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The Indian government said it will consider reopening regular international flights when India’s domestic traffic reaches 50-60% of pre-COVID levels; India’s airlines started a phased return to domestic flying on May 25.

Air Belgium intends to open a new nonstop route to Mauritius from December and hopes to begin US service in 2021.

Leisure carrier SunExpress is closing its German division as part of a restructuring to focus on the Turkish tourism market.

More than a decade after suspending service to Cape Town, the South African city will return to Delta Air Lines’ network in October. The airline is also set to resume flights to China for the first time since February.

Austrian Airlines will fly to more than 50 destinations in July, with almost half of its fleet back in service by the end of the month.

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

$4.5 billion loan will enable the building of a third runway and related improvements

CEO describes international gateway's "runway to recovery" plan.

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

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.

Year-over-year, the airline will fly a solid schedule in July.

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

Qatar Airways is expanding its services to the US, increasing the number of destinations served to six.

Frontier is adding three US domestic services and increasing frequencies on seven other popular leisure routes.

Mint service from Newark to LAX and SFO will come first.

Airports across Poland have been successful in convincing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to relax air travel restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 crisis.

Europe's airlines are expected to lose $23.1 billion in 2020.

The US, which banned all air transport with Venezuela 13 months ago, has fined Copa Airlines $450,000 for “unlawfully transporting passengers” between the two countries.

COVID-19 pushes LATAM subsidiary over the brink.

Swoop is using the Route Exchange platform as it seeks to expand its network.

Wizz Air has revealed plans to station three Airbus A320s at Dortmund Airport (DTM) in Germany–its third new base announcement in three days.

Australia’s flag carrier originally intended to operate almost 50 international routes over the coming months, but the actual total is likely to be a fraction of that.

Thai Vietjet is increasing its footprint in Thailand’s domestic market with the launch of five new routes.

Wizz Air’s expansion shows no signs of slowing, with the carrier set to exploit St. Petersburg’s seventh freedom rights and open its first base in Russia.

With COVID-19 travel restrictions easing in parts of the world, airlines are gradually rebuilding their networks. Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at new services from Loganair, Eastern Airlines and Air Astana.