With nearly five million people living in the Greater Boston area, it is among the USA’s largest city areas. Boston experienced strong growth in the pre-pandemic period, with 12.2 million passengers added between 2013 and 2019, a CAGR of about 5%. International traffic beat 2019 figures in first seven months of 2023 Massport statistics show […]
December 6, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Ryanair has announced a summer-seasonal base at the ever-popular Croatian tourist destination of Dubrovnik. It joins its latest destination to be added in Central and Eastern Europe – Sarajevo – which will see four routes next summer. While the ULCC has served Dubrovnik in a highly limited way since 2019, reflecting the airport’s higher fees […]
December 5, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Alaska and Hawaiian are looking to become one big happy ohana for $1.9b Breeze is adding two new routes and suspending one other Hawaiian added three new L48 to Hawaii routes Looking for Amazing Trees, Menorahs or Anything Festive! If you would like be included in our Trees (and other festive) […]
December 4, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Europa (including Air Europa Express) is Spain’s third-largest carrier after Iberia and Vueling. According to Planespotters.net, the two units have 50 aircraft: 27 737-800s, 11 787-8s and 12 787-9s, with 737 MAX 8s coming. Cirium tells that Air Europa is the fourth-largest carrier serving Spain by winter seats behind Ryanair, Vueling and Iberia. However, […]
Serving a great slice of northern England, Manchester welcomed 24.2 million passengers in the first 10 months of 2023. This included 2.6 million in October, up by more than 5% versus the same month in 2019. It was the first month to have seen traffic exceed pre-pandemic levels. Not surprisingly, the airport’s own statistics shows […]
November 30, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Detroit welcomed its fourth new airline of the year on 15 November. It was Turkish Airlines, which began a 3-weekly service from Istanbul, rising to 4-weekly shortly and 5-weekly next summer. It followed the 18 May launch of Icelandair from Keflavik, with a summer seasonal 4-weekly service. While not long-haul, they joined the 5 May […]
November 29, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Ryanair is the largest airline serving Europe and has 1,784 routes this winter, based on at least four departing flights. In contrast, Wizz Air has 700 routes that touch the continent based on the same criteria. While much smaller, Wizz Air is famed for fast growth and for an increasingly diverse network, especially advanced during […]
November 28, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Avelo is reducing capacity and exiting some markets in Q1 2024 Airlines continue to extend suspensions of service to Israel United is adding new service from IAH to Santa Fe, NM Start planning for 2024 and put our SAV Airport Roundtable on your calendar for February 20-22! Eight airlines have already […]
November 27, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated its third UK route on 21 November with the launch of Addis Ababa to London LGW. It is served 3-weekly using the A350-900, the carrier’s aircraft of choice to Europe. It marks the first time since 2008 that the 5,880-kilometre airport pair has been served. Copenhagen, London LGW and Madrid added this year […]
Located in Newfoundland and Labrador in Atlantic Canada, St. John’s welcomed about 1.1 million passengers in 2022. Using Cirium schedules data shows that St John’s is the country’s 15th busiest airport based on departing seats in 2023. Capacity has risen by approximately 8% year-on-year. While the recovery versus 2019 continues, it will be helped by […]
November 23, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Ryanair became the largest airline to serve Italy in 2014. Analysis of Cirium schedules information shows that the ULCC overtook Alitalia as the largest international carrier in 2008. While the pan-European carrier was always smaller than Alitalia domestically, it became numero uno in 2021. It followed the end of the Italian flag carrier and its […]
November 22, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Katowice has a surprisingly large catchment area of about eight million people within a 50km radius and 13+ million within 100km. It is a major industrial area and is among Poland’s largest airports for freight. It is also the country’s leading airport for charter flights. It had 60+ charter routes in all-important summer. In the […]
November 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Tulum is the place to be with United joining in on the Instagram-able fun Allegiant added 12 routes including new service to MCO RDM is getting their SCASD dreams recognized by American Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the U.S.! Capacity Update To see a detailed list of U.S. domestic and […]
November 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
South Africa remains the most-served sub-Saharan African market from Europe based on non-stop capacity. According to Cirium schedules data, there 806,000 departing seats in W23 – 19% lower than the almost one million in W19. In contrast, all of Europe to sub-Saharan Africa rose by about 5%. More than two-thirds of South Africa-bound passengers continue […]
flynas inaugurated operations between Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Brussels on Saturday 2 December. The 3-weekly 4,420-kilometre service will be maintained on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, with the A320neo aircraft. The airline faces no competition on the route. Flight XY641 departs Jeddah at 03:40 local time, arriving in Brussels at 08:25 local time. The return […]
December 6, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings chose the first day of December to launch flights between Salzburg and Amsterdam. The 775-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Fridays and Sundays, with the A320 aircraft. The airline goes head-to-head against Transavia’s weekly rotation on the route, however, competition will heat up from 16 December when easyJet introduces flights between the two […]
December 5, 2023 | Latest Route News +
airBaltic opened its seasonal winter base in Gran Canaria on Thursday November 30, with the launch of its first of nine new routes. 30 November: Tallinn (weekly) 1 December: Bergen (2-weekly) 2 December: Vilnius (weekly) 2 December: Sandefjord (2-weekly) 3 December: Aalborg (2-weekly) 3 December: Oslo OSL (weekly) 4 December: Billund (2-weekly) 4 December: Copenhagen (weekly) 5 December: Tampere (weekly) Alongside the new additions, the airline already maintains […]
December 4, 2023 | Latest Route News +
United introduced a new transpacific service on Wednesday November 29 between Los Angeles and Brisbane. The 11,525-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, departing LAX on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 257-seat 787-9 aircraft. The Star Alliance member will compete against Qantas’ daily flights. It complements United’s other Brisbane service, from San Francisco, launched a […]
December 1, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Australian LCC Bonza introduced the latest addition to its network on Wednesday 29 November by inaugurating flights between its Sunshine Coast base and Darwin. The 2,800-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Wednesdays and Saturdays departing the Sunshine Coast, and on Thursdays and Sundays from Darwin. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities, […]
November 30, 2023 | Latest Route News +
easyJet launched a new domestic service between Milan MXP and Comiso on the island of Sicily on Friday 24 November. The 1,080-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, with the A320-family aircraft. Currently, no other airline operates between the two cities, however, Wizz Air will commence flights on 2 April 2024. What […]
WestJet introduced four seasonal sun routes in the US and Caribbean from Hamilton on Friday 24 November. 24 November: Orlando MCO (2-weekly) 24 November: Tampa (weekly) 24 November: Cancun (2-weekly) 24 November: Punta Cana (2-weekly) WestJet faces no competition on three of its four new services, the sole exception being the Punta Cana route where it goes head-to-head against Air Transat’s weekly […]
November 29, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Smartwings inaugurated a new service between Budapest and Salalah in Oman on Friday 24 November. The 4,635-kilometre route will be maintained weekly with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The airline faces no competition between the two cities. Flights are being operated on behalf of the Kartago Tours tour operator, which will also launch operations between […]
November 28, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Providing unrivalled choice for guests is a key focus for London Luton Airport (LLA) Chief Commercial Officer, Jonathan Rayner, and his team as the airport maps out its vision for sustainable growth. Having welcomed more than 15 million passengers in the past 12 months, LLA has continued to deliver a strong operational performance, with four […]
November 23, 2023 | Air Service Community News
Bordeaux Airport in southwestern France is undergoing a major modernisation programme, which aims to facilitate its environmental transition, enhance the quality of service for passengers, and improve operational efficiency. The French airport is in the first of a five-year strategy, which will include the construction of a new central structure that will serve as a […]
November 22, 2023 | Air Service Community News
Cologne Bonn Airport has almost fully recovered its international traffic volumes to pre-pandemic 2019 levels, with the aim to expedite growth in this sector, strategically offsetting challenges posed by the subdued domestic market – a common hurdle confronted by all German airports. Aiding Cologne Bonn Airport in its efforts is a robust low-cost presence and […]
London Stansted Airport has been granted permission by local authorities to expand its terminal, giving it a competitive advantage on the capacity constrained London market. The expansion goes hand-in-hand with Stansted Airport’s permitted growth to up to 43 million passengers per year. The terminal expansion will take place at the rear of the existing structure, […]
November 20, 2023 | Air Service Community News
