Some 47 European airports have non-stop flights to New York JFK and/or Newark this summer. Between them, they have 8.8 million one-way seats for sale, according to Cirium schedules information data. That is 14.0% more than in S22 and 1.3% more than in S19. Of the 47 airports, Paris CDG ranks second while Paris ORY […]
March 30, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Located by the Bay of Biscay on the north coast of Spain, Santander is the capital of the Cantabria region. According to Aena traffic figures, the airport had 1.10 million passengers in 2022, down by a modest 6.0% versus 2019. Key was Ryanair, by far the biggest carrier at the airport. Since its first Santander […]
March 28, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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
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, […]
March 23, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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
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
Earlier this week Ryanair announced it would be operating its largest ever schedule this summer from Edinburgh and would be basing a record 10 aircraft at the airport. It would also be operating non-stop service to 65 destinations. Of these four are completely new this summer (Bari, Marrakech, Nimes and Santiago de Compostela), while four […]
February 18, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Despite the pandemic, it was a busy year for airline route planners working for airlines in the US. As traffic recovered more quickly (compared with Europe) to reach around 80% of 2019 demand by the end of the year, US carriers in particular used the opportunity to try out many new routes. The ANKER Report […]
January 7, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
This weekend has seen airport and airline network planners and developers finally meet face-to-face for the first time in over 18 months, as the 26th World Routes Development Forum takes place in Milan, Italy. This is a positive sign not just for the aviation industry, but for the whole business community as such conferences in […]
October 12, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Ryanair, which opened its Zagreb base in July, has added nine additional routes from the Croatian capital between 1 September and 4 September. Oslo TRF flights began on 1 September, with Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and Paris BVA flights beginning the following day. On 3 September there were new flights to three destinations in Germany; Dortmund, Frankfurt HHN […]
September 7, 2021 | Latest Route News +
During the first day of the Routes Americas 2021 event, taking place in Orlando this week, Peter Cerdá, Regional Vice President The Americas, International Air Transport Association (IATA), and Matthew Cornelius, Executive Vice President, Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA), set the scene for the two-day conference by outlining the state of the air transport industry in […]
June 24, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, North America