As of March 22nd, 2025, Malaysia Airlines will resume scheduled operations between Kuala Lumpur and Paris Charles de Gaulle using Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The company will commence with four weekly services, increasing to daily from March 29th, 2025.

With the start of CDG, Malaysia will reach 68 destinations across its route network, which is mainly located in Asia. According to our database, London Heathrow is its only regular passenger route to Europe (14 flights a week), in addition to offering cargo operations to Amsterdam from Kuala Lumpur via Doha with MASkargo’s Airbus A330-200Fs.

Daily · eff March 29th, 2025

• MH 21  Kuala Lumpur KUL 23:40 · 06:40+1 CDG Paris
• MH 20  Paris CDG 11:25 · 06:10+1 KUL Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Airlines’ last services to Paris had been in January 2016.

Datuk Captain Izham Ismail, Group Managing Director of Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), said, “Our expansion into Europe marks a significant milestone for Malaysia Airlines. With the arrival of additional widebody aircraft starting this Quarter 4, we are ready to bring this long-awaited city back into our network. While the European market is highly competitive, we see tremendous potential for this route to attract key travellers, not just from Malaysia but also from neighbouring regions.

By launching direct services from Kuala Lumpur to Paris, we reaffirm our position as the flagship airline and strengthen our role as the gateway to Asia and beyond. This route will be served by our state-of-the-art A350-900 aircraft, which already operates on key routes like London and Doha, delivering a world-class travel experience to our passengers.”

KLM added its first Airbus A321neo

Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij took delivery of its first A321neo on August 27th. The aircraft, registered PH-AXA, arrived in Amsterdam at 14:53 local time from Hamburg, new from the factory.

Between September 5th and the 14th, the Airbus performed several test flights, mainly at Aarhus Airport, Denmark, as can be seen through our website.

The first scheduled service of KLM’s Airbus A321neo departed AMS on Monday, September 16th at 07:54 local time to Copenhagen, covering flight KL 1267. For now, Copenhagen, Berlin and Stockholm will be the regular routes for the airline’s A321neo.

KLM’s fleet

• Airbus A321neo: 1
• Airbus A330-200: 6
• Airbus A330-300: 5
• Boeing 737-700: 6
• Boeing 737-800: 31
• Boeing 737-900: 5
• Boeing 777-200(ER): 15
• Boeing 777-300(ER): 16
• Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner: 13
• Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner: 10

Korean Air arrives in Lisbon with charter flights

On September 11th, the carrier began operations to Portugal, with new services between Seoul Incheon and Lisbon. Korean Air will offer three weekly flights on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner planes, with a capacity of 278 passengers in two classes.

Austria, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom are its markets on the European continent.

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• KE 921  Seoul ICN 13:10/13:20 · 20:15/20:25/20:30 LIS Lisbon
• KE 922  Lisbon LIS 21:55/22:10/22:25 · 19:05/19:10/19:20+1 ICN Seoul

Iberia and its Airbus A321XLR services

Recently, the Spanish airline, the first to take delivery of an A321XLR, updated its route network, confirming flights with these aircraft within Europe as of October 26th.

London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle will be its first two destinations, both to/from Madrid. Services to the United States will start on November 14th, with Boston and Washington DC as routes.

Iberia’s fleet

• Airbus A319-100: 5
• Airbus A320-200: 11
• Airbus A320neo: 17
• Airbus A321-200: 14
• Airbus A321neo: 3 on order
• Airbus A330-200: 18
• Airbus A330-300: 9
• Airbus A350-900: 22

Other highlights of the European market during August and September:

Aer Lingus

Beginning October 27th, Aer Lingus will commence flights between Glasgow and Cork, which will operate with Emerald Airlines’ ATR 72-600s. At publication time, the carrier will have four services per week.

Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday

• EI 3833  Glasgow GLA 08:25 · 10:05 ORK Cork
• EI 3832  Cork ORK 10:35 · 12:15 GLA Glasgow

Emerald’s ATRs are configured for 70 or 72 passengers.

Aeroitalia

More services between Milan Bergamo and Rome Fiumicino.

The company will double its operations on this route starting October 27th, from 10 to 20 weekly flights. Aeroitalia operates with ATR 72-600 aircraft, seating 72 passengers in single class.

Routes from/to Milan and to/from Rome (by Aeroitalia)

Milan

• Bacau (BCM): 3 weekly · Boeing 737
• Catania (CTA): 4 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Comiso (CIY): 4 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Lampedusa (LMP): 1 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Palermo (PMO): 4 weekly · Boeing 737-400
• Perugia (PEG): 5 weekly · ATR 72-600
• Rome (FCO): 10 weekly (currently)

Rome

• Alghero (AHO): 21 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Bacau (BCM): 8 weekly · Boeing 737-400
• Bucharest (OTP): 4 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Catania (CTA): 24 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Comiso (CIY): 5 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Milan (BGY): 10 weekly (currently)
• Olbia (OLB): 28 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Palermo (PMO): 24 weekly · Boeing 737-800

airBaltic

The airline announced the launch of 13 new routes by summer 2025, to be offered on Airbus A220-300s configured for 145/149 passengers.

• Vilnius (VNO) – Prague (PRG): 2 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Vilnius (VNO) – Tel Aviv (TLV): 2 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Vilnius (VNO) – Chișinău (RMO): 1 weekly · April 2nd, 2025
• Vilnius (VNO) – Rhodes (RHO): 2 weekly · April 2nd, 2025
• Vilnius (VNO) – Valencia (VLC): 2 weekly · April 16th, 2025
• Riga (RIX) – Cluj (CLJ): 2 weekly · May 2nd, 2025
• Tallinn (TLL) – Hamburg (HAM): 2 weekly · May 2nd, 2025
• Tallinn (TLL) – Reykjavik (KEF): 1 weekly · May 14th, 2025
• Tallinn (TLL) – Tirana (TIA): 2 weekly · June 2nd, 2025
• Vilnius (VNO) – Tirana (TIA): 2 weekly · June 3rd, 2025
• Riga (RIX) – Stavanger (SVG): 2 weekly · June 3rd, 2025
• Riga (RIX) – Mykonos (JMK): 1 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Vilnius (VNO) – Ibiza (IBZ): 2 weekly · June 5th, 2025

Air France

After a 20-year hiatus, Air France plans to resume operations to The Philippines starting December 7th. The airline schedules three flights a week from Paris Charles de Gaulle using 324-seat Airbus A350-900s.

Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

• AF 208  Paris CDG 23:20 · 19:30+1 MNL Manila

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

• AF 209  Manila MNL 21:50 · 05:50+1 CDG Paris

Paris CDG currently has no non-stop services to The Philippines.

Air Greenland

Nuuk – Iqaluit will be back during summer 2025.

The carrier will operate this route as of April 2nd, 2025, which will provide a weekly frequency on Dash 8s.

Wednesday

• GL 771  Nuuk GOH 14:55 · 14:00 YFB Iqaluit
• GL 772  Iqaluit YFB 15:15 · 20:15 GOH Nuuk

Air Serbia

New route to Asia?

Air Serbia intends to launch its second scheduled destination to China, with the Belgrade – Shanghai Pudong route. According to its website, on April 1st, 2025 will be the airline’s first flight between the two cities, to be operated by Airbus A330-200s.

Tuesday and Saturday

• JU 986  Belgrade BEG 06:50 · 23:30 PVG Shanghai

Wednesday and Sunday

• JU 987  Shanghai PVG 01:30 · 07:20 BEG Belgrade

Currently, Air Serbia offers one weekly service between Belgrade and Tianjin.

Austrian Airlines

Effective October 28th, Austrian will resume operations between Linz and Frankfurt following a 20-year suspension. At the time of publication, the airline will perform three frequencies per day on this route with ATR 72-500 aircraft of Braathens Regional Airline.

Austrian Airlines and Braathens entered into a wet-lease cooperation agreement last February to enable the Austrian company to maintain certain regional operations, which were not profitable on aircraft configured with more seats.

British

British Airways plans to increase its services between London and North America from March, April and June 2025. These flights will be operated to/from Heathrow, as follows:

• Austin (AUS): from 7 to 13 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Pittsburgh (PIT): from 6 to 7 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Washington DC (IAD): from 21 to 28 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Vancouver (YVR): from 7 to 11 weekly · April 5th, 2025
• Vancouver (YVR): from 11 to 14 weekly · June 18th, 2025

Croatia Airlines

The airline recently confirmed its schedule from October 27th with Airbus A220-300 aircraft. As we published in our August report, Croatia Airlines added its first A220 on July 30th, new from the factory, launching flights on August 6th (Zagreb – Split – flight OU 652).

As of October 27th

• Split (SPU) – Frankfurt (FRA): daily · OU 412/413
• Zagreb (ZAG) – Dubrovnik (DBV): daily · OU 664/661
• Zagreb (ZAG) – Frankfurt (FRA): daily · OU 416/411
• Zagreb (ZAG) – Split (SPU): daily · OU 413/412

easyJet

In March and April 2025, the ultra low cost carrier will inaugurate 10 new routes from/to London Southend, which will offer by Airbus A320s.

• Enfidha (NBE): 3 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Gran Canaria (LPA): 3 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Malta (MLA): 4 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Dalaman (DLM): 3 weekly · March 31st, 2025
• Pisa (PSA): 2 weekly · March 31st, 2025
• Almería (LEI): 2 weekly · April 1st, 2025
• Antalya (AYT): 2 weekly · April 1st, 2025
• Marrakech (RAK): 3 weekly · April 1st, 2025
• Reus (REU): 2 weekly · April 1st, 2025
• Tenerife (TFS): 3 weekly · April 1st, 2025

Edelweiss

Edelweiss Air continues to expand its operations in Finland, with the start of the Zurich – Kittilä route from June 14th, 2025. Based on its website, the company will have a weekly frequency:

Saturday

• WK 310  Zurich ZRH 13:45 · 18:25 KTT Kittilä
• WK 311  Kittilä KTT 19:15 · 22:00 ZRH Zurich

Etihad Airways

The airline will add a second daily flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle from Abu Dhabi, beginning January 15th, 2025.

Etihad will perform the new service on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, while the other will be operated by Airbus A380-800s (currently A350-1000s).

Daily

• EY 31  Abu Dhabi AUH 02:25 · 07:45 CDG Paris
• EY 32  Paris CDG 10:20 · 19:00 AUH Abu Dhabi

Daily · eff January 15th, 2025

• EY 33  Abu Dhabi AUH 14:20 · 19:10 CDG Paris
• EY 34  Paris CDG 20:45 · 06:25+1 AUH Abu Dhabi

Air France, Emirates and Etihad currently have flights between the United Arab Emirates and Paris.

Eurowings

For high season, in November and December, Eurowings will launch two new international routes to Portugal.

The German airline will fly on Airbus A320-200 and Airbus A320neo with 186 seats, according to its website.

• Nuremberg (NUE) – Funchal (FNC): 1 weekly · November 2nd
• Berlin (BER) – Faro (FAO): 2 weekly · December 14th

Fly Lili

Four new international routes will be added starting in September, followed by another one in December:

• Brasov (GHV) – Istanbul (IST): 3 weekly · September 29th
• Bucharest (OTP) – Iași (IAS): 7 weekly · September 29th
• Bucharest (OTP) – Munich (MUC): 4 weekly · September 29th
• Iasi (IAS) – Munich (MUC): 4 weekly · September 29th
• Brasov (GHV) – Madrid (MAD): 2 weekly · December 14th

FlyOne

By summer 2025, FlyOne will commence four destinations to/from Chișinău. The company will operate on Airbus A321s and Boeing 737s.

• Bremen (BRE): 2 weekly · April 17th, 2025
• Alicante (ALC): 1 weekly · June 7th, 2025
• Copenhagen (CPH): 2 weekly · June 17th, 2025
• Lyon (LYS): 2 weekly · June 19th, 2025

Iberia

During the 2025 winter season, the Spanish company will add a new international route, to be operated with Air Nostrum’s CRJ-1000 aircraft.

Iberia Regional will serve between León and Porto effective January 10th, 2025.

Friday/Sunday

• IB 2469  León LEN 16:35/15:55 · 16:35/15:55 OPO Porto
• IB 2468  Porto OPO 17:05/16:35 · 19:00/18:30 LEN León

The company’s CRJ-1000s are configured for 100 passengers.

Icelandair

More flights on certain international routes.

The airline plans to increase its operations to the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

• Glasgow (GLA): from 6 to 7 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Denver (DEN): from 11 to 12 weekly · May 28th, 2025
• Paris (CDG): from 25 to 30 weekly · June 11th, 2025

ITA

The Italian company will once again operate nine weekly flights between Rome and Buenos Aires throughout the European winter (South American summer). This schedule, which was in the European summer 2024, will begin on December 6th.

ITA Airways offers the FCO-EZE route on 334-seat Airbus A350-900s.

Daily

• AZ 680  Rome FCO 22:30 · 07:30+1 EZE Buenos Aires
• AZ 681  Buenos Aires EZE 12:50 · 06:40+1 FCO Rome

Tuesday and Saturday (new frequency)

• AZ 682  Rome FCO 13:50 · 22:50 EZE Buenos Aires
• AZ 683  Buenos Aires EZE 00:50 · 18:45 FCO Rome (Wed/Sun)

Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo (Brazil) are its other destinations in South America.

Jet2

From May 2025, Jet2 will start flying to Salerno, with two new destinations from the United Kingdom. Services will be operated by Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

• Birmingham (BHX): 1 weekly · May 26th, 2025 (Mondays)
• Manchester (MAN): 1 weekly · May 26th, 2025 (Mondays)

KLM

The company will restart flights to Liberia (Costa Rica) effective October 27th, with the Amsterdam – San José (Costa Rica) – Liberia – Amsterdam route.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will have four services a week on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner planes.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• KL 717/719  Amsterdam AMS 12:25 · 17:10 SJO San José
• KL 717/719  San José SJO 18:55 · 19:40 LIR Liberia
• KL 717/719  Liberia LIR 20:45 · 14:05+1 AMS Amsterdam

Argentina, Bonaire, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States are its markets in the Americas.

Lufthansa Cargo

On August 16th, Lufthansa Cargo added a new Boeing 777F to its fleet.

The aircraft, which has the registration D-ALFL, departed Everett at 14:14 local time for Frankfurt, where it arrived on Saturday 17th after a ferry flight of 9 hours and 8 minutes.

This Boeing 777 was named “¡Hola Argentina!”, entering service on August 28th with flight LH 8290 between FRA and Cairo.

Lufthansa Cargo fleet

• Airbus A321-200(F): 4
• Boeing 777(F): 12

Neos

For winter season 2024/25, Neos will commence a new route to Mexico.

The carrier will fly between Rome and Cancún via Verona with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, starting December 21st.

Sunday

• NO 796  Rome FCO 12:00 · 13:05 VRN Verona
• NO 796  Verona VRN 14:35 · 20:20 CUN Cancún

• NO 797  Cancún CUN 22:20 · 14:25+1 VRN Verona
• NO 797  Verona VRN 15:55+1 · 17:05+1 FCO Rome

Swiss

Swiss International Air Lines will resume services between Geneva and Berlin after a 21-year suspension. Flights will begin on October 28th and will be operated by Airbus A220s.

Daily

• LX 1090  Geneva GVA 17:45 · 19:30 BER Berlin
• LX 1091  Berlin BER 20:15 · 22:00 GVA Geneva

The Zurich – Berlin route is served 55 weekly by Swiss on A220s, A320s, A321s and E190s.

TUI

As of December 21st, 2025, the airline schedules operations between London Gatwick and Sälen Trysil, Sweden. At time of publication, flights will be available during 2025/26 winter.

Sunday

• London LGW 07:00 · 10:15 SCR Sälen Trysil
• Sälen Trysil SCR 11:30 · 13:00 LGW London

Vietnam Airlines

The carrier will start services between Hanoi and Milan Malpensa effective July 1st, 2025. In accordance with its website, Vietnam Airlines will operate three times per week with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

Tuesday, Friday and Saturday

• VN 73  Hanoi HAN 01:00 · 07:40 MXP Milan
• VN 72  Milan MXP 12:30 · 04:30+1 HAN Hanoi

Frankfurt, London LHR and Paris CDG are Vietnam Airlines’ European destinations, all three with flights from/to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Virgin Atlantic

More flights to Africa and the Middle East.

Virgin Atlantic announced the expansion of its network with the launch of two new regular connections from London Heathrow. The operations will be performed by Airbus A330-900neo and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets:

• Riyadh (RUH): 7 weekly · March 30th, 2025 · A330neo
• Accra (ACC): 7 weekly · May 1st, 2025 · 787-9

Vueling

The Spanish airline will add two new international destinations from Paris Orly in December, which will operate with 186-seat Airbus A320-200 planes in single class.

• Luleå (LLA): 1 weekly · December 21st
• Ivalo (VIL): 1 weekly · December 28th

Wizz Air

Wizz confirmed the first scheduled route with its new Airbus A321XLRs.

At publication time, Milan Malpensa – Abu Dhabi will be the first regular service starting on June 2nd, 2025.

Daily

• W4 7060  Milan MXP 10:25 · 19:00 AUH Abu Dhabi
• W4 7059  Abu Dhabi AUH 20:00 · 01:20+1 MXP Milan

Wizz Air Malta’s A321XLRs will be configured for 239 passengers.

We review the new aircraft acquired by European airlines

• Air France

• British Airways (x2)

• Bulgaria Air

• Condor

• FedEx Feeder (Swiftair)

• KLM

• Jet2

• Lufthansa Cargo

• Ryanair (x7)

• Ryanair (Buzz)

• Transavia France

• Turkish Airlines (x3)

• Virgin Atlantic

• Wizz Air Malta

Other reports we have published

• Asia and Oceania
• Africa and Middle East
• United States and Canada
• Play makes a play for Portugal
• American Airlines focuses on Europe for summer 2025
• Reconnecting capitals: Air Canada to restart Ottawa-London flights

Cover photo: kchavgeek96 – JetPhotos (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).