easyJet launched its last new route of 2022 on Tuesday 20 December. That was the start date for its new 2-weekly service between Lyon and Funchal. The 2,370-kilometre route will be flown on Tuesdays and Saturdays until the end of June, and then weekly (Tuesdays) in July and August, before reverting to 2-weekly from September […]
January 9, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Twin Jet (IATA code T7) on Thursday 1 December began non-stop service between Lyon and Bologna. The 510-kilometre route will be served Monday to Friday using 19-seat Beechcraft 1900Ds. The route was most recently served 6-weekly by Air France until the end of October 2022 using Embraer E170s operated by HOP! Pre-pandemic the route was […]
December 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
This winter, 49 African countries have non-stop or one-stop flights to European airports, based on Cirium schedules data information. When non-sub-Saharan states are removed, South Africa has more Europe capacity than any other. In seventh place is Senegal, with 651,000 two-way Europe seats, more than Nigeria. Senegal’s European capacity has risen by 10% versus W19, […]
November 16, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
France has always been a large and critical market for easyJet. This year, the country has 21.2 million easyJet seats, making it second only to the UK by capacity, according to Cirium schedule data. With the change to winter schedules has come another new airport for easyJet in France. It started service to Paris BVA, […]
November 10, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Royal Jordanian can trace its origins back to 1963, which means that it will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year. Based in Amman, the capital of Jordan, the airline currently has a fleet of 24 active passenger aircraft according to planespotters.net. This comprises seven 787s, 13 A320-series aircraft and four Embraer E-jets (two ERJ-170s and […]
October 6, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, Top Story
Transavia (IATA code TO) continues to develop its international network from French regional airports with the latest new route being between Lyon and Stockholm ARN. A weekly (Saturday) service began on 29 January and is set to operate until 16 April 2022. The fact that the route is not operating during the summer suggests that […]
February 2, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The Air France/KLM Group has its own in-house LCC, Transavia. Although it has just a single brand, there are actually two separate airlines, the Dutch-based carrier (IATA code HV) and the French-based carrier (IATA code TO). This analysis focuses on the French subsidiary, sometimes also referred to as Transavia France. Launched from Paris ORY in […]
January 3, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Volotea opened a new base in the French city of Lyon on Wednesday 2 June. It is the airline’s sixth base in the country after Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes, Strasbourg and Toulouse. A single A319 will be based at the airport. Volotea first began serving Lyon in April 2018 and had been planning to make the […]