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 […]
Canadian ULCC Flair Airlines (IATA code F8) can trace its origins back to 2005, but the airline as it is known today, with its acid green and black branding, came into being in 2019. Its current fleet of just three 189-seat 737-800s are set to be joined in the coming months by 13 737 MAX […]
According to Russian government statistics, S7 Airlines was once again Russia’s leading airline in January, transporting 1.19 million passengers, down 13% compared with January 2020. The other airlines in the top five were Aeroflot (1.04 million passengers, down 60%), Pobeda (928k passengers, same as in 2020), Ural Airlines (406k passengers, down 41%) and Rossiya Airlines […]
In 2019, the UK ranked third among Ryanair’s country markets for annual seats, offering 26.6 million departing seats, just behind Spain (27.7m) and Italy (28.7m). However, if we look at just international seat capacity then the UK (with 25.7m) jumps well ahead of Spain (20.7m) and Italy (16.3m), highlighting Ryanair’s much greater presence in the […]
Turkey’s LCC Pegasus Airlines also doing well: Supporting Turkish Airlines in keeping the Turkish market relatively healthy, is low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines. It reported carrying 1.05 million passengers in January (down 59%) at a load factor of 74.6%. There were 700,000 passengers on domestic flights (down 51%) at a load factor of 82.7%, while international […]
While Western Europe continues to see the slower than hoped for rollout of the assorted COVID vaccines, the leading aviation travel markets in Europe are currently in the east of the continent. As previously highlighted, Russia and Turkey, thanks in part to their massive domestic markets, are coping with COVID travel restrictions better than anywhere […]