Route Analysis

The launch of the Dominican Republic-Guadeloupe route increases two-way capacity by almost a third.

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi is launching flights ahead of rival Wizz Air Abu Dhabi.

SalamAir becomes the latest Gulf carrier to add service to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital.

Eurowings’ first route to Russia will start on July 2.

Air Senegal hopes the new Sierra Leone service will provide feed for its medium and long-haul flights.

Air Canada is targeting VFR traffic on its new route to North Africa.

Canberra will become Jetstar’s 22nd destination in Australia when flights launch in September.

Wizz Air is entering the UK domestic market as part of efforts to seek out leisure traffic.

Smartavia plans to re-enter the market later this month.

Etihad Airways will compete with Wizz Air Abu Dhabi on the new seasonal route.

Belize will be served by Alaska Airlines from Los Angeles and Seattle, beginning in November.

Air Astana is set to begin two routes from Kazakhstan to Montenegro’s capital in June.

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

The route is returning to the Edelweiss network after a decade absence

Southwest Airlines plans to enter the ultra-competitive leisure market in June.

Singapore Airlines is restoring its first fifth freedom flight to the US since the start of the pandemic.

Rostov-on-Don becomes the second new destination to be added to Air Serbia’s network this year.

Turkish LCC ventures further into Georgia with new London link.

JetBlue’s third route between New York and Colombia is set to begin in August.

Emirates is resuming its fifth freedom Barcelona-Mexico City route in July as Aeromexico also prepares to reinstate flights between the destinations.

Nonstop service between Azerbaijan and the UK is set to resume in May ahead of Wales’ Euro 2020 matches taking place in Baku.

Smartwings is taking over a leisure route last operated by CSA Czech Airlines in 2019.

Capacity between the UK and Turkey continues to grow this summer.

Miami-Nassau is one of eight more new routes Frontier Airlines plans to start this summer.

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