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Sofia Airport in Bulgaria will invest BGN150 million ($83 million) on capital improvements over the next three years, including a solar farm and new terminal.

The Hungarian ULCC plans to significantly expand its presence in the country from December.

The ULCC has blamed a “stupid and illogical” tax imposed by the Hungarian government.

Three new European cities are being added to the Greek carrier’s network this winter.

Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines will also serve the Bulgarian capital during the summer season.

The changes affect routes operated by Wizz Air’s Hungarian AOC.

A new route to Dubai is one of a number of additions the flag-carrier is making.

Flights to Thessaloniki, Prague and Sofia are being resumed alongside an expansion of the airline’s existing codeshare agreement with Aeroflot.

GullivAir has secured approvals to open routes to points in North America.

Greece is a major focus for Wizz Air’s new routes, while easyJet is adding domestic services in France and the UK.

Twenty-three new routes are planned for the summer season, including flights from Antalya to Beirut, Ljubljana and Tel Aviv.

Ukrainian airline approved to start almost a dozen new routes this year as part of plans to increase its network to more than 60 destinations.

Qatar's UK country manager Gary Kershaw discusses the airline’s UK network and shifting demand in response to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

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Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Los Angeles are among destinations returning.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will begin operations in October with an initial network of six routes, one of which will compete directly with Etihad and Air Arabia’s newly launched rival.

Charting the resurgence of air transport in markets around the word, Routes looks at the easing of travel restrictions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Thirteen more routes have been added to Wizz Air’s summer schedule, taking the total number of new services being launched by the Central and Eastern Europe ULCC close to the 150 mark.

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

More European airlines have outlined how they intend to rebuild their networks over the coming weeks after the mass fleet groundings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Wizz Air is set to launch flights between Abu Dhabi and five European cities.

Bulgaria Air passengers will be able to connect to Qatar Airways’ 170 destinations via the Sofia-Doha route.

Flights will begin in May with Dash 8-400 turboprops.

China is set to become the world’s largest aviation market within the next five years so it is unsurprising that the country’s airports are leading the way when it comes to annual passenger growth. Routesonline analyses the fastest-growing major airports in the world, with more than half of the top 20 in China alongside counterparts in Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean.