Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Eight UK airports will receive new easyJet routes during the summer of 2024 season.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

UK leisure carrier Jet2.com will launch 20 routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport when flights start in March 2024.

CEO Matthew Hall said a more diverse airline mix is helping to drive the recovery at the Northern Ireland airport.

The LCC is growing its offerings from Northern Ireland.

Liverpool Airport CEO targets 80% traffic recovery this year as Lufthansa launches new Frankfurt connection.

The LCC is also commencing service on the Birmingham-Nantes route.

Destinations in the UK and Switzerland will receive new flights next winter.

The launch of a new service to St. Louis in the US state of Missouri is among the German airline’s network plans for the summer 2022 season.

The LCC said ORK's operator extended a COVID-19 recovery scheme at the airport until October 2022, providing an incentive to reopen the base with two aircraft.

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 additional services include its first-ever route to Belfast City Airport.

Three new routes are being launched as the ULCC targets pent-up leisure demand.

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.

More than 40 new routes have been added to the carrier’s summer schedule.

The expansion will double the number of connections offered by the ULCC from the Bulgarian airport and comes as easyJet and Blue Air add new routes to the city.

Four new services are being launched by the Scottish airline, including the resumption of a former Flybe route.

The ULCC is halting flights from four of the five airports served in Ireland for one month.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Wizz opening routes to Romania from Birmingham; Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’s latest service; and Air France’s decision to begin flights to a fourth destination in India.

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

Romanian carrier Blue Air will grow its network at home and in Italy later this year.

While many airlines are fighting for survival, Wizz Air is continuing its bold expansion plan with the opening of a seventh base in Romania.

Expert panel optimistic on prospects for regional airports

Regional airlines could face a five-year period of consolidation as they are out-muscled by bigger rivals. Speaking at the Route Europe 2016 Strategy Summit in Kraków, Poland, Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum network planning and scheduling director Miguel Oliver said in the last 20 years in Spain, the country has lost 20 carriers.