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Fresh from securing a new American Airlines route from New York JFK, Athens is set to be added to Jet2.com’s route map for the first time.

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

Service to the UK was suspended in mid-December after a more transmissible COVID-19 strain was detected in the country.

The oneworld alliance member has resumed service to London Gatwick after a month-long absence.

Routes to Mumbai and Delhi will not go ahead as planned although the carrier has begun flights from Manchester to Pakistan.

Ireland’s flag carrier hopes to begin three routes from the UK to Boston, New York and Orlando during summer 2021 using Airbus A330-300 and A321LR aircraft.

The Dubai-based airline said increased demand has prompted an expansion of its UK flight schedule.

More than 75 destinations will be served by the Spanish carrier this winter, with an emphasis on boosting business travel.

Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss said the airline remains an 'interested party' in Flybe amid a potential rebirth of the UK-based regional carrier.

The airline, a favorite of business passengers, sees demand evaporate because of COVID-19.

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

Total seat capacity is expected to be about 25-30% less than summer 2019, with COVID-19 still causing severe restrictions in many of its destinations.

Qatar's UK country manager Gary Kershaw discusses the airline’s UK network and shifting demand in response to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

After a deal was agreed that could pave the way for Flybe to restart operations, Routes looks at what became of the carrier’s UK network since its failure.

The pair of routes will add capacity to a market that has been unserved nonstop since Jet Airways suspended flights 18 months ago.

As British Airways begins a second route to Pakistan, Routes looks at the state of the country’s somewhat underexploited aviation market.

The airline will become the first Indian LCC to operate flights to UK when service begins in December.

The bilateral deal allows for the potential launch of new routes between the two countries.

The Irish LCC is already the largest operator at the airport by capacity and plans to further increase its footprint during the upcoming winter season.

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

EasyJet is this week operating about 33 routes to destinations in Europe, but a sharp network expansion is planned next month.

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: airBaltic’s new route to Dublin; Air New Zealand resuming flights to Tokyo; and Luxair re-entering a market it last served in 2007.

This week: Etihad Airways is launching a new service to Vienna; leisure carrier Condor is introducing long-haul flights from Dusseldorf; and Eastern Airways is once again operating its own scheduled network of routes.

Following the insolvency of Flybe, Routes analyses the potential impact of the regional carrier’s demise on the UK and wider European market.

Stansted’s management expressed disappointment in the decision.