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The ULCC will operate 12 routes to the airport but its base will remain closed.

The service will take passengers on tour trips to the Middle East.

The airline has increased from two to four the number of aircraft based at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in September, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

The Star Alliance member is deepening its presence in the Middle East.

The Belgrade-based carrier also plans to start service to Lyon, France and Sochi, Russia.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

World Routes 2021 host Milan and Routes Europe 2022 host Bergen are among the European destinations set to receive new routes.

Eight routes are being launched from December as Jordan seeks to increase its level of LCC penetration.

The LCC group plans to base five additional aircraft at VIE.

The carrier will become the first in almost a decade to offer nonstop service between Ethiopia and Jordan.

The flag-carriers of Serbia and Turkey have expanded their existing codeshare agreement.

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

The carrier plans to begin accepting Dubai-bound passengers from three countries, as well as adding double-daily Airbus A380 service to Jordan during July and August.

Including the latest additions, JetBlue customers now have access to more than 80 destinations in Qatar’s network from its main DOH hub.

Gulf carrier aims to “gradually” resume services with the goal of operating 45% of its pre-COVID capacity by August.

Charting the resurgence of air transport in markets around the word, Routes looks at the easing of travel restrictions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

This week: Air Europa is to offer a new service to Israel; Iberia plans Guayaquil resumption; and Transavia to increase Middle East presence.

Flag carrier, Royal Jordanian Airlines will commence regular flights between Amman and Tabuk in northern Saudi Arabia from July 15, 2015.

Start-up Air Arabia Jordan has announced the launch of flights to Medina in Saudi Arabia from Amman from June 10, 2015.

Airport International Group’s CEO, Kjeld Binger, talks to Joe Bates about the ongoing transformation of Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport.

The new venture will complement the existing operations into Jordan with the introduction of regular scheduled flights to Kuwait from May 18, 2015 with services to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia following from May 19, 2015; Erbil, Iraq from May 20, 2015 and Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt from May 21, 2015 and more destinations are due to be added later in 2015.

Mauritius’ main international airport, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport won or came second in three award categories at the ASI Air Service Quality (ASQ) awards for 2014.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) low-cost carrier Air Arabia is to set up an operation in Jordan after agreeing terms to acquire a 49 per cent stake in local carrier Petra Airline. The agreement will see the carrier relaunched as Air Arabia Jordan before the end of the first quarter of this year and will see Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport established as a fifth hub for the expanding low-cost business.

Etihad Airways' MoU with Philippine Airlines is an important milestone in the long-standing relationship between the two flag carriers as well as ties between Abu Dhabi and the Philippines. More than 700,000 Filipinos live in the UAE and account for much of the traffic on the Abu Dhabi - Manila route each year, one of the busiest routes in the entire Etihad network.