Ryanair continues to grow its market share of European air travel. In the second quarter of this year, analysis of Cirium schedules data indicates that it will account for 14.6% of all scheduled seats from European airports. That is an increase of over three percentage points versus 2019 Q2. In this analysis we take a […]
March 3, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
A subsidiary of Air France-KLM, Transavia has grown significantly. This summer, it has 9.56 million one-way seats, up by an astonishing 52.3% versus S19 and 9.5% over the previous record. In comparison to S19, it has grown much quicker than other European LCC subsidiaries Vueling (5.4%) and Eurowings (-14.5%), although these remain much bigger by […]
February 28, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
HiSky (IATA code H4) on Monday 28 November began 3-weekly service between Bucharest and Brussels BRU. The 1,760-kilometre route will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and will be flown using the airline’s A320-series aircraft, of which it currently has five (four A320s and one A319). Direct competition on the route comes from TAROM’s 6-weekly […]
November 30, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Air Belgium on Wednesday 14 September became the first airline to connect Belgium and South Africa with non-stop flights since 2003 when Sabena and then Sobelair did so. The new service, operated by the airline’s three-class A330-900s (of which it has two), operates from Brussels BRU to Johannesburg and then on to Cape Town before […]
September 15, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Last week Ryanair announced that it would be closing its two aircraft base at Brussels BRU, which it opened back in February 2014. As usual, the airline blamed rising costs at the airport and ‘ludicrous new taxes including a €2 tax per departing passenger on EU routes and a fake “eco tax” of €10 for […]
Transavia has launched several new routes from Brussels BRU. On 30 June, the Dutch carrier began flying from the Belgian capital to Alicante (6-weekly) and Faro (4-weekly) using its 737-800s. Ibiza (4-weekly) service began the following day, with Heraklion (2-weekly) starting on 2 July. That makes a total of 16 weekly departures, with two per […]
July 6, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Between Sunday 26 June and Saturday 2 July, Air Service One has identified: 107 new routes involving at least one European airport, operated by 34 airlines involving 121 airports easyJet (25) and Corendon Airlines (16) launched the most, new routes 46 (43%) were already served by other carriers, 61 (57%) were not 29 countries involved […]
July 5, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
PLAY (IATA code OG) continues to expand its presence across Europe’s airports. On Tuesday 24 May Brussels BRU welcomed 3-weekly service from Reykjavik KEF. The two other weekly services on the 2,150-kilometre route will take places on Thursdays and Saturdays using the airline’s A321s. A fourth frequency (on Wednesdays) is set to begin on 6 […]
June 1, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Norwegian (relative) newcomer Flyr has launched its first route to Belgium, with the start of 4-weekly service between Oslo and Brussels BRU on Friday 6 May. The 1,115-kilometre route will be flown every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday for the rest of the summer season using Flyr’s fleet of 737s. However, according to the airline’s […]
May 12, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Transavia on 23 December launched a seasonal route aimed at ski enthusiasts when it added 2-weekly service between Brussels BRU and Innsbruck. The 645-kilometre route was previously operated by the airline in W08/09 and W09/10. No other carrier has connected the two airports with scheduled flights since then. This new service is set to operate […]
January 10, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Air Belgium (IATA code KF) launched its first scheduled service on 7 December 2019. Back then it operated from Brussels CRL to Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) and Fort-de-France (Martinique) using an A340-300. Since then, it has expanded its passenger aircraft fleet to two A340-300s (registration OO-ABA and OO-ABB) and two A330-900s (OO-ABF and OO-ABG). While the Charleroi […]
December 17, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Saturday 3 July saw the launch of Air Belgium’s newest route, from Brussels CRL to Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean. The 2-weekly service departs the Belgian airport on Wednesdays and Saturdays and operates via Fort-de-France on the Caribbean island of Martinique. The inaugural service (flight number KF 5965 operated by Airbus A340-300 registration OO-ABB) departed […]
July 7, 2021 | Latest Route News +