Europe

The European Commission will require airlines to use-or-lose more EU airport slots in the 2022 summer.

International Airlines Group and Delta Air Lines are among those reporting a surge in demand on transatlantic routes ahead of the Nov. 8 US reopening.

Overall capacity worldwide is back at 70% of pre-crisis levels.

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

József Váradi wants to grow the ULCC fourfold over the next decade.

The move follows the European Council's Aug. 30 recommendation to remove several countries from the 'safe' travel list.

CEO Ed Sims says the carrier will proceed with 'caution' when building back its European network.

The airline has outlined a number of routes to be restarted or expanded in terms of frequencies.

The European Council is pushing to reimpose strict COVID-19 rules on passengers from the US and five other countries.

The agreement covers routes from Amsterdam to 18 cities across Europe.

The European Travel Commission predicts that long-haul travel to Europe will not recover to 2019 levels until 2025.

A new European study indicates that 70% of respondents are planning to travel in the next six months—up from 56% in February.

Vaccinations and heath passes are ‘reasons for optimism’ in the market, according to the European Travel Commission.

The airline believes there is pent-up demand for leisure travel that will emerge with the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions across Europe.

Speaking at Routes Reconnected, Eddie Wilson warned that there will be “a lot of pain” for some primary and secondary airports across Europe in the coming years.

CCO George Michalopoulos tells Routes Reconnected that the airline will emerge from the pandemic “much larger” than it was before—but success in the short-term lies in the hands of European governments.

Flight frequencies on many routes continue to be significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels.

The carrier wants to operate regional feeder services in Europe like it does in the US for American Airlines and United Airlines.

The pass is aimed at restarting stagnant airline networks.

Turkish Airlines operates the most daily flights among European airlines in a low-demand environment.

COVID-19 will change how people travel once demand returns, according to tourism association.

Incoming US administration says it was premature of President Trump to schedule the end of bans on airline travelers from Europe and Brazil to the US.

European governments have failed in their approach to tackling the COVID-19 crisis and should completely rethink their strategy on aviation, the CEO of Wizz Air has told Routes Reconnected.

Pieter Elbers believes the hub-and-spoke model will be crucial to the restoration of long-haul passenger traffic.

NUE's head of route development Christian Kaeser discusses the impact of lower competition in Frankfurt and Munich and the airport’s strategy to restore connectivity.