Philadelphia International Airport

The airline wants to use its hubs, regardless of geographic location, to build unique route itineraries for passengers.

Piedmont Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines, is resuming a route suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The focus on Miami International comes as rival Spirit Airlines prepares to begin service from the airport.

US startups Breeze Airways and Avelo Airlines are aiming to carve out a niche by serving the underserved.

The carrier will operate to 23 destinations from PHL this summer.

Philadelphia International’s Stephanie Wear believes border reopenings in Europe have come too late for this summer but expects transatlantic travel to rebound strongly next year.

A process has begun to reallocate oneworld slots for routes between London and three cities in the US.

The market for nonstop routes between Croatia and the US continues to grow.

The planned resumptions follow efforts to open borders to passengers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

The carrier is also resuming flights from PHL to Dallas and Houston in May.

Including the latest additions, JetBlue customers now have access to more than 80 destinations in Qatar’s network from its main DOH hub.

The airline’s latest network expansion is on top of eight routes announced one day earlier.

The ULCC plans to open six new routes from Atlanta, plus two from Philadelphia.

The carrier hopes the point-to-point routes will stimulate business travel this summer as well as attracting leisure traffic.

Chellie Cameron will be tasked with advancing the priorities of US airports.

Philadelphia is gaining direct flights to a third destination in the Dominican Republic.

American Airlines plans to begin a third route to the Greek capital in June.

Miami’s nonstop connection with Paraguay’s capital has been restored following the launch of Eastern Airlines’ latest route.

The network additions increase the US carrier’s footprint from Las Vegas to 44 destinations and Miami to 27.

CEO Barry Biffle remains optimistic about the Denver-based airline’s growth prospects despite a COVID-19 “speed bump” slowing its plans.

The carrier believes a US-UK travel corridor could be used as a template for more long-haul route resumptions.

The flights bring more passengers into the carrier’s global network, American says.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qatar Airways resuming Lagos; Wizz Air’s first Italian domestic routes; and American Airline adding Daytona Beach flights.

The carrier is restarting service to destinations in Africa, South Asia and the US.

American Airlines plans to serve Shanghai daily from Seattle as it further builds its long-haul network from the West Coast US city.