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The Dutch carrier said ‘long queues’ at Amsterdam necessitate reduced flying from the airport.

Host of issues are leading European airlines to scale back summer plans.

The near-term ceiling on passenger numbers at AMS will hurt business, the Serbian flag carrier maintains.

The South Korean flag carrier is aiming to restore international passenger capacity to 50% of pre-COVID levels by September.

The proposal is part of a plan to grow capacity through more flexibility rather than building new infrastructure.

The carrier said its network will ‘no longer be tenable’ if cap is imposed.

ACI World director general Luis Felipe de Oliveira has hit back at claims made by IATA director general Willie Walsh that many airports are “addicted to a ‘spend big and cream it off the customer’ mentality.”

Air France and KLM both serve four Indian cities.

The agreement between KLM and the Canadian airport follows the airline’s entry into SkyTeam’s Sustainable Flight Challenge.

The airline is starting flights from its first aircraft base outside of the Balkans.

The carrier is boosting service to European markets, assessing that demand will come back strongly.

The revived UK regional carrier will face competition on about two-thirds of the routes being launched.

The Montreal-based carrier is relaunching international flights from Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver.

The route between Amsterdam and Austin was originally slated to start in 2020.

Passenger numbers last year were 59% lower than pre-pandemic levels and airports across the continent remain under 'considerable stress.'

Beirut, Copenhagen and Helsinki are among the destinations receiving new routes to Turkey this summer.

The codeshare agreement follows Aer Lingus’ entry to the oneworld transatlantic joint venture in late 2020.

The news comes after BA relaunched London Gatwick-Doha service.

Abu Dhabi, Rome and Amsterdam will see increased connectivity through the partnerships.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The UK’s busiest airport will join the Canadian carrier’s network from next year.

JetBlue will add its code on seven European routes operated by Icelandair from Iceland’s capital Reykjavik.

The three destinations will join Air Transat’s network from Montreal next summer.

The progressive reopening of long-haul markets will see Europe’s passenger traffic rebound in 2022, but the pace of recovery is happening at two speeds and air connectivity remains “markedly degraded” compared with 2019 levels.

Airport director José Antonio Álvarez explains more about Madrid’s expansion plans.