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Connectivity is being enhanced from Jharsuguda and Hyderabad, while the Indian airline is also starting a new route to Ras Al-Khaimah.

Routes to Mumbai and Delhi will not go ahead as planned although the carrier has begun flights from Manchester to Pakistan.

The grounded Indian carrier could resume domestic and international routes by next summer.

Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss said the airline remains an 'interested party' in Flybe amid a potential rebirth of the UK-based regional carrier.

The first Airbus A330-800 route is expected to be Entebbe-London Heathrow.

The pair of routes will add capacity to a market that has been unserved nonstop since Jet Airways suspended flights 18 months ago.

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

The airline will become the first Indian LCC to operate flights to UK when service begins in December.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Wizz opening routes to Romania from Birmingham; Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’s latest service; and Air France’s decision to begin flights to a fourth destination in India.

Israel’s flag-carrier will next month begin operating scheduled flights from Tel Aviv to Athens, London, New York and Paris.

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.

More routes are returning to Delta Air Lines’ long-haul network during the upcoming winter and summer seasons, but some destinations like Mumbai and Osaka are not currently scheduled to resume.

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

SpiceJet has moved closer to launching low-cost flights between India and the UK.

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

Virgin Atlantic has revealed its flying program for summer 2021, with plans to fly to 24 destinations.

Most of the new flights will commence on March 29.

Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot Russian Airlines is to resume flights to Mumbai, more than a decade after last serving the Indian city.

Indian carrier Vistara is to launch its maiden international flights from next month, with Singapore set to be its first destination outside India.

Delta Air Lines will serve Mumbai from New York John F Kennedy, rather than Atlanta, as it seeks to re-establish itself in the fast-growing Indian market. The planned launch comes despite the suspension of services by Jet Airways, which would have provided feeder traffic.

This week: Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines adds second UK destination; Air New Zealand to serve Seoul; and IndiGo moves in on Jet Airways' routes.

This week: Air India is to resume flights from Mumbai to Frankfurt after an absence of eight years; Avianca adds Chicago service; and Spirit to increase Colombia flights.

Ambitious African carrier moves closer to planned Mumbai and Guangzhou routes.

This week: British Airways adds Marrakech from Heathrow; Manchester secures Mumbai link; Delta resumes New York JFK – Orange County.

Delta Air Lines is to resume flights to India, three years after withdrawing services from the country.