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Mint service from Newark to LAX and SFO will come first.

Airports across Poland have been successful in convincing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to relax air travel restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 crisis.

Europe's airlines are expected to lose $23.1 billion in 2020.

The US, which banned all air transport with Venezuela 13 months ago, has fined Copa Airlines $450,000 for “unlawfully transporting passengers” between the two countries.

COVID-19 pushes LATAM subsidiary over the brink.

Swoop is using the Route Exchange platform as it seeks to expand its network.

Wizz Air has revealed plans to station three Airbus A320s at Dortmund Airport (DTM) in Germany–its third new base announcement in three days.

Australia’s flag carrier originally intended to operate almost 50 international routes over the coming months, but the actual total is likely to be a fraction of that.

Thai Vietjet is increasing its footprint in Thailand’s domestic market with the launch of five new routes.

Wizz Air’s expansion shows no signs of slowing, with the carrier set to exploit St. Petersburg’s seventh freedom rights and open its first base in Russia.

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 we look at new services from Loganair, Eastern Airlines and Air Astana.

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

A significant number of flights to Latin America and the Caribbean will be resumed in July.

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

Azul Brazilian Airlines and LATAM Airlines Brazil have signed a codeshare agreement to connect routes in their respective domestic networks.

While many airlines are fighting for survival, Wizz Air is continuing its bold expansion plan with the opening of a seventh base in Romania.

Swiss startup was delayed by two months because of COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 pandemic has frozen airline travel in much of Asia.

IATA calls for the resumption of free movement within the EU.

As airlines and airports around the world recover from the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes' latest infographic looks at the current state of the global aviation market.

US leisure carrier Sun Country is hoping to extend the suspension of service to a chunk of its domestic network for a further three months.

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

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

Calin Rovinescu tells an Aviation Week Network webinar that his airline expects to carry 25% of last year’s number of passengers in Q3, providing it has market access.

GOL Linhas Aéreas expects to increase flight operations to about 20% of last year’s June schedule and reopen a further five bases.