Luxembourg Airport

Etihad Airways has become the first Middle Eastern airline to serve Luxembourg, launching the only nonstop service between the small European country and the Gulf on Oct. 21.

Luxembourg Airport has broken ground on construction of a new fuel farm aimed at significantly expanding onsite aviation fuel capacity.

Three routes targeting business traffic will begin in March using leased E190s, while authorization has been secured for service to Buenos Aires.

Barcelona and Thessaloniki are among the destinations joining the British Airways subsidiary’s network.

Operations at Faro will run throughout the summer season in future years.

Luxair plans to add its first route to Norway in May.

The carrier is adding 10 seasonal routes to its network, including four Spanish domestic services and three in France.

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

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: airBaltic’s new route to Dublin; Air New Zealand resuming flights to Tokyo; and Luxair re-entering a market it last served in 2007.

Turkish airline, SunExpress has recently announced its plans for a total of 21 new routes for the summer 2015 season, with departures mainly from Antalya, Dalaman, Izmir and Konya.