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
Arkia on 26 February introduced a 4-weekly service between its hub in Tel Aviv and Istanbul IST. The 1,165-kilometre route is operated each Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with the airline’s E195 aircraft, as well as the A321neo on select dates. The airline will expand its presence in Turkey with the introduction of flights between […]
March 2, 2023 | Latest Route News +
In 2019 London’s Heathrow Airport was Europe’s busiest, welcoming 80.9m passengers. This was almost five million more than Paris CDG (76.2m) and nine million more than third ranked Amsterdam (71.7m). However, UK air travel was more severely impacted than other European countries when the pandemic struck in 2020 and Heathrow slipped to third that year […]
February 27, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
flyadeal (IATA code F3) has landed in Istanbul IST becoming the Turkish hub’s 82nd airline. There are now 4-weekly flights from both Jeddah and Riyadh using the Saudi LCC’s A320s. Both routes will be served on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. According to Cirium schedules data, direct competition on the Jeddah-Istanbul IST route comes from […]
November 29, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Turkish Airlines has launched a new service to the US with the introduction on Friday 27 May of 4-weekly service between Istanbul IST and Seattle in the state of Washington. The 9,770-kilometre route will be flown using the Star Alliance member’s 300-seat 787-9s. Flights depart Istanbul every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 14:05 local […]
June 7, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America
March passenger data has been collected for over 200 airports across Europe, including all airports in several major markets. Among countries with multiple airports, Portugal leads the way for traffic recovery with demand last month at 84% of the figure reported in pre-pandemic March 2019. Lisbon traffic was at 80%, Faro at 87%, Porto at […]
April 28, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
MIAT Mongolian (IATA code OM) on Wednesday 6 April became the latest carrier to serve what has recently been Europe’s busiest airport, Istanbul IST. The Mongolian flag-carrier began weekly service on the 5,990-kilometre route from Ulaanbaatar using its single 767-300ER, registration JU-1021. Frequency is set to increase to 2-weekly in June. Turkish Airlines already serves […]
April 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +
FlyOne Armenia (IATA code 3F) began a 2-weekly service on Wednesday 2 February between Yerevan and Istanbul IST. Going forward, the airline will operate the route on Mondays and Fridays, with a regular Wednesday service set to be added from April. The inaugural flight was operated with an A320, registration ER-00006. The airline faces no […]
February 4, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Turkish Airlines began 2022 by adding Cebu in the Philippines to its route network on 3 January. The airport will be served 3-weekly from Istanbul IST using the Star Alliance carrier’s A350-900s. The 9,700-kilometre route will be served, in both directions, via the Philippines capital Manila. The flight to Manila typically takes around 10 hours, […]
January 12, 2022 | Latest Route News +
For the fourth straight month, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in October, handling almost 4.4 million passengers. However, that is still 30% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was again another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport again welcomed over 3.8 million passengers, a decline of just 7% […]
November 30, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The need for a new airport in Istanbul was driven by the phenomenal growth at Istanbul Atatürk Airport which saw traffic grow from just over 12 million passengers in 2003 to over 50 million just 10 years later. Construction began on the new airport, located around 35 kilometres northwest of central Istanbul, in 2015. When […]
November 12, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
For the third straight month, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in September, handling just over four million passengers. However, that is still 39% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was again another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport welcomed over 3.8 million passengers, mostly tourists, a decline of […]
October 28, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story