Among the three global US carriers, Delta had been the leading airline for most US-Europe routes before the pandemic struck. In 2019, the Atlanta-based carrier had offered 69 routes in the market, ahead of United (62) and American (58). Although non-essential travel between Europe and the US was basically banned for much of 2020 and […]
April 29, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, North America, Top Story
March passenger data has been collected for over 200 airports across Europe, including all airports in several major markets. Among countries with multiple airports, Portugal leads the way for traffic recovery with demand last month at 84% of the figure reported in pre-pandemic March 2019. Lisbon traffic was at 80%, Faro at 87%, Porto at […]
April 28, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Wednesday 13 April 2022 saw the return of the Flybe brand to UK skies with the launch of service between Birmingham and Belfast BHD, the airport’s two bases. A 78-seat Q400, registration G-JECX operated the first flight between Birmingham and Belfast, which was given the flight number BE 404. Given all the numbers that could […]
April 25, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Routes Europe 2022, to be held in Bergen, Norway will be the 15th route development forum uniting the European region. Taking place from 18-20 May 2022, the event attracts the region’s leading airlines, airports and tourism authorities to discuss their air service networks. Set over three business days, the conference programme will bring together airline CEOs and […]
The fourth week of the summer 2022 (S22) season saw the launch of 17 new routes involving European airports. This included the first US service (to Baltimore/Washington) from Iceland’s newest airline PLAY, the return of Condor to Athens after a gap of over 20 years, and Transavia launching several low-frequency leisure routes. United also added […]
Among Europe’s biggest airlines, none is planning to grow faster this summer than Wizz Air. Based on analysis of the latest schedule data submitted to Cirium, the ULCC is expecting to deliver between 35% and 40% more seat capacity across its network in 2022 Q2 than it did in 2019 Q2. Recent data from Eurocontrol […]
April 22, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Vancouver Island lies, not surprisingly, to the west of Vancouver on Canada’s Pacific coast. It is home to around 865,000 people, with just under half of those living in the capital, Victoria. The island has a number of water-based airports enabling seaplanes to operate between the island and Vancouver, but there are also a number […]
Last week was the third week of the summer 2022 (S22) season which had started on Sunday 27 March. It also included Friday 15 April which is Good Friday, part of the Easter celebrations and a national holiday in many countries. In 2019, Good Friday fell on Friday 19 April so for the next couple […]
April 20, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Latest schedule data for this summer (April to October) indicates that Ryanair is planning to operate around 20% more flights than it did in the same period in 2019. Europe’s second biggest (U)LCC, easyJet, has not quite recovered to the same extent with flights still set to be down 6% and seats around 4% compared […]
The skies of Canada welcomed a new airline last week when Calgary-based Lynx Air (IATA code Y9) launched its first route between Calgary and Vancouver on Thursday 7 April. However, the airline is not quite as new as it seems as it has evolved out of Enerjet, which received its Canadian AOC as long ago […]
On Friday 8 April, Wizz Air finally opened its new base at Cardiff Airport in Wales. Originally set to open last summer, the launch was delayed due to the ongoing pandemic. Flights to Lanzarote and Tenerife TFS in the Canary Islands started on 8 April, followed by Alicante, Faro and Palma de Mallorca on Saturday […]
April 11, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Last week was the second week of the summer 2022 (S22) season which had started on Sunday 27 March. After celebrating the launch of over 300 new routes during the first week, the following week has seen airlines launch a further 53 new routes according to our analysis. This contributed to the 7-day average recovery […]