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Latvian carrier airBaltic has become the latest EU airline to offer a bundled holiday product, following similar pushes by UK LCC easyJet and British Airways (BA).

The European peak summer season of 2021 will be critical for airlines, airports and destinations across Europe, along with a huge range of businesses which rely on travel and tourism.

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

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

British LCC easyJet is currently only operating 39 of the more than 300 aircraft in its all-Airbus A320 family fleet, but the carrier’s executives believe it is poised to quickly react to pent-up demand if and when the COVID-19 crisis retreats later in 2021.

The airline believes there is pent-up demand for leisure travel that will emerge with the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions across Europe.

EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren believes summer 2021 trading conditions will be better than summer 2020, based on the vaccine rollout and more reliable coronavirus data.

Routes profiles easyJet, the UK-based LCC and Routes Reconnected attendee.

Five vacation destinations are being added to easyJet’s network from Birmingham Airport (BHX) this summer as the LCC banks on a rebound in leisure demand.

EasyJet’s network additions come a week after the UK airport secured AnadoluJet as a new airline partner.

EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren, who assumed his new role as Airlines for Europe (A4E) chairman on March 25, anticipates a challenging year ahead as Europe’s airlines attempt to revive their air links in the wake of COVID-19.

The three airlines are adding capacity and routes to the Sardinian airport this summer.

Greece is a major focus for Wizz Air’s new routes, while easyJet is adding domestic services in France and the UK.

Two routes are being launched from the city, located on southern France’s Mediterranean coast.

The carrier returned to MME in February after an absence of almost three years.

EasyJet said it would raise €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) from a bond issue, in a sign of optimism about the prospects for a recovery of the air transport sector over the coming months.

Johan Lundgren also refuted claims that extending the airport slot waiver in Europe for the duration of the summer season is anti-competitive.

Ground handling giant Swissport has appointed industry veteran Warwick Brady as its new president and CEO.

British LCC easyJet expects to fly no more than 10% of its 2019 fiscal second quarter capacity in the first three months of 2021.

The LCC says passengers will return once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

British LCC easyJet said it had signed a new $1.87 billion five-year term loan facility as it takes more steps to bolster its finances as it looks to ride out the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

UK LCC easyJet is rolling out a reduced schedule with the start of the latest English lockdown, while Aer Lingus has extended its flight suspension to England, Scotland and Wales until Jan. 8.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has denied claims by ULCC Ryanair that a sudden change in policy has forced the airline to stop operating on 12 UK domestic and international routes.

EasyJet says it has agreed with Airbus to defer aircraft deliveries from its 2022-24 financial years.

Impending end of the UK's transition period with the EU post-Brexit means rule changes for airlines.