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Eurowings

A - 30 years EW

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

FR VIE 75 Routes

Ryanair has 75 Vienna routes this summer but 58 have direct competition; had over 90 routes in S22

Thanks to its Lauda subsidiary, Ryanair is Vienna’s second-biggest operator. This isn’t a new development: it has been number two since 2021, three years after the full acquisition of A320-operating Lauda. However, Ryanair’s share of Vienna capacity has grown significantly. According to Cirium schedules information data, it ended 2022 with 6.1 million two-way seats and […]

February 1, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

German traffic recovery rate to worsen before it gets better; might not get back to 2019 levels before 2026

Germany’s airports handled just over 12.6 million passengers in November 2022 according to ADV statistics published recently. While this is 42% more than in November 2021, it is 27.8% fewer than in November 2019. The traffic recovery rate of 72.2% does not compare favourably with that of the other major European air travel markets. Spain […]

January 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Five hundred plus new routes in 2023

Over 500 new European routes already announced for 2023; highlights include almost 20 new US routes

Air Service One recently estimated that airlines started around 1,850 new routes across Europe (excluding Russia) in 2022. Analysis of Cirium schedules data suggests that airlines have already revealed plans for at least 500 more new routes starting in 2023. However, with airlines announcing additional new routes almost every day at the moment, that number […]

December 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Lufthansa adds Belfast BHD and London LGW; its UK airport network reaches 12

Lufthansa to add Belfast BHD and London LGW flights from Frankfurt in S23; will then serve 12 UK airports

Belfast BHD is set to receive flights from Germany for the first time. On 23 April 2023, Lufthansa CityLine will begin Frankfurt, with the 4-weekly, 1,110-kilometre service using the 100-seat Embraer E190. It will provide an additional option to reach the wider world from Northern Ireland, will be the country’s sole German route following Ryanair’s […]

December 20, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

FRA - MLE

ITA and Virgin Atlantic add Maldives routes; Middle East carriers still heavily dominate Europe-Male

Europe to the Indian Ocean tourist destination of the Maldives is a large and growing market. It saw an estimated 1.2 million passengers between January and September 2019. Despite the pandemic, or because of it, traffic increased by around 12% versus the same nine months in 2019. Especially good growth was seen from Russia (+106%), […]

November 30, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story

PRG 1 year new routes

Eurowings celebrates first anniversary at Prague; adds four new routes for winter season

Lufthansa’s in-house LCC, Eurowings, recently celebrated the first anniversary of its Prague base. Launched on 31 October 2021, the carrier has offered flights to 24 destinations during the last year from the Czech capital according to Cirium schedule data. However, closer analysis of the data shows that only two routes, Düsseldorf and Copenhagen, will have […]

November 8, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

German network analysis

Germany lagging other major European air travel markets; passengers still down 25% in August

Latest airport traffic data from Germany confirms that in August the recovery rate versus 2019 stood at just 75%. Although the airports handled more than 18.4 million passengers (up 56% compared with August 2021), that was still 25% fewer than in August 2019. What was particularly significant was that domestic air traffic was down 55% […]

September 29, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

STR - GRZ

Eurowings increases market share at Stuttgart to 44% as Ryanair and easyJet drop all routes

Stuttgart is home to not one, but two legendary car manufacturers, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. The airport serving the city handled 12.72 million passengers in 2019, making it Germany’s sixth busiest airport after Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin TXL and Hamburg. So far in 2022, it ranks seventh, having now also slipped behind Cologne Bonn. Analysis of […]

July 27, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

FRA - SLC

New Route of the Day (23 May 2022): Eurowings Discover between Frankfurt and Salt Lake City

Eurowings Discover (IATA code 4Y), the mostly long-haul leisure brand from German flag-carrier Lufthansa, launched a new route to the US on Monday 23 May. Using an A330-300, the airline has started 3-weekly service (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) between Frankfurt and Salt Lake City in Utah. The 8,400-kilometre route becomes the carrier’s fourth US destination […]

June 1, 2022 | Latest Route News +

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