en.Wedoany.com Reported - Flydubai, Flynas, and SunExpress will launch new routes to Aleppo, Syria, in the coming weeks, continuing the recovery of Syria's international air connectivity. Dubai-based low-cost carrier Flydubai will resume daily direct flights from Dubai to Aleppo on July 20, restoring operations after a nearly 14-year hiatus. Aleppo becomes Flydubai's second destination in Syria after Damascus, which currently operates three daily flights and has increased frequencies since resuming operations in 2025. Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas will launch twice-weekly flights from Riyadh to Aleppo on August 1, complementing its existing network of 24 weekly flights from Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam to Damascus. SunExpress plans to launch the only direct route from Antalya to Aleppo on August 1, operating twice weekly with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Wizz Air has announced new routes from Moldova and Lithuania for the 2026-27 winter season. From Chișinău, the airline will operate four weekly flights to Alicante and London Gatwick starting October 25, and two weekly flights to Frankfurt-Hahn from October 26. Wizz Air will also increase frequencies on routes to Barcelona, Bologna, Bucharest, Dortmund, Memmingen, and Nuremberg. From Vilnius, Wizz Air will launch a new three-times-weekly route to Berlin on October 27, operating on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The ultra-low-cost carrier currently offers 26 routes from Lithuania, covering 19 countries.
Qantas will increase capacity to Japan and New Zealand for the 2026-27 Southern Hemisphere summer, adding over 45,000 seats. The airline will increase its Melbourne-Tokyo Narita route from daily to 11 weekly flights between December 2026 and March 2027, adding approximately 30,000 seats. Qantas stated that passenger numbers to Japan grew 8% year-on-year to 350,000 between October 2025 and March 2026, while over 500,000 Australian tourists visited Japan in the first five months of 2026. Across the Tasman Sea, Qantas will add over 15,000 seats on routes from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane to Queenstown during the peak summer period, with capacity on the Sydney-Auckland route increasing by up to 10% through larger aircraft and additional flights.
Iberia will operate flights from Madrid to Salerno, Italy, for one month starting in November. The airline will run daily Madrid-Salerno flights using Airbus A320 aircraft throughout November, offering nearly 10,800 seats. This route brings Iberia's destinations in Italy to 12.
China Eastern Airlines has launched direct flights from Beijing Daxing to Bali, marking the first direct route between the Chinese capital and the Indonesian island. The inaugural Airbus A330 flight arrived at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on July 11. Indonesian airport operator InJourney Airports stated that the new route is expected to strengthen connectivity between Bali and China, which was Bali's second-largest source market in the first half of 2026, with approximately 297,000 visitor arrivals.
AJet has launched a new direct route from Sivas, Turkey, to Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany. The Turkish Airlines subsidiary will operate one weekly flight on Wednesdays, with a flight time of approximately four hours.
Malaysia Airlines has launched new direct routes from Kuala Lumpur to Shenzhen and Changsha, expanding its operations in China. China is the airline's second-largest international market by number of destinations. Both routes use Boeing 737-8 aircraft, operating up to daily. 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.
