Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)

The Las Vegas-based ULCC is adding 15 routes to its network, including two new destinations.

New transcontinental flights will operate alongside United routes from Newark, New Jersey.

US market seeing leisure demand for flights to warm weather destinations and ski resorts.

The New York-based carrier expects high VFR traffic over the holiday.

JetBlue’s top-performing routes in recent months have been to beach destinations in Florida, the Caribbean and Latin America.

The flag-carrier sees demand for cargo and transit passengers on the route.

CEO Scott Kirby has confirmed the airline plans to return to New York John F Kennedy next year and compete aggressively on routes to the US West Coast.

Montrose Regional Airport in western Colorado has secured its second new airline partner in as many weeks.

The airline’s long-haul flying is curtailed because of COVID-19, with only three US destinations being served.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at the latest route being opened by Eastern Airways; Jazeera Airways’ plans to enter the Bangladesh market; and United Airlines’ restoration of a service to Germany.

Airlines do not have to meet usual 80%-schedule standard.

The US carrier is restarting nonstop service to Shanghai later this month and in November plans to resume flights on almost 30 international routes, targeting leisure and VFR traffic.

Four routes are being launched from Hartford’s Bradley International Airport as the US carrier seeks to stimulate leisure demand.

Two dozen new routes are joining JetBlue’s network in regions where the New York-based airline expects increasing demand for leisure travel.

Routes looks at the impact of Air New Zealand’s decision to ground its Boeing 777 fleet for a year.

United Airlines is beefing up its international network with the addition of three routes to destinations in Africa, two to India and two to Hawaii.

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

ExpressJet, the regional carrier which operates routes exclusively for United, will cease operations at the end of next month.

Gulf carrier Emirates looks set to permanently suspend four long-haul routes, including halting service to one of its 12 destinations in the US.

ExpressJet will no longer be a regional affiliate for United Airlines after the Chicago-based carrier opted to consolidate its Embraer ERJ-145 flying with CommutAir.

American Airlines and JetBlue are forming a partnership that is designed to boost each other’s networks in the ultra-competitive US Northeast and pave the way for new and expanded routes from New York and Boston.

JetBlue plans to build out Los Angeles as its sole West Coast focus city.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at United Airlines’ plans to begin Chicago-Tel Aviv service; Eastern Airways taking over a former Flybe route; and Japan Airlines restoring Singapore to its network.

The airline sees demand coming back despite COVID-19 pandemic in US.

More than 290,000 departure seats are scheduled for July from the country.