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The Hungarian ULCC’s UK subsidiary is beginning to ramp up London Gatwick operations and MD Marion Geoffroy believes the UK will be a major growth market over the coming years.

London becomes the latest European destination in the growing Vietnamese leisure airline’s network.

The revived UK regional carrier will face competition on about two-thirds of the routes being launched.

The airline plans to open a base in Northern Ireland once it relaunches this spring.

The carrier said ‘uncertainties’ in the global airline market mean it has to slow down.

The airline plans to offer six flights per day between Doha and London following the restart of Gatwick service.

The new carrier takes flight this month providing Aer Lingus-branded regional flying.

The restrictions come after the UK imposed a ban on Russian aircraft as part of sanctions introduced following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The carrier is also planning to add frequencies on UK-US routes it has already relaunched.

France’s flag-carrier is opening a second route to the UK capital this summer and has received the green light to begin codesharing with Italy’s ITA on transatlantic routes to the US.

The latest agreements further enlarge the reach of the alliance’s member airlines.

The airline predicts there will be a surge in demand for service to London this summer as it adds flights to the UK capital from Boston.

Further low-cost competition is coming to the UK’s second largest airport this summer.

Subsidized routes, ADP taxes and London slots are all addressed in the new report from the Union Connectivity Review.

The threshold is higher than the EU's, meaning the UK is no longer shadowing Brussels on slot rules as it has until now post-Brexit.

International Airlines Group is increasing competition with easyJet at the UK’s second largest airport.

The operator of Aer Lingus Regional’s network will open a second base later this year and begin several UK domestic routes.

Barcelona and Thessaloniki are among the destinations joining the British Airways subsidiary’s network.

EASA banned Pakistani carriers from flying to the EU in 2020 following a fatal PIA crash.

Texas' state capital will become the airline’s 11th US destination this summer.

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

Emerald Airlines will initially offer 11 routes from Dublin under a franchise agreement with Aer Lingus.

The news comes after BA relaunched London Gatwick-Doha service.

The UK airline will resurrect short-haul operations from London Gatwick in March when its new lower-cost subsidiary is set to go head-to-head with easyJet.

Alongside BA’s latest transatlantic plans for summer 2022, Atlantic Joint Business partners American Airlines, Finnair, Iberia and LEVEL are also increasing connectivity between the US and Europe.