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The Bahrain carrier said it saw “accelerated” demand for leisure destinations in summer 2022.

Destinations in Russia and Saudi Arabia are set to be new points for Air Arabia Abu Dhabi and Air Arabia Egypt respectively.

The plans seek to build on a relationship that stretches back to 2011.

Less than a week after announcing plans to serve Tel Aviv, the ULCC is planning further network growth.

The Egyptian port city will join the start-up carrier’s network later this month.

Athens will become the first destination to be served by the start-up, while a second route to Greece will start next month.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qantas resuming trans-Tasman flights; Air India expanding with a new Canadian service; and Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’s latest network addition.

The airline will use an A330-300 on the CAI-JNB route.

The startup has been given the green light to begin flights to the Central Asia country.

The two carriers have agreed a codeshare deal less than four months after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to increase their cooperation.

A new player is set to enter the market between Milan and Dakar in October as competition between the two cities begins to heat up.

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi will begin operations in October with an initial network of six routes, one of which will compete directly with Etihad and Air Arabia’s newly launched rival.

The new Abu Dhabi-based LCC being launched by Etihad Airways and Air Arabia will begin service next week with two routes to Egypt.

Charting the resurgence of air transport in markets around the word, Routes looks at the easing of travel restrictions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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

In a major expansion of its network Nile Air is adding three new routes during the first week of June, including a new country market, neighbouring Sudan. The new link between Cairo and Port Sudan will launch on June 6, 2015 and will be operated on a twice weekly basis, Nile Air’s first international service in Africa. It will bring competition and enhanced connectivity to a route currently served on a weekly basis by Sudan Airways.