Paris CDG was crowned the overall winner of the Routes Awards 2023, while also winning the over 20 million passengers airport award. Many congratulations! The airport says it added 71 ‘new’ routes and 23 ‘new’ destinations last year, a phenomenal achievement. According to data collected by Air Service One, CDG had 6.52 million passengers in […]
October 26, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The part-privatisation of TAP Portugal continues, with the government keen to sell 51% of the Star Alliance carrier. Part of the appeal may come from TAP’s geographic position on the edge of Europe in relation to key point-to-point and transfer markets. The airline’s Lisbon hub is close to sea level, improving equipment performance, including of […]
October 25, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Delta and United reduce NYC capacity in 2024 American adds a new destination that will Jamaica you crazy Sun Country adds 10 new routes VivaAerobus continues their US expansion with four new routes Four earnings calls happen this week on Tuesday and Thursday Las Vegas is getting more CES flights and […]
October 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
TUS Airways serves both Larnaca and Paphos, although it also operates routes originating in Tel Aviv. According to Planespotters.net, the carrier has five 180-seat A320ceos, making it Cyprus’ largest carrier by fleet size. While now operating standard equipment, TUS, whose first flight was in 2016, previously used Fokker 70s/100s and Saab 340s/2000s. Cirium information data […]
Albania has emerged as Europe’s fastest growing aviation market with passenger numbers at its gateway in the capital of Tirana more than doubling compared to the pre-pandemic 2019. The country’s thriving tourism industry, a new airport operator and an ensuing battle between ULCC juggernauts, have secured the country’s position as star performer in the European […]
October 23, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Oakland is a busy airport serving the highly populous and vibrant San Francisco Bay area. It welcomed nearly 7.5 million passengers in the first eight months of 2023, according to the airport’s own statistics. While that was down by about 16% versus the same period in 2019, it was up by only 3% versus 2022 because […]
On 21 September Ryanair published a press release on its website with the headline “Dublin Airport loses 17 routes and 19 enviro friendly aircraft due to DAA 45% increase in costs”. This sounds like a massive reduction in capacity at the Irish airport this winter. However, using Cirium data Air Service One has taken a […]
October 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Spain is Europe’s fourth largest country by long-haul non-stop capacity this year, defined as any routes over 5,000 kilometres but excluding anywhere in Europe. Only the UK, France and Germany are larger. According to Cirium schedules information, Spain has about 10.4 million such seats, equivalent to one in 11 of Europe’s total. The country’s capacity […]
Located less than eight kilometres from the White House, Washington DCA is by far the closest airport to downtown DC. It has a crucial role to play in the greater Washington metro area, which – with six-plus million people – is the nation’s sixth largest. According to Cirium schedules data, DCA has 15.9 million departing […]
October 18, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Glasgow welcomed 766,000 passengers in July, meaning it had about half the volume of rival Edinburgh. Glasgow’s passengers were down by about a fifth versus July 2019. Analysis of European Airport Traffic Statistics (EATS) data shows that while it was not among the UK’s bottom 10 airports by recovery, it was still nearly three times […]
October 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week American will add and resume nine routes Spirit filed nine new and resuming routes Delta added a new international destination from ATL Four earnings calls this week on Tuesday and Thursday Our LEX Airport Roundtable is sold out! Our next Airport Roundtable will be in SAV from February 20-22, register and […]
October 16, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Istanbul is the location for this year’s Routes World, taking place between 14 and 17 October. According to Cirium data, Turkish Airlines has 83% of Istanbul IST’s international Europe seats in October-December 2023 (Q4), excluding the domestic market. Already a true fortress hub, it rises to 86% when all Star Alliance carriers are included and […]