Routes & Networks Latest: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C July 13, 2026)

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

July 13

Flydubai , Flynas and SunExpress are set to launch new services to Aleppo, Syria, in the coming weeks as international air links to the country continue to recover. Dubai-based LCC Flydubai will resume daily nonstop flights between Dubai and Aleppo from July 20, restoring the route after a nearly 14-year hiatus. Aleppo becomes the carrier's second destination in Syria alongside Damascus, which is now served three times per day following a frequency increase from its relaunch in 2025. Saudi Arabian LCC Flynas will follow on Aug. 1 with 2X-weekly Riyadh-Aleppo flights, complementing its existing network of 24X-weekly services to Damascus from Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. Meanwhile, SunExpress is scheduled to launch the only nonstop service between Antalya and Aleppo on Aug. 1, operating twice a week with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Wizz Air has announced network additions for the 2026-27 winter season from Moldova and Lithuania. From Chisinau, the airline will launch 4X-weekly flights to Alicante and London Gatwick from Oct. 25, alongside a 2X-weekly service to Frankfurt-Hahn from Oct. 26. Wizz Air will also increase frequencies on routes to Barcelona, Bologna, Bucharest, Dortmund, Memmingen and Nuremberg. From Vilnius, Wizz Air will introduce a new 3X-weekly route to Berlin from Oct. 27, operating on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The ULCC currently offers 26 routes from Lithuania to 19 countries.

Qantas will boost capacity to Japan and New Zealand during the 2026-27 southern summer, adding more than 45,000 seats. The airline will increase Melbourne-Tokyo Narita service from daily to 11 flights per week between December 2026 and March 2027, adding about 30,000 seats. Qantas says passenger numbers to Japan rose 8% year on year to 350,000 between October 2025 and March 2026, while more than 500,000 Australians visited the country during the first five months of 2026. Across the Tasman, Qantas will add more than 15,000 seats on routes from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to Queenstown over the peak summer season, while capacity between Sydney and Auckland will increase by up to 10% through a combination of larger aircraft and additional flights.

Iberia will add Salerno, Italy, to its network with a month-long service from Madrid in November. The carrier will operate daily Airbus A320 flights between Madrid and Salerno throughout the month, offering nearly 10,800 seats. The route increases Iberia's Italian network to 12 destinations.

China Eastern Airlines has commenced nonstop flights between Beijing Daxing and Bali, establishing the first direct air link between China's capital and the Indonesian island. The inaugural Airbus A330 service arrived at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on July 11. Indonesian airport operator InJourney Airports says the new route is expected to strengthen Bali's connectivity with China, which ranked as the island's second-largest source market during the first half of 2026 with about 297,000 visitor arrivals.

AJet has opened a new nonstop route between Sivas, Turkey, and Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany. The Turkish Airlines subsidiary will operate the route once a week on Wednesdays, with a flight time of about four hours.

Malaysia Airlines has launched new nonstop services from Kuala Lumpur to Shenzhen and Changsha, expanding its footprint in China, the carrier's second-largest international market by destinations served. Both services operate up to daily using Boeing 737-8 aircraft. With the additions, Malaysia Airlines now serves nine destinations in Greater China, including Beijing Daxing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai Pudong, Taipei, Xiamen, Shenzhen and Changsha.