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Emirates began daily, year-round flights between Dubai and Helsinki on October 1 using an Airbus A350, opening the first direct air link between the UAE and Finland.
Delta will launch nonstop Boston-Venice and Detroit-Athens service in summer 2027, upgrade Boston-Milan to daily, and extend several transatlantic seasons, deepening its bet on secondary US hubs reaching deeper into Europe.
Five weeks before Delta's first-ever nonstop between the US and Saudi Arabia is due to take off, a Houthi ballistic missile set an Aramco fuel depot ablaze near Riyadh's airport — while Delta was already discounting the route after selling just a handful of seats.
Wizz Air will restore 49 weekly flights to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan starting this month, reversing a 2025 pullout it blamed on regional conflict and engine trouble in the Gulf heat.
China Southern Airlines will fly Guangzhou to New Delhi daily from September 21, ending a six-year suspension and making it the third Chinese carrier to restore direct India service in 2026.
Frontier will fly Orlando to Bogotá, Medellín and Cartagena starting in December, its first-ever South American service and a direct move into gaps left by Spirit Airlines' collapse.
IndiGo is preparing to start daily nonstop flights between Mumbai and Dar es Salaam in November, adding Tanzania as its fourth African market even as it winds down its Boeing 787 widebody flying to Europe.
Akasa Air begins four-weekly nonstop flights between Mumbai and Hanoi on September 4, becoming the first Indian carrier on the route — a pivot to Southeast Asia after the Iran war froze its Gulf expansion plans.