Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)

After operating cargo-only services during the pandemic, Japan Airlines’ new long-haul low-cost subsidiary is set to launch its first passenger route.

The carrier will resume one-way flights to Tokyo later this week while exploring the possibility of reinstating service to other East Asian countries.

The Japanese LCC previously operated 10 Japan-Taiwan routes before suspending flights in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More routes are returning to Delta Air Lines’ long-haul network during the upcoming winter and summer seasons, but some destinations like Mumbai and Osaka are not currently scheduled to resume.

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Restructured airline will drop long-haul routes.

After American Airlines drops LAX as an international hub, United boosts long-haul flying at the airport.

Alitalia will add more routes to its network over the coming weeks, as well as restarting flights from Milan Linate Airport.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at United Airlines’ plans to begin Chicago-Tel Aviv service; Eastern Airways taking over a former Flybe route; and Japan Airlines restoring Singapore to its network.

The airline sees demand coming back despite COVID-19 pandemic in US.

United had the biggest presence in China among US carriers before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The carrier is slashing daily flying to Japan in response to COVID-19.

Previously, Vietnam Airlines placed its code on Delta flights in what had been a one-way codeshare relationship.

The JL code will be placed on 10 Aeroflot domestic routes; the SU code will go on 10 JAL domestic routes.

Aeroflot is adding Singapore to its route network after a 17-year absence.

New, more direct flight paths over central Tokyo will expand route possibilities at the airport.

The carrier is raising its long-haul international profile at Haneda.

Scandinavian carrier SAS is ending its route between Copenhagen and Tokyo Narita and will instead serve the Japanese capital’s Haneda airport.

This week: Manchester Airport secures service to Shanghai; Stockholm gains first non-stop route to Tokyo in more than 30 years; and Turkish Airlines adds its fourth destination in China.

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have detailed how they intend to use their new slot pairs being made available at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, with several new destinations in Europe and the US being added to their networks.

This week: Spirit orders up to 150 Airbus A320neos; Qantas and Virgin secure one Haneda slot each; Aeroflot to open Krasnoyarsk hub; Etihad and Saudia extend codeshare partnership and more.