COVID-19

The move follows a similar capacity cut by Virgin Australia.

Major carriers say they are being forced to fly low load-factor flights to maintain airport slots.

The CAAC is also forcing the cancellation of US-to-China flights by American, United and Chinese airlines under its COVID-19 testing rule.

The airline is dropping nine domestic routes and one international service.

The carrier has had a base at FRA since 2017.

The carrier said it is unable to maintain its planned schedule because of high levels of infected staff.

New rules, driven by omicron concerns, will limit weekly flights on the routes.

Routes from Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, the UK and the US are all affected by the move.

The restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong government restrict the airline’s ability to operate even a limited schedule.

Domestic flights dominated the list of busiest routes in the world during 2021, led by a leisure service in South Korea.

The European Commission will require airlines to use-or-lose more EU airport slots in the 2022 summer.

The country will allow 'travel bubble' routes to continue.

Central Americas has regained the most capacity since 2019, while South East Asia’s recovery lags behind.

Ribero tells Routes which markets Colombia is focusing on as it looks to bring overseas tourists back post-COVID.

Domestic flying in October greatly outpaced international operations.

The airport has a 'compelling' business case that is giving it the confidence to draw up future investment plans, CEO Glyn Jones says.

Passenger traffic in Latin America and the Caribbean is forecast to return to long-run pre-pandemic growth trends—but the lack of harmonization between governments remains a problem.

The move has prompted AirAsia Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines to make plans for flights between the countries.

At the association's AGM in Doha, Arab airlines offered a pessimistic forecast.

The carrier aims to operate a robust schedule to the US over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

Denys Kostrzhevskyi tells Routes about the potential for Ukrainian air transport and where IEV fits in.

Guangzhou tops the list as seven Chinese airports make the top 10.

The carrier has postponed the start of the SEA-BLR route multiple times.

As Thailand cautiously re-opens its borders, we look at the Asian leisure destination’s air transport market.

As the US re-opens for transatlantic travel, we detail the key markets by airport, city and state, both now and in 2019.