Iberia Express’ first commercial flight was in 2012. Some 11 years later, the low-cost subsidiary (LCS) has 28 A320ceos, A321ceos and A321neos, according to Planespotters.net. Its network remains almost entirely from the Spanish capital, Madrid. The only exceptions this summer are seasonal services from Asturias and Vigo to the Canary Islands. Iberia Express plays a […]
September 25, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Delta makes big changes to their Summer 2024 Transatlantic schedule Alaska announces new service SAN to ATL OGG capacity cuts continue with WestJet reducing capacity in the fall Southwest extends their schedule and adds a new route Breeze added a new destination that would make Abe Lincoln proud Still no SCASD […]
Spirit is the seventh largest airline serving the USA by flights in September. With a fleet of 199 A319s, A320s and A321s, it has 5,554 weekly services making it the country’s largest ULCC ahead of Frontier (4,040). Yet Spirit has just 3.2% of the domestic market, rising to 6.4% of the short-haul international market. While […]
September 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Vueling is Europe’s fourth largest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air. Vueling has 11.7 million seats in July-September 2023 (Q3), and about 3.4% of the European short-haul market. According to Cirium data, the carrier’s capacity has fallen by 1.7% versus the same three months last year, despite opening a base at London LGW in […]
September 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Located in southwest Ireland, Cork is the country’s second most populous city. It welcomed 2.24 million passengers in 2022, making it the Republic of Ireland’s second busiest airport. It accounted for almost 7% the nation’s traffic. While Cork’s passengers were 13.5% below 2019, it outperformed Dublin in the recovery (-14.7%). In August 2023, Cork had […]
September 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
French regional carrier Twin Jet rarely receives attention. According to the airline’s website, it has 13 Beech 1900s, each with 19 seats. The rare type is even less common in Europe. Cirium shows that 99% of the airline’s operations are on weekdays while 1% is on Sundays. There are no flights on Saturdays. This chimes […]
September 19, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Delta gets down to business adding new routes and resuming long-haul domestic routes from ATL OGG capacity cuts continue again this week with reductions and cancellations by Alaska and American Southwest extends their schedule and adds a new route Breeze added two new routes and a new destination that is also […]
September 18, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Minneapolis had 3.33 million two-way revenue passengers in July 2023, based on the most recent statistics report from the Metropolitan Airports Commission. There were about 111,000 passengers daily. Domestic traffic was enormous, accounting for about 93% of the total. While passengers rose by 15.9% year-on-year, they were 10.8% lower than in 2019; the recovery continues. […]
Zadar is located on the Croatian coast nearly equidistant between Split and Rijeka. The country’s fifth most populous city at the municipal level, data collected by European Airport Traffic Statistics (EATS) shows that Zadar welcomed 582,000 passengers in the peak summer months of July and August 2023. (August was the airport’s best month to date.) […]
September 14, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Norwegian’s first service to Sweden began 20 years ago on 1 September 2003, when it commenced Oslo OSL to Stockholm ARN. Since then, ARN – and Sweden generally – has become an important part of the LCC’s network, with domestic, international – and for a while – long-haul flights. In July-September 2023 (Q3), Norwegian has […]
September 13, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Amsterdam is one of 53 airports with non-stop United States flights in September, based on Cirium schedules information data. With about 309,000 departing seats, it ranks fourth, behind London LHR, Paris CDG and Frankfurt. However, with available capacity 10.0% below that of September 2019, Amsterdam remains less recovered than the three larger airports and Europe-US […]
September 12, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week OGG capacity cuts continue again this week with reductions and cancellations by Alaska, Delta and WestJet Frontier extends their schedule WestJet adds a new route to LAS Norse cancelled a route that was set to start in March Two airlines rebrand themselves with new names YVR Airport Roundtable kicks off this […]
September 11, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Located on England’s South Coast, Southampton has a catchment area of 1.4 million people within a 30-minute drive and 3.5 million within an hour. In the first seven months of 2023, European Airport Traffic Statistics (EATS) data shows that it welcomed 427,000 passengers, down by 61% (a loss of 688,000) versus the same period in […]
Royal Jordanian introduced flights between its Amman hub and Düsseldorf on Saturday 23 September. The 3,230-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays with the 180-seat A320 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route. Flight RJ137 takes off from Amman at 10:55 local time, arriving in Düsseldorf at 15:00 local time. […]
September 25, 2023 | Latest Route News +
JetBlue added its latest transatlantic service on Wednesday 20 September by inaugurating flights between Boston and Amsterdam. The 5,565-kilometre route will be maintained daily with the 138-seat A321LR aircraft. The airline competes directly against Delta’s 2-daily and KLM’s daily flights between the two cities. The Boston to Amsterdam service is JetBlue’s second route to the Dutch […]
China’s Hainan Airlines introduced flights between Shenzhen and Milan MXP on Wednesday 20 September. The 9,340-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, utilising the 289-seat B787-9 aircraft. It faces no competition on the route. Flight HU7973 departs Shenzhen at 02:05 local time, arriving in Milan at 08:55 local time. The return […]
September 22, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Norse Atlantic launched its latest transatlantic service on Monday 18 September, between its Oslo OSL base and Miami. The 7,625-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, with its 338-seat 787-9 aircraft. It faces no competition between the two cities. The launch coincides with the carrier’s introduction of 4-weekly flights between London LGW […]
September 21, 2023 | Latest Route News +
JetBlue introduced a new domestic service between its New York JFK hub and Washington DCA on Saturday 16 September. The 343-kilometre route will be maintained 3-daily with the 100-seat E190 aircraft. The airline enters a competitive field with American also operating 3-daily flights on the route, while Delta maintains 4-daily rotations. What they said Sebastian […]
September 20, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Aegean Airlines introduced a new 2-weekly service between its Athens hub and the Slovak capital of Bratislava on Thursday 14 September. The 1,260-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Thursdays, with the 174-seat A320 aircraft. It faces no competition. The route was last served by Ryanair in 2020. Flight A3874 departs Athens at […]
September 19, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Luxair introduced a new 2-weekly service between Luxembourg and the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana on Thursday 14 September. The 725-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, with the 76-seat Dash 8-Q400 turboprop aircraft. The airline faces no competition on the route. What they said Thomas Fischer, Chief Commercial Officer at Luxair, said: […]
September 18, 2023 | Latest Route News +
El Al introduced a new limited transatlantic service between its Tel Aviv hub and Fort Lauderdale. The 10,595-kilometre route will be maintained weekly, on Wednesdays, over the Jewish holidays, until 12 October. The service will be restored 2-weekly from 15 April. El Al will deploy its 238-seat 787-8 aircraft. It faces no competition between the […]
September 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The countdown has begun to the 28th Routes World, being held this year in Istanbul in Türkiye, a city which has fittingly transformed itself into a major international aviation hub connecting East and West. Taking place between 15 and 17 October, the event will bring together airlines, airports, and aviation stakeholders from across the world […]
September 12, 2023 | Air Service Community News
London Southend Airport is in the midst of positive growth following the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and is actively rebuilding its network as part of the world’s largest aviation market. The award-winning airport is in ongoing, proactive talks with airline partner, easyJet, to build back to the 1 million passengers that the airline carried […]
June 21, 2023 | Air Service Community News
London’s Luton Airport (LLA) wants to grow responsibly and sustainably. The airport’s owner, Luton Rising, has developed a groundbreaking Green Controlled Growth (GCG) initiative, and the airport has already secured sustainability agreements with several of its major airline partners. Coupled with a brand new 32-minute rail link to central London, Luton Airport believes it has […]
Budapest Airport is continuing to grow its Asian destination network with four cities now served in China alone, as well as flights to South Korea and plans to secure routes in southeast Asia and India. The strong focus on the Chinese market is being driven by economic cooperation with some 200,000 passengers travelling between Hungary […]
June 20, 2023 | Air Service Community News
