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Denmark now has half of Nordics-US capacity; SAS has grown market share as US carriers have just 10%

Some 22 European countries have non-stop flights to the US in Q2 (April-June) of this year, according to Cirium schedules information data. Four of these are Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Nordics. They collectively have 402,000 of the 12.1 million one-way seats – just 3%. Denmark ranks 12th out of the 22, Finland […]

February 14, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story

October passenger recovery rate at major European airports compared; Paris ORY traffic up almost 7%

Air Service One has collected October passenger figures for almost 250 airports across Europe, including the vast majority of major airports. These can be found in our free to download EATS (European Airport Traffic Statistics) file on the Air Service One homepage. We have identified all major airports reporting over one million passengers in October […]

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

New Route of the Day (6 August 2022): Finnair between Helsinki and Mumbai

Finnair launched a new, long-haul service on Saturday 6 August when it began 3-weekly service from Helsinki to Mumbai in India. The service will be flown using the oneworld carrier’s A330-300s and will depart the Finnish capital on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The 5,930-kilometre route is not flown by any other carrier. Finnair previously connected […]

August 10, 2022 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day – Americas (27 March 2022): Finnair between Helsinki and Dallas/Fort Worth

Finnair has added the first of two new US destinations that it plans to start serving this year. On Sunday 27 March the oneworld carrier began 4-weekly service between Helsinki and Dallas/Fort Worth in Texas, a major hub for fellow oneworld member American Airlines. The 8,410-kilometre route will be flown on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and […]

March 30, 2022 | Latest Route News +

Rovaniemi traffic peaks in December; dominated by Helsinki route and Santa Claus Christmas flights

Rovaniemi is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland’s northernmost province, Lapland. The airport serving the city is located 10 kilometres to the north and has a 3,000-metre runway which straddles the Arctic Circle. In 2019, the airport handled a record 661,000 passengers, making it Finland’s third busiest airport after Helsinki (21.86 million) and Oulu (1.06 million). […]

December 7, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis

Norway leads among Nordic/Baltic states for traffic recovery in September

Analysis of September passenger data for the major airports across the Baltic and Nordic region of northern Europe reveals that Copenhagen has a narrow lead over Oslo, with these two airports the only ones to welcome over one million travellers last month. Apart from being very close in terms of passenger numbers, they also both […]

October 20, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis

New Route of the Day (6 July 2021): Air France between Paris CDG and Helsinki

Air France returned to Helsinki after an absence of 20 years (it last served the airport in October 2001) when it began service from Paris CDG on Tuesday 6 July. Initially operating 4-weekly using an A319, frequency is set to increase to daily by the end of July. The inaugural service (flight number AF 1070 […]

July 10, 2021 | Latest Route News +

HEL’s bells – Ryanair finally decides to serve Helsinki with eight new routes this winter

Ryanair announced on Wednesday 23 June that it would start regular services to Helsinki starting this winter from eight of its bases. The Finnish capital has not previously featured in the Irish ULCC’s list of destinations, though its Austrian subsidiary Laudamotion operated flights briefly from Vienna last summer. The airport will not be a base, […]

June 24, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, Top Story