America are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Latin America aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.

Ask the Editors: Vacation travel will likely come back more quickly than business travel, but the recovery will come in phases.

More airlines are announcing plans to resume service, particularly in Europe. But health protection rules and new processes are unclear.

South Korean carrier Asiana is planning to reopen several international routes in June, one of a handful of airlines beginning to restore networks cut back due to COVID-19.

Completion of what will become Cambodia’s largest airport, the new Siem Reap International Airport, is on track for 2023 despite COVID-19 hitting the country’s air travel industry hard.

Flying the major routes would likely require narrowbody jet aircraft.

Gulf carrier Emirates Airline is adding more outbound destinations from Dubai starting on May 21.

Brazil's largest domestic airline GOL Linhas Aéreas plans to reopen three bases before the end of the month and gradually increase its flying program. The carrier has also reached an agreement with Boeing over the grounding of the 737 Max.

Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Asia-Pacific region are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

China’s passenger volumes edged closer to normalcy in April as the country’s airlines carried 16.7 million passengers.

SINGAPORE—Malaysia’s primary airport operator, Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (MAHB), has released its April operating statistics that reveal a 98.4% year-on-year (YOY) decline in passenger traffic across the whole country.

Data from airports body ACI Europe shows a 98.6% drop in April passenger numbers because of COVID-19, with director general Olivier Jankovec warning of “irreversible damage” should the situation continue.

FRANKFURT—IATA is in “strong opposition” to new quarantine measure for incoming passengers, its director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said May 13.

British Airways and Qatar Airways have received approval to form a joint venture on routes between Australia, Europe and the UK.

Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how Europe's aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.