Belfast BHD (known locally as George Best Belfast City Airport) ended 2022 with 1.66 million passengers and was the UK’s 17th busiest airport, according to the UK Civil Aviation Authority. It accounted for a quarter of all Northern Ireland air passengers. Traffic was down by 32.4% over 2019, less recovered than UK airports generally (-25.2%). […]
March 27, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Analysis of air passenger traffic data across Europe this winter suggests that recovery rates have pretty much flattened out in many countries and at many airports. With the start of the Northern Hemisphere Summer 2023 season (S23) just a week away, Air Service One has decided to take a look at which of Europe’s airports […]
March 23, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
El Al is the largest airline between Tel Aviv and Europe/North America. According to Cirium schedules information data, it has 1.79 million one-way seats this summer – 10% fewer than in S19. That is because its network has shrunk from 52 to 40 routes. Europe/North America share falls to just 20% In the past decade, […]
ITA Airways has 12.29 billion ASKs to, from and within Italy this summer, according to Cirium schedules information data. It is behind only Ryanair as the largest airline serving the southern European nation. Replacing Alitalia, ITA’s first commercial flight was on 15 October 2021. Eighteen months later, it remains 30% smaller by ASKs than perpetually […]
March 22, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The North American market, especially in Mexico and the US, saw air passenger traffic recover far more quickly than in many other parts of the world. But how has the market developed more recently? Using Cirium schedules data we have determined the top 20 fastest-growing airports in North America (Canada, Mexico and the US) between […]
March 23, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Departing seat capacity across all airports in North America (Canada, Mexico and the US) is expected to grow by just over 10% in the second quarter of this year. Some 900 airports in the region will see departing seat capacity rise from 315.2 million in April to June 2022 to 348.3 million during the same […]
Yorkshire’s Leeds Bradford Airport welcomed 3.29 million passengers last year. By December it was handling as many passengers as in the same month of 2019, but across the year as a whole traffic was down 18% compared with the last pre-pandemic year. Unusually, 2019 had not been the airport’s busiest year. That happened in 2017 […]
March 22, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Memphis welcomed 4.36 million passengers in 2022, down by 6% versus 2019. Yet it was still the third best year in the last decade, and it coincided with the opening of its new concourse. Passenger traffic was aided by the arrival of ULCC Spirit, while Avelo has confirmed that it is starting this summer. However, […]
March 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Ryanair will fly to 232 airports this summer, of which Dublin is the second most served (after London STN). According to Cirium schedules information data, it has almost six million one-way seats from the Irish capital, a considerable 20% increase versus S19 and 9% year-on-year. This expansion means that the ULCC has over half (53%) […]
March 20, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Airport data collected for 2022 reveals that Europe’s six busiest airports all handled at least 48 million passengers last year. Istanbul IST led the way with 64.3 million followed by London LHR (61.6m), Paris CDG (57.5m), Amsterdam (52.5m), Madrid (50.6m) and Frankfurt (48.9m). Seventh placed Barcelona was some way behind with 41.6m passengers while eighth […]
March 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
This April-June, Southwest is the USA’s second-biggest airline – and number one if only domestic is considered. According to Cirium schedules information data, it has 57.8 million total seats available, relegating Delta, with 54.9 million, to third place. Southwest’s Q2 2023 total capacity has increased by 8.7% versus Q2 2019. It is because domestic seats […]
March 16, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
While Binter Canarias has a small network of non-Spanish routes from Madeira, almost all its operation revolve around the Canary Islands from which its name derives. With a fleet of 32 aircraft – 27 ATR-72s and five Embraer E195-E2s – it has 43,500 flights to/from/within the Canaries this summer, according to Cirium schedules information data. […]
March 15, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
United introduced a new long-haul service from its hub at New York EWR to Dubai on Saturday 25 March. The 11,030-kilometre route will be maintained daily with the 777 aircraft. United becomes the first airline since 2016 to connect the two airports with a nonstop service. Emirates, which will codeshares on United’s new flights, maintains […]
March 27, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Aeromexico added a new destination in Europe on Saturday 25 March with the introduction of a nonstop service between Mexico City and Rome FCO. The 10,240-kilometre transatlantic route is served 4-weekly with the 787-8 aircraft. The SkyTeam member airline will increase frequencies between the two capital cities to 5-weekly from 1 June and to daily […]
El Al added a second new destination in Europe to its network this month by launching flights between Tel Aviv and Dublin on Thursday 16 March. The 4,040-kilometre 3-weekly service operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays with the 737-800 aircraft. There is no other airline flying between the two cities. Flight LY303 departs Tel Aviv at 16:15 local […]
March 22, 2023 | Latest Route News +
El Al added a new European destination to its network on Monday 13 March with the introduction of seasonal flights between Tel Aviv and Porto in Portugal. The 3,985-kilometre 2-weekly service is being maintained by its leisure brand Sun d’Or on Mondays and Wednesdays with the 737-800 aircraft. There is no other operator between the […]
March 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Air Serbia kicked off its wide-ranging network expansion on Monday 13 March with the introduction of flights between Belgrade and Budapest. The 300-kilometre route will initially operate 10-weekly, gradually increasing to 17-weekly by mid-April, with the ATR 72 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two airports. What they said Bosko Rupic, General Manager […]
March 14, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Southwest introduced a new seasonal service between San Diego in California and Eugene in Oregon on Saturday 11 March. The 1,370-kilometre weekly service will be maintained until 2 September with 737-700 aircraft. Although Southwest is currently the only operator between the two airports, Allegiant will resume seasonal 2-weekly operations from 9 June until 13 August. […]
March 13, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Southwest introduced flights between Denver and San Jose SJO, the capital of Costa Rica, on 11 March. The 3,880-kilometre route is maintained weekly, each Saturday, on a seasonal basis until 2 September. The LCC utilises its 175-seat 737 MAX 8 aircraft on the route. It competes against United’s 2-weekly rotation between the two airports. Flight […]
flydubai (IATA code FZ) launched a new European service on Friday 10 March. It now connects Dubai and Milan BGY with 5-weekly (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays) flights using its 737 MAX 8s. Frequencies will grow to daily from 18 April. The 4,640-kilometre route is not served by any other carrier. This is the Italian […]
“The next 12 months will give us the opportunity to hopefully put the pandemic and last year’s staff resource issues that blighted the whole industry finally behind us,” says Cardiff Airport Aviation Development Manager Marc Watkins. “From last year’s solid base, we have the foundation to work from which will ultimately lead to a full […]
February 21, 2023 | Air Service Event News
It looks set to be a stellar summer season for Bordeaux Airport, which has just released its flight schedule. The headline stats are: 128 direct routes (including 11 new routes), 93 destinations and 25 airline partners. The airport’s expanding route network is partly down to the densification programmes of major hub airlines, including IAG group […]
Famed for its beautiful volcanic scenery, the Auvergne region of France is a perennial favourite among in-the-know tourists. The area is also home to a diverse population, with a high concentration of Portuguese and Moroccan nationals. It’s this diversity that Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport hopes to capitalise on in the coming year. “The short-term goal is […]
Booming passenger numbers, a refurbished runway, and a visit from G7 leaders made 2022 a milestone year for Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO). Stats show that 834,000 passengers travelled through the airport in northwest Germany last year – an increase of 130 per cent compared to 2021. The airport’s post-pandemic recovery has been far more pronounced than […]
February 20, 2023 | Air Service Event News
