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The opening of US borders to vaccinated passengers prompted the move by BA.

Australia’s flag-carrier plans to extend its joint business with Emirates for a further five years and has brought forward the resumption of two long-haul routes.

The carrier is expanding its UK network to six gateways and upping the number of Airbus A380 routes operating from 16 to 27.

Finnair’s new codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines, flydubai adding a second destination in Romania, and PLAY’s Amsterdam launch plans are among the latest new route announcements and services resuming.

Routes looks at the current operations for Emirates, the World Routes 2021 attendee which this week announced frequency increases to several destinations in the US.

Ryanair’s domestic expansion in Sweden, Swoop adding a fourth destination in Mexico, and Austrian Airlines returning to Montreal are among the latest new route announcements and service resumptions.

The world’s largest A380 operator has been using the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the route.

The service increases to Russia and Saudi Arabia follow additions made to the airline’s South Africa network.

A new low-cost airline is being launched in Pakistan that will serve both domestic and international routes.

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

From Sept. 5 vaccinated passengers arriving in the emirate will be able to avoid having to quarantine for 10 days, as had been widely required.

The changes affect routes operated by Wizz Air’s Hungarian AOC.

LOT Polish Airlines’ planned entry to the market comes four days before flydubai intends to begin service on the route.

The UAE carrier is set to be operating 77 weekly flights to the UK by Oct. 31.

The carrier, currently only a regional operator, will use the Airbus A330-800 to launch intercontinental routes.

CemAir is the fourth South African carrier Emirates has struck either an interline or codeshare pact with.

The partnership covers eight destinations served by Azul in Brazil.

New leisure destinations are being added from Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.

Frequencies are being increased due to rising passenger demand, the airline says.

Emirates is returning to the Scottish city after Dubai moved to the UK’s ‘amber’ list.

The agreement with Aeromar covers 10 destinations in Mexico and two in the US.

A new route to Dubai is one of a number of additions the flag-carrier is making.

The launch of the route increases Emirates’ US capacity to more than 60% of pre-pandemic levels.

Routes selects 100 new air services set to start around the world in July 2021, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

The route returns to the carrier’s network after an absence of five years.