TAP Air Portugal is resuming flights to North America later this week, with New York the first destination to make its way back onto the airline’s schedule. Three new routes will also be added to its schedule from July 1.
FRANKFURT—Lufthansa’s board of directors has approved a compromise reached by the European Commission and the German government that clears the way for the airline to receive a €9 billion ($9.9 billion) bailout and fend off an insolvency filing.
As an increasing number of domestic air travel markets reopen in the Asia-Pacific region, some countries are also starting to lay the groundwork for the more complex process of resuming international flights.
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) has unveiled a new incentive scheme to support airlines in the recovery period following COVID-19. Routes spoke to MD Michael Hupe and head of route development Christian Kaeser to find out more about the strategy.
Royal Jordanian Airlines has resumed its flights between Amman and Baghdad, after having suspended them last Friday as a precautionary measure, in view of the security situation in the Iraqi capital.
Hamad International Airport (HIA) has announced that it has served a record 38,786,422 passengers in 2019, which is the most number of passengers it has served since the start of its operations in 2014, making 2019 HIA’s most successful year yet.
Despite COVID-19 taking its toll on air travel in Taiwan, investors from the country’s Kinmen Islands are hoping to raise TWD5 billion ($167 million) to set up a new international airline based there by October.
BEIJING—China is financially backing cargo-haulage by passenger aircraft, adding to measures to support air freight operations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) expects to restart passenger operations June 15, assuming anticipated relaxations on entry and exit restrictions for both Ukrainian and foreign nationals by that date, the flag-carrier said May 28.
The Tanzanian government has lifted the ban on scheduled and non-scheduled international air travel, following a decline in detected COVID-19 cases in the country.
Wizz Air is continuing to expand its European network despite its own CEO saying the next six to 12 months will be very challenging for the industry and the LCC itself losing tens of millions of euros every month.
Paris’s second airport Orly is moving toward a late June reopening for commercial flights as its biggest airline, Air France, readies a plan to reduce domestic flights.
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.
As airlines and airports around the world respond to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes looks at the current state of the global aviation market.
