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Miami and Phuket are among the airports being restored to the national carrier’s route map.

The lifting of restrictions will see more international flights return to LIM.

CEO Barry Biffle remains optimistic about the Denver-based airline’s growth prospects despite a COVID-19 “speed bump” slowing its plans.

The carrier believes a US-UK travel corridor could be used as a template for more long-haul route resumptions.

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

Two more countries in Latin America look set to join the Miami-based carrier’s network.

Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Los Angeles are among destinations returning.

Flights from Bogota and Medellin will connect to 16 cities, including Miami and New York.

One of the world’s most stringent COVID-19 travel bans looks to be nearing an end.

Southwest is expanding its route network with the addition of two new domestic leisure destinations.

The south Florida hub served an average of 28,000 passengers daily in July, up from just 6,000 daily in April.

Ultra-low-cost carrier Sky Airline has applied to fly to US as part of its network expansion from Peru.

Adelaide in Australia and Auckland in New Zealand are returning to Qatar Airways’ network later this month, with flights to two more US gateways resuming in September.

Copa Airlines has been granted permission to resume flights over the coming weeks, initially serving about 10 destinations from its hub in Panama.

Gulf carrier Emirates looks set to permanently suspend four long-haul routes, including halting service to one of its 12 destinations in the US.

As British Airways’ fleet of Boeing 747s becomes the latest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes assesses the impact on the carrier’s network.

Routes speaks to Lester Sola, CEO at Miami International Airport.

The US Department of Transportation has approved plans by Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines Group to codeshare on US-Chile routes, while at the same the two carriers have formally requested antitrust immunity for their long-awaited joint venture.

Los Angeles passengers will no longer have nonstop American service to five key gateways.

More than 290,000 departure seats are scheduled for July from the country.

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 we look at new services from Loganair, Eastern Airlines and Air Astana.

American 'more optimistic' compared to previous schedule plans.

Frontier Airlines is to launch three new routes from Philadelphia International (PHL) and increase frequencies on four more.

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TAP Air Portugal is resuming flights to North America later this week, with New York the first destination to make its way back onto the airline’s schedule. Three new routes will also be added to its schedule from July 1.