United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Mattala will become the ULCC’s first destination in South Asia.

The French destination is one of five the carrier plans to launch or relaunch in its summer 2022 schedule.

In addition to new flights to the Greek island this summer, Etihad will resume service to three destinations.

The UAE carrier is also establishing a new airline in Pakistan.

The move follows the UAE's relaxation of travel bans.

Krasnodar will become the second Russian destination in the ULCC’s expanding network.

The carrier has halted flights to the West African country amid a dispute between the civil aviation authorities of Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.

Air Arabia Abu Dhabi is further expanding its offer to India later this month.

The route is made possible by the 2020 Abraham Accords which facilitated visa-free travel between the countries.

Australia’s flag-carrier plans to extend its joint business with Emirates for a further five years and has brought forward the resumption of two long-haul routes.

The carrier is expanding its UK network to six gateways and upping the number of Airbus A380 routes operating from 16 to 27.

Bees Airline will launch its maiden service to the United Arab Emirates in October.

Routes looks at the current operations for Emirates, the World Routes 2021 attendee which this week announced frequency increases to several destinations in the US.

Air Arabia is launching a new route to Uganda at the same time as Uganda Airlines is entering the United Arab Emirates market.

The world’s largest A380 operator has been using the Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the route.

The service increases to Russia and Saudi Arabia follow additions made to the airline’s South Africa network.

A new low-cost airline is being launched in Pakistan that will serve both domestic and international routes.

From Sept. 5 vaccinated passengers arriving in the emirate will be able to avoid having to quarantine for 10 days, as had been widely required.

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

LOT Polish Airlines’ planned entry to the market comes four days before flydubai intends to begin service on the route.

The UAE carrier is set to be operating 77 weekly flights to the UK by Oct. 31.

Frequencies are being increased due to rising passenger demand, the airline says.

A third aircraft will be based in Lithuania’s capital, while Wizz’s Abu Dhabi-based offshoot is starting flights to Bahrain.

S7 Airlines is launching flights to two new points in the United Arab Emirates, while Russian counterpart Pegas Fly is opening a trio of routes to destinations in Germany.

Emirates is returning to the Scottish city after Dubai moved to the UK’s ‘amber’ list.