Accra - Kotoka International Airport

Virgin Atlantic will launch its first flights to Saudi Arabia next summer, as well as returning to Ghana after a 12-year absence.

United is the only airline flying between Washington Dulles and CPT.

Flights to the South African city will operate year-round from June.

The carrier is preparing to operate a robust international schedule next year and believes many major international airlines will face a shortage of widebody capacity as demand returns.

The move comes less than six weeks after Airlink signed a codeshare agreement with Emirates.

SAA's fleet is comprised of just six Airbus aircraft.

SAA will return with an Africa-only network but hopes to fly beyond the continent as market conditions improve.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carriers' networks.

Service from Atlanta to Johannesburg will resume in August but plans to tag Cape Town on to the route have been dropped.

South African-born Hendrik Du Preez talks about the potential for Qatar Airways in Africa. Thanks to the end of the blockade, many more opportunities are possible.

Routes details a selection of new air services scheduled to start this month.

The additions takes the airline’s network in Africa to more than 100 weekly flights across 24 destinations.

The carrier also plans to start a new Brussels-Frankfurt connection this summer.

If approved by the US Transportation Department, flights between Kigali and New York will operate via Accra, Ghana.

The Japanese LCC has resumed international services after a seven-month suspension.

Routes within Africa and to/from North and South America are envisioned.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qatar Airways adding a long-awaited Ghana service; Emirates upgauging its Moscow route; and Viva Air’s plans to open a Bogota-Cali link.

United Airlines is beefing up its international network with the addition of three routes to destinations in Africa, two to India and two to Hawaii.

More routes are returning to Delta Air Lines’ long-haul network during the upcoming winter and summer seasons, but some destinations like Mumbai and Osaka are not currently scheduled to resume.

As British Airways’ fleet of Boeing 747s becomes the latest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes assesses the impact on the carrier’s network.

Qatar Airways is launching routes to eight new destinations, three of which have hosted Routes events in the past 18 months.

Ghana Airports Company Limited MD John Attafuah outlines the country's ambitious network development plans.

While its rivals Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways are looking closely at the sustainability of their business models, Qatar Airways shows no signs of slowing its incredible network growth and surprised guests at this year’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai this week by revealing an additional 12 new markets that should see the airline service in 2018.

Ghanaian start-up carrier Goldstar Air is confident that next year will mark the end of many years of planning and will finally see it launch short-and long-haul operations from Kotaka International Airport in Accra.

South African Airways (SAA) has continued the implementation of its long-term turnaround strategy across the business to combat declining demand.