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A new COVID-19 case in New Zealand prompts Australia to take action.

Additional international services are returning to the Gulf carriers’ route maps.

The latest route cancellations follow the airline’s pause of flights to South Africa.

Passengers from the Cook Islands can resume quarantine-free travel into New Zealand from Jan. 21.

Carriers in both countries await the establishment of a two-way travel bubble.

The LCC expects domestic capacity in Australia to top 2019 levels by the end of March next year.

The Australian carriers have been provisionally cleared to cooperate on more than 40 routes despite objections from REX.

The turboprop operator details its timeline for starting service with Boeing 737 jets.

Australia’s national airline is adding more flights from the country’s capital.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Air Canada’s plans to launch a route to Qatar; Qantas adding Tasmania capacity; and Jazeera Airways returning to Muscat after more than a decade.

With international service not expected to resume until July 2021 at the earliest, Australia’s flag carrier is hoping to stimulate domestic demand where border restrictions allow.

Virgin Australia’s decision to exit nine regional routes has prompted Qantas to expand its offering.

A number of regional routes are being cut from the airline’s network as part of an ongoing restructuring program.

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.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports seek to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Adelaide in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand are returning to Qatar Airways’ network later this month, with flights to two more US gateways resuming in September.

Following the confirmation that Tigerair Australia will cease operations, Routes looks at the Virgin Australia low-cost subsidiary’s place in the market prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports continue to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

The carrier will go head-to-head with Qantas and Virgin Australia.

Australia’s flag carrier originally intended to operate almost 50 international routes over the coming months, but the actual total is likely to be a fraction of that.

Australia’s second-largest carrier plans to continue operating a vastly reduced schedule while administrators from Deloitte work to find a buyer for the airline.

Virgin Australia is reducing domestic capacity by 90% and temporarily grounding 125 aircraft. Low-cost subsidiary Tigerair Australia has also suspended flights.

As 2019 draws to a close, Routesonline revisits some of the biggest stories making the headlines. Part one of our review looks at the first six months of the year, featuring Thai Lion Air, Air Transat, airBaltic, Qantas, Jet Airways and more.

Emirates is to end service between Singapore and Brisbane next year amid overcapacity in the market and rising losses on the route.

Following a record-breaking number of votes, more than 30 organisations and ten individuals have been recognised for their outstanding achievements.