Swedavia - Stockholm Arlanda Airport

The carrier which pioneered cheap transatlantic flights between Europe and the US will now focus on short-haul routes as part of a plan to exit insolvency.

Sundair has restored a link between the capitals of Sweden and Lebanon.

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

Total seat capacity is expected to be about 25-30% less than summer 2019, with COVID-19 still causing severe restrictions in many of its destinations.

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

EasyJet is this week operating about 33 routes to destinations in Europe, but a sharp network expansion is planned next month.

Norwegian Air Shuttle will resume flights on 76 routes in Europe halted during the coronavirus outbreak and bring back 12 aircraft into service.

Charting the resurgence of air transport in markets around the word, Routes looks at the easing of travel restrictions in Iceland.

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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.

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: Manchester Airport secures service to Shanghai; Stockholm gains first non-stop route to Tokyo in more than 30 years; and Turkish Airlines adds its fourth destination in China.

This week: KLM picks up former Jet Airways route; Philippines AirAsia expands Cebu network; and SAS returns to Luxembourg.

Leisure services to the Turkish holiday destination of Antalya feature heavily in list of the most-competitive routes in Europe this summer, analysis by Routesonline has found, while services involving Moscow airports dominate the most-competitive city pairs.

Airport operator Swedavia has trialled biofuel refuelling operations at five of its airports as it continues to become more sustainable.

SAS is adding six destinations to its network in summer 2019 along with 17 new routes from Scandinavia.

This week: Qatar Airways resumes London Gatwick route after seven years, AirAsia expands in Thailand and new Stockholm and Shanghai link launched.

Elisabeth Axtelius, director of aviation business at Swedavia, discusses Stockholm Arlanda’s most notable new routes, the planned Swedish aviation passenger tax and unserved markets.

NextJet, the largest regional airline in Sweden, will continue to operate beyond November after its owners agreed to provide a cash injection.

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After a record performance handling 24.7 million passengers in 2016, Swedavia has confirmed it will reduce airport charges at Sweden’s largest international air gateway by an average of one per cent as of April 1, 2017. As a result, the airlines’ charges at the Stockholm Arlanda hub will have been decreased by a total of 6.5 per cent over the past three years. Since 2005, Swedavia’s airport charges have been cut by more than 20 per cent.