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American passengers will be able to transfer to China Southern Airlines flights at the new Beijing Daxing International Airport.

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

The carrier will serve nine US destinations when the Doha-SFO service gets underway Dec. 15.

The Mexican ULCC is following rival Viva Aerobus into the market.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at the latest route being opened by Eastern Airways; Jazeera Airways’ plans to enter the Bangladesh market; and United Airlines’ restoration of a service to Germany.

Airlines do not have to meet usual 80%-schedule standard.

The flight enables passengers to fly nonstop to Florida rather than connect through Port-au-Prince.

The US carrier is restarting nonstop service to Shanghai later this month and in November plans to resume flights on almost 30 international routes, targeting leisure and VFR traffic.

Fort Myers becomes the 12th airport served by Southwest from Louisville.

The bilateral deal allows for the potential launch of new routes between the two countries.

The carrier is restarting flights to 10 US mainland destinations and Tokyo.

The flights bring more passengers into the carrier’s global network, American says.

David Neeleman’s latest startup has revised its launch plans and will now commence operations in March 2021.

As Mexican carrier Aeromar prepares to open its second route to the US, Routes catches up with Fabricio Cojuc, executive director of network strategy, alliances and industry affairs, to find out more about the airline’s network ambitions and response to COVID-19.

The low-cost airline has been granted the rights by Indian regulators to begin services to the US and UK.

Once CARES Act restrictions expire, United could cut nearly half of its workforce.

The announcement comes less than a week after the Treasury agreed to terms with five of the other largest carriers in the US.

Even With COVID-19 still a serious health issue in the US, airlines are ramping up flying.

The CARES Act provided airlines with $32 billion in grants, but it expires on Sept. 30.

The LCC can put off downsizing decision until after Sept. 30 as assistance keeps carrier intact during COVID-19 pandemic.

Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are set to resume scheduled passenger service between the US and China from next month for the first time since early February.

Consensus emerges that leisure travel will be the first to return to normal.

The US Department of Transportation relied on precedent in its ruling regarding regional carrier Cape Air.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across North America are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seattle becomes the only mainland market served by the airline other than LAX and SFO.