The last 15 months has seen the Italy to United Arab Emirates (UAE) market gain two new carriers and five new routes thanks to the decisions by Air Arabia, flydubai and Wizz Air to add routes between the two countries. The first week of December saw Air Arabia begin 3-weekly service between Sharjah and Milan […]
December 13, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
International long-haul traffic was hit especially hard by the pandemic, with many Asian countries in particular imposing extremely severe restrictions on foreign visitors. Some of these markets are still only just opening up to international passenger flights. For many European travellers, a popular way of reaching many key Asian markets was to use one of […]
November 21, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
From Europe there are non-stop flights to many other continents, such as Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. While many intercontinental flights would be considered long-haul, some can be really short, such as from Spain to Morocco. Analysis of the leading airlines operating intercontinental flights from Europe (as measured by ASKs – Available […]
November 4, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
EXPO 2020 in Dubai has clearly been a major contributor to new routes in recent weeks and here’s another one. On 1 October, Lufthansa began 3-weekly service on the 4,570-kilometre route between Munich and Dubai. The service is currently set to operate until the end of April. Lufthansa already serves Dubai from Frankfurt with daily […]
October 14, 2021 | Latest Route News +
On Thursday 22 July, Emirates launched 4-weekly service between Dubai and Miami in Florida. The 12,620-kilometre route will be operated on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. The inaugural service (flight number EK 213 operated by a Boeing 777-300 registration A6-EQL) departed Dubai at 03:24 local time and arrived in Florida 15 hours and 20 minutes […]
July 27, 2021 | Latest Route News +
For many years now, the Middle East big three (MEB3) carriers (Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways) have connected many cities in Europe with their home hubs (of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha respectively), providing a convenient way to travel to Asia, Australasia and Africa. With virtually no domestic markets to support them, all three […]