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Eurowings at 30; domestic flights down 48% v 2019 Q2; 11 countries added and four dropped since 2019

Lufthansa’s lower-cost subsidiary Eurowings can trace its origins back to 1993 and has just celebrated its 30thanniversary. A brief history of the airline’s evolution from regional carrier to its current incarnation can be found on the Eurowings corporate website. The basic Eurowings brand (IATA code EW) has been joined in recent times by the long-haul […]

February 10, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Düsseldorf grows Middle East network with launch of new Qatar Airways service in time for World Cup

More than 100 European airports have Middle East flights this winter. With 250,000 one-way seats, Düsseldorf ranks 21st, based on Cirium schedules information data. Capacity has risen by a 13% versus W19, helped by the launch of various new routes – including daily service from Doha with Qatar Airways. Five new and resuming Middle East […]

November 23, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Senegal welcomes three new European routes in November as tourism grows; Paris is top route

This winter, 49 African countries have non-stop or one-stop flights to European airports, based on Cirium schedules data information. When non-sub-Saharan states are removed, South Africa has more Europe capacity than any other. In seventh place is Senegal, with 651,000 two-way Europe seats, more than Nigeria. Senegal’s European capacity has risen by 10% versus W19, […]

November 16, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Corendon expanding its leisure network across Europe; flights to Greece and Turkey still dominate

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

New Route of the Day (18 April 2022): Condor between Düsseldorf and Athens

German leisure carrier Condor recently resumed service to Athens after an absence of some 20 years. On Monday 18 April the airline began 4-weekly service from Düsseldorf using its A320 fleet. The 2,005-kilometre route is already served by Aegean Airlines (5-weekly increasing to daily in June) and Eurowings (4-weekly). Condor will only operate the service […]

April 28, 2022 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day (10 April 2022): Air Moldova between Chisinau and Düsseldorf

Air Moldova (IATA code 9U) chose Sunday 10 April as the launch date for its new 2-weekly service from Chisinau to Düsseldorf. The 1,680-kilometre route will also be served on Wednesdays and faces no direction competition at present. However, local rival FlyOne plans to resume 2-weekly service on the route on 15 June according to […]

April 21, 2022 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day (3 April 2022): Air Albania between Tirana and Düsseldorf

Air Albania (IATA code ZB) began 3-weekly service between Tirana and Düsseldorf on Sunday 3 April. The 1,480-kilometre route between the Albanian capital and Germany’s fourth busiest airport will be flown on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays. The airline currently has two aircraft according to planespotters.net, one A319 (registration ZA-BEL) and one A320 (ZA-BBC), with both […]

April 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day (17 March 2022): TUS Airways between Düsseldorf and Tel Aviv

TUS Airways (IATA code U8) has launched service between Düsseldorf and Tel Aviv in Israel. The 2-weekly service on the 3,140-kilometre route will be operated on Mondays and Thursdays using the airline’s fleet of A320s, of which it currently has three. The third aircraft was welcomed on 11 February, with a fourth aircraft due soon. […]

March 18, 2022 | Latest Route News +

Düsseldorf is dominated by Eurowings but Condor and Corendon are growing in S22; US routes lost

With 25.5 million passengers in 2019, Düsseldorf Airport was Germany’s third busiest airport that year. However, with the opening of the new airport in Berlin (which in effect combined the traffic from Schönefeld and Tegel), Düsseldorf slipped to fourth in Germany in 2020 and 2021. Last year, the airport welcomed almost eight million passengers, 21% […]

March 2, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Condor planning expansion in US and South Africa; 19 flights per day to Palma de Mallorca in S22

German leisure airline Condor was Europe’s 34th biggest in 2019, based on departing seats from European airports. According to Cirium data, the airline offered over 8.6 million seats from European airports, as well as 1.6 million seats from non-European airports. In Germany, it ranked fifth with just over five million departing seats, behind Lufthansa (56.6m), […]

February 25, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story

New Routes of the Day (13 September 2021): Eurowings between Germany and Austria

Eurowings launched two new routes between Germany and Austria on Monday 13 September. The Lufthansa subsidiary began connecting Düsseldorf and Linz with 5-weekly service, and Stuttgart and Graz with 4-weekly service. Both routes will be operated using the airline’s A319s and A320s. Before the pandemic, both routes were served by fellow Lufthansa Group member Austrian […]

September 15, 2021 | Latest Route News +

skyalps begins service with a single Q400 putting Bolzano in Italy back on the airport map

Aviation is full of niche airlines but there can be few more niche in Europe than newcomer skyalps. Using a single Q400 (registration 9H-BEL) operated by Luxwing, the airline is focussing on routes from the little used Italian airport of Bolzano (IATA code BZO) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. The airline’s […]

July 8, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis