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While Jetstar and Sunwing are resuming suspended routes, Porter Airlines has further delayed its planned restart and Norwegian is preparing to ground 15 of the 21 aircraft currently in operation.

Routes Reconnected will unite the global route development community at the end of this month to pave the road to recovery and rebuild demand for Summer 2021.

With the Australian state of Victoria gaining control over COVID-19, Australia's busiest domestic route can be restarted in earnest.

The Australian regional carrier has only operated turboprops until now, primarily on regional routes.

Routes looks at the impact of Air New Zealand’s decision to ground its Boeing 777 fleet for a year.

A number of regional routes are being cut from the airline’s network as part of an ongoing restructuring program.

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

Adelaide in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand are returning to Qatar Airways’ network later this month, with flights to two more US gateways resuming in September.

Following the confirmation that Tigerair Australia will cease operations, Routes looks at the Virgin Australia low-cost subsidiary’s place in the market prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

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

A spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases is set to curb flying on one of the world’s busiest routes.

The carrier will go head-to-head with Qantas and Virgin Australia.

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.

Routes’ latest Asia-Pacific market round-up, featuring new route launches, capacity changes and news from across the region.

Routes’ latest Middle East and Africa market round-up, featuring new route launches, capacity changes and news from across the region.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Middle East and Africa are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Flying the major routes would likely require narrowbody jet aircraft.

Gulf carrier Emirates Airline is adding more outbound destinations from Dubai starting on May 21.

British Airways and Qatar Airways have received approval to form a joint venture on routes between Australia, Europe and the UK.

Etihad Airways plans to resume regular passenger service between Australia and the UK later this month.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Middle East and Africa are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virgin Australia is reducing domestic capacity by 90% and temporarily grounding 125 aircraft. Low-cost subsidiary Tigerair Australia has also suspended flights.

Twenty airports and destinations have been recognised by the airline network planning community for their outstanding marketing achievements over the past twelve months.

Routesonline provides an update on the operations of the Airbus A380. We also reveal the network size of each operator and the top destinations served by the aircraft type.