East Midlands Airport

An Auto-Cargo vehicle will be deployed to move heavy loads to and from aircraft at the UPS hub at East Midlands Airport.

The move will grow DHL’s transpacific capacity as demand spikes.

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

Finnair’s new codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines, flydubai adding a second destination in Romania, and PLAY’s Amsterdam launch plans are among the latest new route announcements and services resuming.

Routes rounds-up the latest new route announcements, as well as services returning to carrier’s networks.

The additional services include its first-ever route to Belfast City Airport.

Aer Lingus and British Airways step in to plug connectivity gaps in the UK and Ireland after the failure of regional carrier Stobart Air.

Ryanair is expanding its UK-Greece network this summer.

The Turkish LCC is pushing ahead with plans to open its first route to Pakistan.

The US and UK governments are being urged to launch a testing trial for passenger flights between New York and London to speed the return of transatlantic routes and capacity.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Virgin Atlantic’s move into the UK-Pakistan market; Jetstar’s resumption of Sunshine Coast-Adelaide flights; and the launch of a new Widerøe route from Bergen.

Irish LCC picks up former Flybe BHD-EDI route.

The UK carrier views the service as an air bridge for passengers traveling from the US to Pakistan via London.

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

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Volaris’ plans to expand its US footprint, Qatar Airways resuming flights to London Gatwick, and Vistara launching its first long-haul route.

Pakistan International Airlines has been cleared to resume two routes to the UK using aircraft chartered from Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly.

Canada’s Air Transat plans to fly to 40 destinations during the winter season, with a focus on warm weather locations.

SpiceJet has moved closer to launching low-cost flights between India and the UK.

Latvian airline airBaltic is restoring a direct seasonal route to Greek island Rhodes.

Belfast City Airport has secured six new UK routes, previously operated by Flybe.

Latvia's airBaltic expects to increase its route network next summer by one fifth.

KLM is restarting routes from a number of UK cities as it seeks to rebuild its pre-COVID network during summer 2020.

Iran’s flag carrier will open its second route to the UK next month when it begins service to Manchester.

London Heathrow will again be the airline's base airport.

The airlines respond to a gradual relaxation of COVID-19 travel restrictions.