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Tuesday, 28 July 2020
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Wizz expands Varna base, plans UK-Russia resumption
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Wizz Air has bolstered its presence in Bulgaria and confirmed the restart of routes between the UK and Russia.
Monday, 27 July 2020
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American, Delta, United now pursuing similar capacity strategies
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Convergence follows period during which American operated more of its network than rivals Delta and United.
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Recovery Tracker: the global market (w/e July 26)
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As airlines and airports around the world recover from the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes' latest infographic looks at the...
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Ryanair warns of further base closures
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Ryanair expects to shut bases in Spain and Italy over the coming months, adding to closures already announced in Germany.
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Volaris to restore 70% of capacity in August
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Volaris capacity will recover to 70% of pre-coronavirus levels in August as the Mexican ULCC continues to reinstate services.
Friday, 24 July 2020
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Recovery Tracker: KLM, Lufthansa, Alaska Airlines and more
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A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports continue to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
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Southwest cites 'abrupt' demand drop, slows capacity growth
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Carrier reports July load factors in the 40-45% range.
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SpiceJet gets rights for US and UK operations
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The low-cost airline has been granted the rights by Indian regulators to begin services to the US and UK.
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Qatar Airways resumes Cebu service after eight years
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Qatar’s national carrier reinstates flights to Philippine city having not flown there since March 2012.
Thursday, 23 July 2020
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American: Q3 system capacity to be down 60%
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Airline to retire four aircraft types this year as it copes with significant demand drop from COVID-19.
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Spirit outlines Q3 capacity forecast
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US carrier Spirit Airlines expects third quarter capacity to be two-thirds of the level seen a year ago.
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Aer Lingus Regional to open Belfast City base
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Belfast City Airport has secured six new UK routes, previously operated by Flybe.
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British Airways to expand Caribbean footprint
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The UK flag-carrier is adding a new route to Jamaica this winter.
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
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Virgin Atlantic restarts service with LHR-HKG route
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Resumption of service comes after Virgin Atlantic unveiled a long-awaited restructuring July 14.
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Al Baker unmoved by low-cost threat
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Speaking on the latest Aviation Week Network webinar, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker says full service carriers will prevail in the Gulf region.
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TAP inaugurates new US route
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TAP Air Portugal has reinstated its service between the Azores and Boston after nearly two decades.
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Route Analysis: HEL-PVG, YUL-VRA, AMS-RUH
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Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at the resumption of Finnair flights to...
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
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COVID-19: US airline recovery 'choppy,' Delta says
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The stalled recovery has led many carriers to pause or scale back capacity growth planned for July and August.
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Condor resumes Leipzig network
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The leisure carrier will station two Airbus A321s at the airport this summer.
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Alaska expands from San Diego
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Alaska Airlines is beefing up its network from San Diego with the addition of three new routes.
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