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The carrier already has a major presence in both cities' secondary airports.

The airline’s long-haul flying is curtailed because of COVID-19, with only three US destinations being served.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at the latest route being opened by Eastern Airways; Jazeera Airways’ plans to enter the Bangladesh market; and United Airlines’ restoration of a service to Germany.

Airlines do not have to meet usual 80%-schedule standard.

The US carrier is restarting nonstop service to Shanghai later this month and in November plans to resume flights on almost 30 international routes, targeting leisure and VFR traffic.

Mexico’s flag-carrier has opened two leisure routes from Guadalajara designed to help kickstart the country’s tourism recovery.

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.

CEO Alan Joyce said there will be an even stronger business case for nonstop long-haul routes after the COVID-19 crisis.

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

ExpressJet, the regional carrier which operates routes exclusively for United, will cease operations at the end of next month.

The Tennessee regional airport will get service to both Houston and Chicago on Oct. 1.

The Star Alliance member is taking an ‘opportunistic’ approach to capture leisure demand this winter by adding nonstop flights to Florida from seven non-hubs.

The US carriers are this month expanding their codeshare partnership to cover a further 60 routes.

United Airlines plans to resume service on nearly 30 international routes in September.

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

ExpressJet will no longer be a regional affiliate for United Airlines after the Chicago-based carrier opted to consolidate its Embraer ERJ-145 flying with CommutAir.

The flag-carriers of Iceland and Latvia have signed an agreement that opens new markets for both airlines.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at United Airlines’ plans to begin Chicago-Tel Aviv service; Eastern Airways taking over a former Flybe route; and Japan Airlines restoring Singapore to its network.

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

The airline sees demand coming back despite COVID-19 pandemic in US.

United had the biggest presence in China among US carriers before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qatar Airways is expanding its services to the US, increasing the number of destinations served to six.

Mint service from Newark to LAX and SFO will come first.

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.

Charting the resurgence of air transport in markets around the word, Routes looks at the easing of travel restrictions in Iceland.