Since our first look at the North American market four weeks ago, there have been plenty of developments worthy of note. With Easter occurring at the beginning of April, passenger numbers relative to the same dates in 2019 saw a new post-pandemic peak of 60% being reached on 31 March and staying at over 60% […]
May 18, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, North America, Top Story
Ryanair began serving Sweden as long ago as June 1997, when it started operations from London STN to Stockholm NYO. The facility lies around 100 kilometres south-west of Stockholm. In April 2003 it made Skavsta a base and launched six additional routes to Aarhus, Glasgow PIK, Hamburg LBC, Oslo TRF, Paris BVA and Tampere. Since […]
May 17, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Well here we are in mid-May and the summer season is well and truly under way. Except it isn’t, at least not as far as Europe’s airlines and airports are concerned. The latest Eurocontrol data, which monitors flights through European airspace, shows that flights (and that includes those of cargo airlines like DHL) are still […]
The news that Wizz Air was going to announce a major new base at Rome’s main airport might have sent waves of panic through the corridors of Alitalia’s head office. The Italian flag-carrier may have been concerned that the aggressive ULCC might do what it did when it announced its base in Oslo last year, […]
Traffic trends and route development in North America, defined here as encompassing Canada, the US and Mexico. Although the US domestic market recovered relatively slowly last summer, at least compared with some European markets, its recovery has continued through the winter season and into spring. As passenger data from TSA makes clear, US domestic passenger […]
May 7, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, North America, Top Story
For many years now, the Middle East big three (MEB3) carriers (Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways) have connected many cities in Europe with their home hubs (of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha respectively), providing a convenient way to travel to Asia, Australasia and Africa. With virtually no domestic markets to support them, all three […]
Analysis of the latest schedule data provided by airlines to Cirium Data and Analytics confirms that Turkish Airlines and the Aeroflot Group continue to lead the way with regard to passenger capacity in Europe. The Turkish flag-carrier is offering more than twice the capacity of third-ranked Ryanair. Combining capacity for Aeroflot and its low-cost subsidiary […]
In 2019, according to official figures from ONDA, 79% of international traffic at Moroccan airports was on routes to/from Europe, representing 17.46m passengers. European traffic had grown in 2019 by an impressive 10.8% and had reached a new, all-time high. The top five international routes in 2019 were: Casablanca – Paris ORY (691,043 passengers) Casablanca […]
As has been noted before, within Europe only two countries have seen much in the way of traffic recovery since the start of the pandemic; Russia and Turkey. While Turkish Airlines is rightly perceived as one of the world’s great global carriers, and in the first quarter of 2021 looks set to be Europe’s busiest […]
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Following the arrival of Wizz Air into the Norwegian domestic market earlier this year, newcomer Flyr (IATA code FS) has announced its first route, between Oslo’s main airport and Tromsø. Service is set to start on 30 June, though seats will not go on sale until the end of May. Flyr will join established local […]
On 31 March 2021, Alaska Airlines became the 14th member (and second in the US after American Airlines) of the global oneworld alliance. This was a historic day for the airline, which can trace its origins back 89 years and is the only major US carrier based on the west coast, with its corporate headquarters […]
Avelo Airlines (IATA code XP), the first new US airline to announce operations since the start of the pandemic, recently revealed that Hollywood Burbank Airport in northern Los Angeles would be its first base. It also revealed its initial 11 routes, the first of which is set to begin flying on 28 April. The airline’s […]