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height="67"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><span class="story-type"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/1013.type" class="storyType">News</a></span><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/c919-domestic-network-expands-as-comac-eyes-european-certification/156419.article">C919 domestic network expands, as Comac eyes European certification</a></h2><p class="intro">China Eastern Airlines has deployed its Comac C919 narrowbody on its second scheduled domestic route, about half a year after the type began commercial operations.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout thumb onecol right item-fourth hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/hong-kong-very-concerned-over-cathay-flight-cuts-as-pilot-union-calls-for-probe/156410.article" class="image"><img alt="Hong Kong International 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‘very concerned’ over Cathay flight cuts, as pilot union calls for probe</a></h2><p class="intro">The Hong Kong government has raised concern over Cathay Pacific’s spate of flight cancellations over the year-end period, urging the airline to address the issue “as quickly as possible”. </p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout thumb onecol left item-penultimate hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/surf-air-to-launch-subsidised-service-between-williamsport-and-washington-dulles/156404.article" class="image"><img alt="surf air mobility" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1179px) 100px, 220px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/2/9/0/99290_surfairmobility_156720.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/2/9/0/99290_surfairmobility_156720.jpg 100w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/220x147/2/9/0/99290_surfairmobility_156720.jpg 220w" width="100" height="67"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><span class="story-type"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/1013.type" class="storyType">News</a></span><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/surf-air-to-launch-subsidised-service-between-williamsport-and-washington-dulles/156404.article">Surf Air to launch subsidised service between Williamsport and Washington Dulles</a></h2><p class="intro">US start-up Surf Air Mobility has an agreement with Pennsylvannia’s Williamsport Regional airport to launch scheduled commuter flights to Washington Dulles International airport starting in May. </p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout thumb onecol right item-last hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/airline-business-podcast-the-airlines-to-watch-in-2024/156390.article" class="image layoutIcon audioLayout"><img alt="Airline Business_logo" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1179px) 100px, 220px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/2/6/5/99265_airlinebusiness_logo_937241.png" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/2/6/5/99265_airlinebusiness_logo_937241.png 100w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/220x147/2/6/5/99265_airlinebusiness_logo_937241.png 220w" width="100" height="67"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><span class="story-type"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/podcast/1026.type" class="storyType">Podcast</a></span><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/airline-business-podcast-the-airlines-to-watch-in-2024/156390.article">Airline Business Podcast: The airlines to watch in 2024</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="author">Sponsored by <span class="noLink">Panasonic Avionics</span></span></p><p class="intro">In the latest instalment of the podcast - sponsored by Panasonic Avionics -Graham and Lewis discuss the airlines to watch over the next 12 months.</p></div></div></div><p class="more"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/all-networks-news/713.more?navcode=233">All Networks news</a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="rightcolumn" class="fluidrightcolumn rightcolumn"> <div id="rightcolumn_sleeve"> <div id="mainright" 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alt="China-airport-sign-c-Shutterstock" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width:479px) 100vw, (max-width:767px) 50vw, 375px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/8/7/4/73874_chinaairportsigncshutterstock_23099.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/8/7/4/73874_chinaairportsigncshutterstock_23099.jpg 173w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/275x184/8/7/4/73874_chinaairportsigncshutterstock_23099.jpg 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/8/7/4/73874_chinaairportsigncshutterstock_23099.jpg 460w" width="173" height="115"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/how-domestic-capacity-return-varies-across-key-markets/140496.article">How domestic capacity return varies across key markets</a></h2><p class="intro">Domestic markets have been a salvation for many airlines as the global pandemic continues to batter international travel.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout half twocol right item-second hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/asia-pacific-travel-bubbles-fail-to-inflate/140581.article" class="image"><img alt="Changi Airport September 2020" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width:479px) 100vw, (max-width:767px) 50vw, 375px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/8/5/7/73857_20200905_113130_66189.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/8/5/7/73857_20200905_113130_66189.jpg 173w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/275x184/8/5/7/73857_20200905_113130_66189.jpg 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/8/5/7/73857_20200905_113130_66189.jpg 460w" width="173" height="115"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/asia-pacific-travel-bubbles-fail-to-inflate/140581.article">Asia-Pacific ‘travel bubbles’ fail to inflate</a></h2><p class="intro">Despite government talk about “travel bubbles,” “green lanes” and the like, the Asia-Pacific’s biggest international air travel markets remain a long way from anything approaching normalcy.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout half twocol left item-third hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/where-the-airline-industry-was-when-the-music-stopped/139890.article" class="image"><img alt="Generic airline traffic at Munich airport" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width:479px) 100vw, (max-width:767px) 50vw, 375px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/3/0/1/73301_genericairlinetrafficatmunichairport_661929.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/3/0/1/73301_genericairlinetrafficatmunichairport_661929.jpg 173w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/275x184/3/0/1/73301_genericairlinetrafficatmunichairport_661929.jpg 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/3/0/1/73301_genericairlinetrafficatmunichairport_661929.jpg 460w" width="173" height="115"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/where-the-airline-industry-was-when-the-music-stopped/139890.article">Where the airline industry was when the music stopped</a></h2><p class="intro">Another year of strong profit and traffic growth in 2019 for leading carriers illustrates the highs the industry had reached before the coronavirus pandemic, but offered no warning of the crisis to come that has pushed airlines to the brink.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout half twocol right item-fourth hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/why-transatlantic-return-matters-so-much-to-airlines/140071.article" class="image"><img alt="British Airways, American, Virgin aircraft at Heathrow Nov 18" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width:479px) 100vw, (max-width:767px) 50vw, 375px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/9/3/0/72930_britishairwaysamericanvirginaircraftatheathrownov18_638852.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/9/3/0/72930_britishairwaysamericanvirginaircraftatheathrownov18_638852.jpg 173w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/275x184/9/3/0/72930_britishairwaysamericanvirginaircraftatheathrownov18_638852.jpg 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/9/3/0/72930_britishairwaysamericanvirginaircraftatheathrownov18_638852.jpg 460w" width="173" height="115"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/why-transatlantic-return-matters-so-much-to-airlines/140071.article">Why transatlantic return matters so much to airlines</a></h2><p class="intro">When Virgin Atlantic broke the news it would need<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/virgin-atlantic-to-cut-1150-more-jobs-after-restructuring-approved/140047.article" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> to cut over 1,000 more jobs</a>, even having secured its future within £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in refinancing commitments, it underlined just how damaging the failure to reignite the key transatlantic market was.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout half twocol left item-penultimate hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/iata-lowers-2020-passenger-traffic-hopes-on-stalled-recovery/140370.article" class="image"><img alt="IATA logo" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width:479px) 100vw, (max-width:767px) 50vw, 375px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/4/7/4/73474_iatalogo_478030.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/4/7/4/73474_iatalogo_478030.jpg 173w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/275x184/4/7/4/73474_iatalogo_478030.jpg 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/4/7/4/73474_iatalogo_478030.jpg 460w" width="173" height="115"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/iata-lowers-2020-passenger-traffic-hopes-on-stalled-recovery/140370.article">IATA lowers 2020 passenger traffic hopes on stalled recovery</a></h2><p class="intro">Airline trade body IATA has lowered its expectations for global passenger traffic this year amid a plateauing in the recovery and bleaker forward booking indicators.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout half twocol right item-last hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/airline-coronavirus-recovery-tracker-november-2020-update/140918.article" class="image"><img alt="Airline-data" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width:479px) 100vw, (max-width:767px) 50vw, 375px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/4/0/2/74402_airlinedata_944678.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/173x115/4/0/2/74402_airlinedata_944678.jpg 173w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/275x184/4/0/2/74402_airlinedata_944678.jpg 275w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/4/0/2/74402_airlinedata_944678.jpg 460w" width="173" height="115"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/airline-coronavirus-recovery-tracker-november-2020-update/140918.article">Airline coronavirus recovery tracker: November 2020 update</a></h2><p class="intro">Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, airport passenger throughput, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div id="webinar_716" class="spinBlock colour1 hastitle"><div class="sleeve"><div class="sectionhead"><h2>Webinar</h2></div><div class="spinLayout half onecol left item-first item-last hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/on-demand-webinars/network-planning-in-the-new-reality/140119.article" class="image layoutIcon videoLayout"><img alt="Fg com thumbnail final" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1023px) 460px, 620px" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/5/2/4/73524_fgcomthumbnailfinal_319421.png" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/460x307/5/2/4/73524_fgcomthumbnailfinal_319421.png 460w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/620x413/5/2/4/73524_fgcomthumbnailfinal_319421.png 620w" width="460" height="307"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/on-demand-webinars/network-planning-in-the-new-reality/140119.article">Network planning in the new reality</a></h2><p class="meta"><span class="author">Sponsored by <span class="noLink">Miami International Airport and OAG</span></span></p><p class="intro"><strong></strong>Airlines and airports are slowly picking up the pieces of networks shattered by a coronavirus crisis that has seen the majority of the world’s passenger flights grounded, and many countries shutting their borders to international travel. As the world of air travel opens up again, what factors will drive which routes will return first, and how might route maps change permanently? How are network planners choosing what services to reinstate and what tactics should airports use to retain or lure new customers, given that some airlines will not survive the crisis and many will be forced to drastically reappraise their networks. Will the crisis change the entire relationship between airports and airlines?</p></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="oneColumn"> <div class="columnContainer"> <div class="column columnOne"> <div id="airline-insights_718" class="spinNavigation gridLayout colour2"><div class="sleeve"><div class="sectionhead"><h2>Airline insights</h2></div><ul><li class="first"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/small-flows-through-hubs-will-lead-recovery-says-klm-chief-/140627.article" class="image"><img alt="KLM-ERJ-190" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 50vw, (max-width: 768px) 10vw, (max-width: 1024px) 15vw, (max-width: 1280px) 20vw, (min-width: 1281px) 21vw, 100vw" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/415x277/9/2/0/73920_klmerj190_24490.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/415x277/9/2/0/73920_klmerj190_24490.jpg 415w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/230x153/9/2/0/73920_klmerj190_24490.jpg 230w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/320x213/9/2/0/73920_klmerj190_24490.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/375x250/9/2/0/73920_klmerj190_24490.jpg 375w" width="415" height="277"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/small-flows-through-hubs-will-lead-recovery-says-klm-chief-/140627.article">’Small flows through hubs’ will lead recovery, says KLM chief </a></h2><p class="intro">The recovery of international air connectivity will favour KLM’s hub operations above point-to-point services, according to the Dutch flag carrier’s chief executive Pieter Elbers.</p></div></li><li><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/pandemic-forces-vistara-to-press-pause-on-rapid-growth/140363.article" class="image"><img alt="Vistara A320neo" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 50vw, (max-width: 768px) 10vw, (max-width: 1024px) 15vw, (max-width: 1280px) 20vw, (min-width: 1281px) 21vw, 100vw" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/415x277/4/6/6/73466_vistaraaircraft_takeoff1_675039.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/415x277/4/6/6/73466_vistaraaircraft_takeoff1_675039.jpg 415w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/230x153/4/6/6/73466_vistaraaircraft_takeoff1_675039.jpg 230w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/320x213/4/6/6/73466_vistaraaircraft_takeoff1_675039.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247im_/https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/375x250/4/6/6/73466_vistaraaircraft_takeoff1_675039.jpg 375w" width="415" height="277"/></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/pandemic-forces-vistara-to-press-pause-on-rapid-growth/140363.article">Pandemic forces Vistara to press pause on rapid growth</a></h2><p class="intro">Indian carrier Vistara entered 2020 with plans for rapid growth, but the coronavirus pandemic has kept the airline from meeting its full potential.</p></div></li><li class="last"><p class="picture"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010247/https://www.flightglobal.com/networks/airports-face-long-wait-for-air-traffic-return/140106.article" class="image"><img 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