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The airline aims to connect Lisbon and Madrid with the Caribbean.

Several domestic trunk routes are expected to reach 2019 capacity levels again.

Blue Air will compete with Hungary’s Wizz Air on a city-pair basis.

As well as restarting nine routes, the carrier will begin a new service between Seattle and London Heathrow.

The carrier also plans to start a new Brussels-Frankfurt connection this summer.

The Qatar-UAE flights will be the first scheduled nonstop routes since mid-2017. Additionally, Qatar’s flag-carrier has signed an expanded codeshare deal with Iberia.

China’s aviation authority has given the go-ahead for carriers to start four new international passenger services, including flights to Madrid and Toronto.

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.

As British Airways begins a second route to Pakistan, Routes looks at the state of the country’s somewhat underexploited aviation market.

More routes are returning to Delta Air Lines’ long-haul network during the upcoming winter and summer seasons, but some destinations like Mumbai and Osaka are not currently scheduled to resume.

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

Gulf carrier aims to “gradually” resume services with the goal of operating 45% of its pre-COVID capacity by August.

Routes’ latest Middle East and Africa market round-up, featuring new route launches, capacity changes and news from across the region.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across Latin America are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Middle East and Africa are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gulf carrier Emirates Airline is adding more outbound destinations from Dubai starting on May 21.

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

KLM is resuming routes to an additional eight destinations as it begins to restore its European network.

This week: Iberia plans to return to Washington Dulles after a decade; Qantas to end Beijing service; and Turkish Airlines increases service to the New York area.

After being denied in its quest to form a joint venture with LATAM Airlines Group and American Airlines – and then seeing rival Delta Air Lines take a stake in LATAM – International Airlines Group is strengthening its position on transatlantic services to South America with the acquisition of Air Europa. Routesonline looks at the current state of play on Europe – Latin America routes.

This week: Ryanair is to launch its first-ever flights to Lebanon; Iberia is to resume service to Egypt; and Hawaiian Airlines returns to Fukuoka.

This week: Air Europa is to offer a new service to Israel; Iberia plans Guayaquil resumption; and Transavia to increase Middle East presence.

As China Eastern schedules its latest new route to Western Europe, Routesonline looks at the growth of the market and the new services set to start in the coming months.

As 1,200 delegates gather in Hannover for the 14th annual Routes Europe, Routesonline reveals the continent’s top ten busiest international passenger routes and looks at the services which have grown at the fastest rate over the last 12 months.

This week: Quito has secured another new service to Europe; Indian low-cost carrier GoAir is adding a fourth international destination; and Alitalia is to relaunch a connection between Milan and St Petersburg.