Milan Malpensa Airport

Milan will become Vietnam Airlines’ ninth destination in Europe from next July.

Air Senegal is cutting flights to destinations in Cameroon, France, Gabon, Italy, Spain and the U.S. as part of a network restructure.

Wizz Air will base its first Airbus A321XLR aircraft at Milan Malpensa Airport from June 2025.

Istanbul, Milan and Stockholm will join All Nippon Airways’ network during the winter season.

China Eastern Airlines plans to offer flights to Milan and Venice from September.

Air China is adding a fourth route to Milan in July with the launch of flights from Chengdu.

Norse Atlantic Airways will station one Boeing 787 at Milan Malpensa Airport and operate several routes for Italian carrier Neos.

The bizav services operator at Milan’s Linate and Malpensa airports would pay customers €1,000 per ton of SAF they buy at the airports.

The rebuild of Milan Malpensa Airport’s Asia route map is continuing.

Wizz Air is expanding bases in Albania, Italy, and Romania and plans to switch Scottish flights from Edinburgh to Glasgow.

The proposed network growth from the London airport comes after the airline bought a portfolio of slots from Scandinavian LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Strong corporate demand between the US and the UK is fueling the carrier’s latest transatlantic expansion.

Italy’s new national carrier plans to expand its network to 89 routes by 2025.

The network addition coincides with the Expo 2020 Dubai event, taking place from October until March 2022.

A fifth freedom route from Milan to New York, as well as flights between Dubai and Orlando, are set to restart in June.

The Italian start-up has outlined plans to fly domestic routes this summer.

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.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qatar Airways resuming Lagos; Wizz Air’s first Italian domestic routes; and American Airline adding Daytona Beach flights.

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

The two carriers have agreed a codeshare deal less than four months after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to increase their cooperation.

Wizz Air has put the brakes on plans to increase capacity to 80% in the next quarter amid heightened travel restrictions across Europe. However, the Hungarian carrier’s UK subsidiary has signaled its intention to expand from Doncaster Sheffield, just weeks after announcing a new base at the airport.

A new player is set to enter the market between Milan and Dakar in October as competition between the two cities begins to heat up.

Seven new routes are being launched from Doncaster Sheffield Airport following Wizz Air’s latest expansion.

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