airBaltic now has a fleet of 55 148-seat Airbus A220-300s. Of these, 31 have been delivered since 2021, including four already this year, according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of data from planespotters.net. It has been an all-A220 operator since 2020. While capacity offered across its three Baltic bases (in RIX Riga Airport, Tallinn Airport […]
May 19, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays now operates a fleet of around 130 aircraft spread across 14 UK bases, with London Gatwick the most recent, which opened this summer. According to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data for 2026 Q3, Jet2.com is offering 7.4% more seats from its bases than it did in 2025 Q3. That’s […]
May 14, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
According to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data, Ryanair – Europe’s Favourite Airline now accounts for more than half of all seats on flights within Italy. It also offers twice as many seats as the national carrier ITA Airways. Aeroitalia, launched in 2022, is now the third biggest domestic carrier in Italy, and […]
May 12, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Airline seat capacity between Europe and Morocco grew by 50% between 2019 and 2025 (from 10.8 million one-way seats to 16.2 million), driven primarily by (U)LCCs. Ryanair is the leading carrier accounting for one-third of the market in 2025, offering twice as many seats as Royal Air Maroc. Back in 2010, Royal Air Maroc had […]
May 7, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
United Airlines launched flights to Split in Croatia last week from Newark Airport. It is one of five European airports to gain non-stop services from the US this summer. The others are Budapest Airport (from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) with American Airlines – previously served in S19), Malta International Airport plc and Aeroporto Olbia Costa […]
May 5, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
US carrier Spirit Airlines ceased all operations over the weekend. Here’s a quick overview by AIR SERVICE ONE of the airline’s leading airports as per schedule data provided to Cirium for the second quarter of this year before the shutdown occurred. Worth noting that planned scheduled capacity this quarter was already down 49% compared with […]
May 4, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
In 2010 Europe’s airlines accounted for 61% of seats flown non-stop between Europe (excluding Russia) and China. AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium data suggests that share will fall to just under 17% in 2026. During that same period Chinese carriers have more than doubled their market share from 39% to 83%. Even before COVID […]
April 30, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
While Ryanair has received plenty of coverage for its recent announcement regarding the closure of its seven aircraft Berlin base this winter (though it will continue to operate 11 routes to/from the airport), less attention has been paid to the fact that Wizz Air is actually growing rapidly in Germany. According to AIR SERVICE ONE […]
April 28, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Ryanair today announced the closure at the end of October 2026 of its seven aircraft base at BER – Berlin Brandenburg Airport. In recent years the airline has been vying with easyJet for the honour of being the largest carrier serving the German capital. In the summer of 2024 Ryanair served 53 destinations from Berlin, […]
April 24, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
British Airways launched two very different new routes this week from Heathrow Airport. On 19 April the UK flag-carrier began daily service to the island of Guernsey (a 274-kilometre route) and also 4-weekly service to St. Louis in the US (a 6,761-kilometre route). Another new route to Tivat in Montenegro is set to start in […]
April 23, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
The now defunct Lufthansa CityLine GmbH was scheduled to account for just over 9% of seat capacity at Munich Airport International in 2026 Q2 according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data published last week. Lufthansa Group airlines account for just over 70% of all seats at Germany’s second busiest airport. Condor Airlines, […]
April 21, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Lufthansa Group has announced the “Immediate and permanent removal of Lufthansa CityLine’s capacity from the program.” Thanks to having its own IATA operating code of CL we can see which routes will be most severely impacted. Note: This is not to be confused with the more recently established subsidiary Lufthansa City Airlines with its own […]
April 17, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis