Animawings (IATA code A2) is a Romanian carrier which was founded in 2020 by Memento Group. Aegean Airlines, which originally had a 25% stake in the airline, has now increased this to 51%. The airline currently has two A320s in its fleet (YR-AGA and YR-AGB), both of which are former Aegean Airlines aircraft and both […]
September 26, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
One of the leading airlines for new route launches in Europe this summer has been Corendon Airlines. The carrier comprises three separate entities; Corendon Dutch Airlines (IATA code CD based in the Netherlands), Corendon Airlines Europe (IATA code XR based in Malta) and Corendon Airlines (IATA code XC based in Turkey). Flights for all of […]
June 30, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Corendon Airlines (IATA code XC) began its first ever flights to Newcastle in the in north-east of the UK on Saturday 2 April with service from both Antalya and Dalaman. The fast-growing Turkish leisure carrier will operate both routes 2-weekly this summer. The Antalya service will be offered on Wednesdays and Saturdays with Dalaman flights […]
April 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
For the fourth straight month, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in October, handling almost 4.4 million passengers. However, that is still 30% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was again another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport again welcomed over 3.8 million passengers, a decline of just 7% […]
November 30, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
For the third straight month, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in September, handling just over four million passengers. However, that is still 39% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was again another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport welcomed over 3.8 million passengers, mostly tourists, a decline of […]
October 28, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
British Airways on 21 October began connecting London LHR with Antalya, currently Europe’s second busiest airport. The service is operating 4-weekly, but only until 31 October according to both Cirium Data and Analytics schedule information and the airline’s own on-line booking tool. Despite this, the new service was still welcomed by the Turkish airport with […]
October 25, 2021 | Latest Route News +
For the second month in a row, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in August, handling just over 4.5 million passengers. However, that is still 32% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport welcomed over 4.3 million passengers, a decline of 23% […]
Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport has become the latest European airport to be the busiest for passengers. In June the Russian airport, which is the main base for flag-carrier Aeroflot, welcomed 2.94 million travellers, beating Istanbul IST into second place. The Turkish mega-hub handled 2.80 million passengers. Moscow Domodedovo, which had led the way in May with […]