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The carrier is building its network for the upcoming winter vacation season.

The expanding carrier reported systemwide load factor above 80% for September.

Frequencies are being added on three UK domestic routes from the start of the winter 2021/22 season.

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.

CEO Ed Sims says the carrier will proceed with 'caution' when building back its European network.

The Canadian carrier will return to the Scottish market during the summer 2022 season with two new routes from Toronto and the resumption of flights to Glasgow from Nova Scotia.

After it emerged that British Airways is planning the launch of a subsidiary to run short-haul routes out of London Gatwick from next summer, Routes looks at the carrier’s operations from the UK airport pre-pandemic and the latest schedules filed for 2022.

The Scottish carrier has unveiled its summer 2022 schedule, which includes the restart of several international services as well as frequency increases on scores of UK domestic routes.

The carrier’s first international flights from the Scottish capital in its 37-year history will begin in December.

Six new routes will be launched this winter, taking the number served during the season to 18.

The agreement covers regional routes in the UK and Ireland that were previously operated by Stobart Air until its failure in June.

The LCC hopes to capitalize on demand for warm-weather vacations.

The LCC is planning a robust schedule from the Scottish capital during both the summer and winter seasons.

Routes profiles airBaltic, the Latvian carrier and World Routes 2021 attendee.

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.

Two new domestic leisure routes are being added to the carrier’s network, while capacity is being increased on services to 13 European vacation destinations.

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

The new leisure service is being added by airBaltic from June.

Two new seasonal routes are being launched in June as the airport gears up to welcome back key domestic services.

Securing air service to a hub is a key target for City of Derry (LDY) as the Northern Irish airport seeks to rebuild connectivity in the wake of the pandemic.

A combined 29 new routes are being launched from the two bases.

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

The carrier which pioneered cheap transatlantic flights between Europe and the US will now focus on short-haul routes as part of a plan to exit insolvency.