Airport data collected for 2022 reveals that Europe’s six busiest airports all handled at least 48 million passengers last year. Istanbul IST led the way with 64.3 million followed by London LHR (61.6m), Paris CDG (57.5m), Amsterdam (52.5m), Madrid (50.6m) and Frankfurt (48.9m). Seventh placed Barcelona was some way behind with 41.6m passengers while eighth […]
March 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Based in Verona, Air Dolomiti (IATA code EN) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lufthansa. It currently has a fleet of 17 active aircraft comprising 15 122-seat E195s and two 100-seat E190s (according to planespotters.net). The two E190s have only just joined the fleet having previously been operated by Lufthansa CityLine for Lufthansa Regional. Air Dolomiti’s […]
January 31, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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
Ryanair has started flying to two new airports that have never been served by the ULCC before. It has launched flights to Rovaniemi in northern Finland, ‘Lapland Rovaniemi’ in Ryanair speak, while Tuzla in Bosnia & Herzegovina also welcomed Ryanair service for the first time. The start of the winter season also saw the carrier […]
November 11, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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
Back in June we revealed how among western Europe’s biggest country markets for air travel Germany was lagging significantly behind its rivals; France, Italy, Spain and the UK. Schedule data for June indicated that capacity was only at 75% of the level of June 2019, while the other major European countries were all at 85% […]
August 19, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Bamboo Airways (IATA code QH) launched a new European service on Thursday 16 June when it commenced weekly service between Ho Chi Minh City and Frankfurt utilising one of its 787-9s. Flight QH 79 departed Ho Chi Minh City at 08:39 local time. After a flight time of 12 hours and 59 minutes it touched […]
June 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings Discover added Anchorage in Alaska to its network portfolio, when it began 3-weekly service from Frankfurt on 13 June. Flights on the 7,530-kilometre route will depart the German city on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays until 10 September using the airline’s A330-300s and A330-200s. Competition on the route comes from Condor, which also operates a […]
June 21, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Analysis of airport passenger data for April reveals that among Europe’s biggest air travel markets, Germany has been the slowest to recover. Passenger numbers were down 35% across German airports in April, compared with 27% in Turkey, 26% in the UK, 16% in Italy and just 12% in Spain. As it takes a while for […]
June 10, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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 +
Lufthansa has added Liverpool to its Frankfurt network with the introduction of a 4-weekly service, which will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The UK airport celebrated the launch on Wednesday 4 May, which, unfortunately, was a rather wet day. In fact, the first flight between the two airports took place on Monday 2 […]
May 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Last week was the second week of the summer 2022 (S22) season which had started on Sunday 27 March. After celebrating the launch of over 300 new routes during the first week, the following week has seen airlines launch a further 53 new routes according to our analysis. This contributed to the 7-day average recovery […]
April 11, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story