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

Southwest Airlines is pushing ahead with plans to begin service to its second Colorado destination.

The service will operate 2X-weekly until September, when a third weekly flight will be added.

Hungary’s Wizz Air has reinstated a second aircraft at its Riga base, reversing a decision to downsize operations in the Latvian capital.

With our Route Exchange membership offer coming to an end soon, we look at some of the facts and figures that have shaped the platform in the last three months.

The south Florida hub served an average of 28,000 passengers daily in July, up from just 6,000 daily in April.

The codeshare between Azul Brazilian Airlines and LATAM Airlines Brazil will encompass 64 domestic routes.

Seven new routes are being launched from Doncaster Sheffield Airport following Wizz Air’s latest expansion.

The Star Alliance member is taking an ‘opportunistic’ approach to capture leisure demand this winter by adding nonstop flights to Florida from seven non-hubs.

Ultra-low-cost carrier Sky Airline has applied to fly to US as part of its network expansion from Peru.

The carrier is the only US airline to post a quarterly profit in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finland’s flag carrier will fly fewer frequencies to European destinations in September than previously planned.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at three new domestic routes opening in the US, Thailand and the UK.

Following the announcement of Routes' brand new hybrid event, we take a look at what to expect from Routes Reconnected, taking place this November.

The US carriers are this month expanding their codeshare partnership to cover a further 60 routes.

The move is necessitated by provisions in United's labor contracts with pilots.

France’s flag carrier has been given the green light from Chinese authorities to operate weekly flights between Paris and Beijing.

Domestic competition in Thailand is set to intensify after Thai AirAsia started operations from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, adding to its existing hub at Don Mueang.

The emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak has significantly worsened Seoul-based Asiana’s attractiveness as a business.

Adelaide in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand are returning to Qatar Airways’ network later this month, with flights to two more US gateways resuming in September.

As airlines and airports around the world recover from the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes' latest infographic looks at the current state of the global aviation market.

Corporación Quiport president and CEO Andrew O’Brian discusses how Quito International has responded to the COVID-19 crisis so far; how the airport is working to restore passenger confidence; and the liquidation of national carrier Tame.

US travelers are urged to view State Department’s country-by-country warnings.

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

Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines is broadening its international network from next month while at the same time planning to increase its market share at home.