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The Irish carrier’s new service from Sarajevo (SJJ) will kick off in April 2024, when Ryanair will open 6X-weekly service between SJJ and London Stansted.

Irish ULCC Ryanair is expanding from Amman and Aqaba this winter.

The ULCC has grown to become the country’s largest carrier by capacity since entering the market a decade ago.

The Hungarian airline is returning to Lodz after almost a decade, while Bydgoszcz becomes a new point on the carrier’s route map.

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

Three new destinations are being added to the airline’s winter schedule from the Polish airport.

From summer 2022 the LCC will operate more routes from Madeira than any other airline.

After 15 years of negotiations, the EU and Ukraine have finally reached an agreement on a common aviation area.

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

The tie-up becomes the Greek airline’s seventh interline agreement.

Virgin Australia’s new seasonal flights to Launceston, Wizz Air adding connections from Hungary and Romania and Saudia returning to Manchester are among the latest new route announcements and services resuming.

The ULCC plans to fly 2X-weekly on the routes from the Belgian capital’s secondary airport.

The planned expansion from Zagreb comes as the Irish carrier pushed up its annual passenger traffic forecast on the back of growth in summer bookings.

Eight routes are being launched from Finland’s capital during the winter 2021/22 season.

Fights to destinations in Belgium, Germany and Sweden will begin before the end of the month.

The Hungarian ULCC is stationing one Airbus A320 at the airport from May.

Wizz Air has announced plans to strengthen its operations in Romania next year with new routes to Germany, increased frequencies and an additional aircraft.

Wizz Air has bolstered its presence in Bulgaria and confirmed the restart of routes between the UK and Russia.

With COVID-19 travel restrictions easing in parts of the world, airlines are gradually rebuilding their networks. Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at LOT restarting an Asian route, Air Belgium launching a winter sun service and a boost for Toronto.

Air Belgium intends to open a new nonstop route to Mauritius from December and hopes to begin US service in 2021.

This week: Qatar Airways is to launch a new service to Gaborone in Botswana; Wizz Air is adding a third destination in Russia; and Air Belgium is to resume scheduled flights.

This week: Air Mauritius takes delivery of A330neo; AirAsia still keen on Vietnamese LCC; Norwegian delays aircraft deliveries; Ryanair starts Charleroi connecting service and more.

Air Belgium has cancelled plans to resume its Hong Kong service, but the start-up has vowed to begin routes two destinations in mainland China this summer and hopes to begin flights to the Americas by next winter.

The start-up is to delay its first flight to Hong Kong, scheduled to take off on 30 April, because it has not yet received permission to fly through Russian airspace.

Air Belgium will operate its inaugural service at the end of the month as it seeks to gain a foothold in Asia.