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Indian airline SpiceJet on announced on 24 July that it has been designated as the “Indian scheduled carrier,” permitting it to operate flights to the United States. The airline will be the first Indian budget carrier to operate services to the US; national carrier Air India is currently the only other Indian airline doing so, since all international commercial passenger flights were suspended on 22 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dubai-based airline has announced that it will cover medical expenses of up to EUR 150,000 and quarantine costs of EUR 100 per day for 14 days, should passengers diagnosed with COVID-19 during their travel, while they are away from home. This cover is to be provided free of cost to all passengers and is is immediately effective for customers flying with Emirates until 31 October 2020; it is valid for 31 days from the moment they fly the first sector of their journey.

The Dubai-based airline has announced the resumption of a five-times weekly service to Seychelles from 1 August, coinciding with the country’s re-opening to international tourism.

The airline have posted an advisory and reminder regarding COVID-19 PCR testing; if Etihad's hub of Abu Dhabi is a passenger’s final destination, they must have a negative test result issued by an ICA-approved medical facility within 72 hours prior to departure, available to present at check-in for their flight at the destination of origin.

From 29 July American Airlines will require all passengers over the age of two to wear face coverings at airports and on board, at all times with the exception of when eating or drinking. The airline has said that anyone unwilling to comply may be barred from future travel for the duration of these measures being in place.

From today, the middle-eastern airline has resumed twice-weekly flights to the Turkish destinations of Antalya and Bodrum. They have also announced that by the end of this month they will have resumed operations via 450 weekly flights to more than 70 destinations.

The airline have announced that they will start flying a new route from London Gatwick Airport to Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica from 13 October. The twice-weekly service will operate on a Tuesday and Saturday on a Boeing 777 aircraft, with seats available in World Traveller, World Traveller Plus and Club World.

Caribbean Airlines, a state-owned carrier of Trinidad and Tobago, has resumed flights between its Kingston, Jamaica hub and cities within the U.S. and Canada. Daily flights will operate to New York, Miami and Toronto; all passengers must wear face masks and adhere to any applicable travel restrictions in both their country of origin and their destination.

Air New Zealand have announced that validity of travel credit issued under their COVID-19 flexibility policy for international and domestic travel has now been extended; passengers are now able to make a new booking until 31 December 2021 for travel dates until 31 December 2022. The policy previously covered bookings made by 30 June 2021 for travel until 30 June 2022.

Rwanda's national airline have announced that they will resume flights on 1 August to select routes within Africa, where border restrictions are currently not prohibitive. They will also resume services to Dubai International Airport.

From 18 July, British Airways will be resuming flights from Dubai International Airport; services will operate from Terminal 3, rather than Terminal 1 as they did previously.

The Abu Dhabi-based airline has announced that they are now set to operate flights to 10 cities in the Middle East and Africa throughout July and August. From 1 August this will include flights to Amman, Casablanca, Muscat, Rabat, Riyadh and Seychelles.

Alaska Airlines yesterday announced the upcoming launch of a number of new routes from Los Angeles International Airport to further connect passengers to key destinations across the U.S, including the first non-stop service from the west coast to Fort Myers in Florida. Other destinations will include Kona and Lihue in Hawaii, Bozeman in Montana, plus Eugene and Medford in Oregon.

American Airlines has announced a New York-based partnership with low-cost U.S. airline jetBlue, which will give its passengers access to over 130 domestic U.S. routes via the city's airports. In the longer term, it’s hoped that the partnership will also facilitate more long-haul services via New York to markets in Europe, Africa, India and South America.

Airlink have announced that all flights between the South African destinations of Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg will be suspended from 20 July, as will its flights between Johannesburg and Upington from 27 July. The soon to be suspended routes were among a number of regional destinations that were introduced on 6 July as part of a government COVID-19 level three strategy, but have since not proven successful in terms of demand.

Further domestic airports within South Africa are set to re-open; from 21 July, East London Airport, George Airport and Kimberley Airport will resume operations. Airports that have already re-opened within the country include O.R Tambo International Airport, Lanseria International Airport, Cape Town International Airport and King Shaka International Airport, Bram Fischer International Airport, Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, Pietermaritzburg Airport, Port Elizabeth International Airport, Richardsbay Airport, Skukuza Airport and Upington International Airport.

Delta Air Lines have said that they are likely to continue to block middle seats past the current deadline of 30 September in order to increase social distancing and reduce the risk of COVID-19; in total the airline is currently blocking 40% of economy seats. Other U.S. airlines currently blocking seats are Southwest Airlines, jetBlue, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines. Airlines such as American Airlines and United Airlines, however, are not.

Scandinavian Airlines, the flag carrying airline of Denmark, Sweden and Norway commonly known as SAS, has released its latest round of updates on cancellation, re-booking and changes to services during COVID-19.

Following the partial lifting of international flight restrictions by the United Arab Emirates and India, Etihad Airways will resume a limited number of special flights to six Indian gateways. The airline will operate services from Abu Dhabi to Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, and Mumbai.

Air Mauritius has announced that from 1 August they will increase the frequency of flights to the island of Rodrigues, an Indian Ocean island territory to the east of Mauritius, to twice-daily. The decision follows the successful resumption of commercial flights on the Rodrigues route on 1 July.