Iceland’s PLAY recently announced four new routes from Reykjavik starting this summer. Three are in Denmark (Aalborg, Aarhus and Billund) and one is in Germany (Düsseldorf). This brings to 11 the number of new routes the airline currently plans to launch in 2023. The complete list is (weekly frequency at launch in brackets): Geneva on […]
January 10, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Analysis of airport passenger data across all the Baltic and Nordic nations (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden) reveals which have been the most (and least) successful at getting air traffic back to pre-pandemic levels. For much of the pandemic Norway was leading the way with its extensive domestic network and where […]
September 13, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The second half of 2021 saw the countries comprising the Baltic and Nordic region of Europe all show a significant recovery in passenger demand. By December the airports in the eight countries included in our analysis (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden) were all reporting passenger numbers between 50% and 70% of […]
May 18, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
The countries comprising the Nordic and Baltic region of Europe have seen significant variations in their rate of traffic recovery since the start of the pandemic. Norway, with its geography making domestic air travel the only viable means of connecting some regions, saw significant travel demand during the first year of the pandemic, at least […]
January 27, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Following in the footsteps of Iceland Express (2003-2012) and WOW air (2012-2019), Iceland now has another new airline, aiming to compete with national carrier Icelandair. PLAY (IATA code OG, formerly held by Thailand’s One-Two-Go Airlines) recently received its AOC and will soon be taking delivery of the first of three A321neos, with which it plans […]