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Delta Airlines plans to launch a new route to Rome from Boston in time for the 2020 summer travel season, further expanding its international network from the US Northeastern region. The airline, which established a new hub at Boston Logan earlier this year, also said Monday that it assumes operations at all gates at Logan airport's Terminal A this month, growing Delta's airport footprint ahead of launching service to additional domestic markets. Delta is the terminal’s sole operator for the first time since the facility opened in 2005. Boston is Delta’s second transatlantic gateway, and the new route will help the airline boost transatlantic capacity by more than 30% in 2020. Delta plans to launch 4 new transatlantic flights from Boston, including the new seasonal service to Rome. <br/>

Chinese airlines have won permission to introduce or expand services to Paris and London, including 2 routes from imminently operational Beijing Daxing International. China Eastern Airlines is especially building up Paris services, adding 2 routes while increasing frequencies on a third, thanks to approval of applications for service rights by the CAAC. All three of China’s biggest airlines—the others being Air China and China Southern—will add services to London, thanks to the CAAC’s latest batch of approvals. Chinese airlines ordinarily submit applications for routes, and the CAAC approves them, only when foreign permission is also expected. The agency said it has permitted China Eastern to open the route between Paris and Beijing Daxing, which is scheduled to enter service in the next 2 weeks. <br/>