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A panel of airport leaders are optimistic that traffic will return to 2019 levels sooner than has been predicted.

Ryanair’s domestic expansion in Sweden, Swoop adding a fourth destination in Mexico, and Austrian Airlines returning to Montreal are among the latest new route announcements and service resumptions.

The carrier has seen strong demand from the UK airport to leisure destinations this summer.

Routes profiles airBaltic, the Latvian carrier and World Routes 2021 attendee.

Eight routes are being launched from Finland’s capital during the winter 2021/22 season.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

With airBaltic announcing that three new leisure destinations will be added to its network in July, we take a look at the Latvian carrier’s summer schedule.

The new leisure service is being added by airBaltic from June.

The hybrid carrier expects to begin flights in September ahead of Expo 2020 Dubai.

From March 28, Vilnius flights will be brought into the arrangement.

Their new agreement covers routes from Latvia and Lithuania to Munich.

Twelve routes are scheduled to begin during the summer season, including three international services.

Ryanair grows Italian presence with additional base and 18 new routes.

CEO says routes the airline 'would not have looked at before the crisis' are now being evaluated.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at ZIPAIR Tokyo’s second passenger service; the latest connection planned between Seattle and London Heathrow; and a new leisure destination joining airBaltic’s network.

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

Hungary’s Wizz Air has reinstated a second aircraft at its Riga base, reversing a decision to downsize operations in the Latvian capital.

Latvian airline airBaltic is restoring a direct seasonal route to Greek island Rhodes.

The flag-carriers of Iceland and Latvia have signed an agreement that opens new markets for both airlines.

Latvia's airBaltic expects to increase its route network next summer by one fifth.

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.

Routes speaks to Aurimas Stikliūnas, the head of Aviation Services at Lithuanian Airports, about how the coronavirus crisis has affected Vilnius Airport (VNO) and what is being done to re-stimulate demand.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Latvian carrier airBaltic has announced further deep cuts to capacity over the next six months, as well as delaying the launch of all new routes planned for the summer 2020 season.

This week: airBaltic expands from Riga base; LOT Polish Airlines plans sixth US destination; and Indian low-cost carrier GoAir to fly to Singapore.