Between 2019 and 2025 passenger traffic at Greek airports has grown by 28% to almost 84 million passengers. That’s about the same as Heathrow Airport and iGA Istanbul Airport handled on their own last year. During the summer months Greece is a popular destination for many northern Europeans in search of some guaranteed warmth and […]
April 16, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
As Aer Lingus celebrates the launch of its latest new route to the US (Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)) on 13 April, it confirms the airline’s increasing focus on the US market. AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data reveals how the US accounted for 60% of the airline’s ASKs (Available Seat Kilometres) from Dublin […]
April 14, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
If you had to guess which European flag-carrier would be adding the most new routes to their network from their main hub(s) this summer, your first guess would probably not be Finnair. But according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data, the Helsinki-based carrier is planning to add 11 new routes to its […]
April 9, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Aéroports de Lyon ranked fifth among French airports in 2025, welcoming 10.7 million passengers with easyJet and Air France/Transavia combined accounting for around half of all passengers. Demand was up just over 2% versus 2024, but still around 9% below the airport’s busiest year in 2019. According to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules […]
April 7, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Aena‘s Madrid Airport is currently set to see the biggest increase in airline seats among European airports in 2026 Q2 (compared with 2025 Q2) according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data. The airport serving the Spanish capital will welcome an extra 780,000 departing seats, an increase of 7.8%. It is one of […]
April 2, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Wizz Air is Europe’s new route launch champion for Winter 25/26. Between Sunday 26 October 2025 and Saturday 28 March 2026 the carrier launched 120 new routes involving European airports according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data. Some of these new routes were made possible by the airline re-allocating capacity from its […]
March 31, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
The excitement and media attention surrounding the opening of easyJet‘s ‘new’ base at Newcastle International Airport rather conveniently ignores the fact that the airport was a base for the airline from 2003 until the pandemic. In fact, in 2010 easyJet accounted for almost 30% of seats at the airport and was by far the airport’s […]
March 26, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Ryanair is set to grow its seat capacity by 6% in 2026 Q2 versus 2025 Q2 as per AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of the latest Cirium schedules data. Not surprisingly that growth is not distributed evenly across all of its country markets with three of the top 12 country markets actually showing a reduction in […]
March 24, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
As the name very much suggests, Virgin Atlantic‘s main focus has always been on the US market. AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data shows that US routes have typically accounted for between 60% and 70% of annual seat capacity from the UK since 2010. This summer Virgin Atlantic will serve 11 US airports […]
March 19, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Hamburg Airport serves western Europe’s largest city that isn’t the capital of a country. Last year it welcomed 14.77m passengers, still 15% fewer than in 2019, and was Germany’s fifth busiest airport. Back in 2010 Lufthansa and airberlin shared almost 65% of seat capacity. The latter collapsed in 2017 and Lufthansa now accounts for just […]
March 17, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Remember when Norwegian had multiple bases in Spain and offered transatlantic routes from several European cities, notably London Gatwick?Well, post-pandemic the airline has sensibly retrenched into its Nordic heartland and ditched widebodies and long-haul flying. AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data suggests that the airline’s seat capacity in 2025 was up less than […]
March 5, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Vueling Airlines was Europe’s fifth largest (U)LCC in 2025 after Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air and Pegasus Airlines. According to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data the Spanish carrier offered around 43 million seats, significantly more than Transavia (32m), Eurowings (29m), Norwegian (28m) and Jet2.com and Jet2holidays (24m). It currently has an all-Airbus Aircraft […]
March 3, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis