Spring Airlines, a popular Chinese low cost carrier headquartered in Shanghai, will launch a new direct service between Shenyang and Changbaishan (close to the tourist destination of Changbai Mountain) this week, according to information gathered by ChinaAviationDaily.com.

United Airlines Friday announced the schedule for resumed service between San Francisco and Shanghai with twice-weekly flights starting from July 8, according to a release by the airline.

China Southern Airlines, the largest airline by fleet size in Asia, joined with Sichuan Airlines on June 16 to announce that more air express routes will be created between the cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong province, Chengdu in Sichuan province and Beijing to provide more travel convenience for passengers, starting July.

China's aviation regulator ordered on Sunday a four-week suspension of a China Southern Airlines flight from Dhaka to Guangzhou in an effort to prevent imported COVID-19 cases.

Iceland will pay carrier Icelandair up to 100 million krona (US$717,000) to keep some flights to and from Iceland open for three weeks, Icelandic daily Morgunbladid reported on Monday.

China's leading aviation data service provider VariFlight has shared the daily flight operation data of transatlantic routes between Feb 1 and Mar 10, 2020, in a bid to facilitate the capacity analysis of the world's most profitable routes.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, will launch new daily scheduled year-round flights to Austria's capital Vienna using a two-class Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The service will initially operate with four weekly flights between 22 May and 30 June.

EgyptAir, the flagship carrier of Egypt, announced on Thursday that it will resume flights to and from China starting from Feb 27.

Plans to cut some of South African Airways' (SAA) domestic and international routes are aimed at making the airline sustainable and free from government funding after restructuring, experts appointed to try to rescue the company said on Sunday.

Air Macao, the only base carrier of the Macao Special Administrative Region, launched its first flight between Macao and Beijing Daxing International Airport on Monday, and now the airline operates five daily flights between the two cities.