Japan is the sixth-largest Asian country market for non-stop capacity to/from Europe. According to Cirium’s schedule information, 2.9 million one-way seats are available in 2025. Only Europe to China, India, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Singapore have more. Of course, figures do not signify where people go. Thus, the reality traffic-wise would be quite different. It’d also […]
November 18, 2025 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Welcome to This Month’s Client Newsletter. Over the past thirty days, the aviation sector has experienced significant developments. In this edition, we cover the proposed purchase of REX by Air T, Qantas’ recent substantial schedule increase and its swift reversal, and the trading halt in Alliance Aviation Services Limited (ASX:AQZ), the parent company of Alliance […]
November 5, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
Now that October has arrived, we’re into the final quarter of the year, after what has been a pretty interesting year aviation wise… before the year closes out, there was much hype at the years start, then some downbeat reality set in, but still some good results in many markets from a reporting perspective. What […]
October 1, 2025 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
According to Cirium schedule information, Qantas (including QantasLink) has 2,723 one-way weekly flights in October 2025. Its offering has risen by nearly 2% year-on-year and by almost 3% compared to before the pandemic in October 2019. It now has 144 seats per flight. Planespotters.net shows that Qantas’s fleet consists of 128 mainline aircraft. It has […]
September 24, 2025 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
After enduring one of the most prolonged and severe aviation downturns during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hong Kong is once again on the rise. In 2025, the city’s aviation sector is nearing a full recovery, with Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) restoring its status as one of Asia’s leading air hubs. Backed by a sharp rebound […]
September 23, 2025 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
Indonesia AirAsia launched flights between Denpasar and Adelaide on 25 June, further growing the latter’s portfolio of international destinations. The service will be maintained 4-weekly with the 180-seat A320 aircraft, creating more than 74,000 visitor seats per year through Adelaide Airport. This is the first time Indonesia AirAsia has operated a service out of Adelaide. […]
July 9, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
Adelaide Airport has recorded its highest-ever passenger traffic for the 2024 financial year, welcoming more than 8.5 million travellers through the terminal. This milestone marks a 10% increase over FY23 and exceeds pre-pandemic volumes from FY19 by over 10,000 passengers. Momentum has carried into the current financial year, with year-to-date growth (as of March 2025) […]
June 16, 2025 | Air Service Event News, Asia Pacific
Perth had a record 16.9 million passengers in 2024, smashing its prior high, held in 2023, by 10%+. It gained an additional 1.6 million passengers in one year, of which more than half were from the international market. Total traffic was almost 14% above Perth’s pre-COVID level in 2019, making the Western Australian capital one […]
March 10, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Adelaide Airport continues to register strong passenger growth, reaching a record high due to strong domestic demand and the ongoing recovery of international travel. In the 2024 financial year, the airport saw over 8.5 million passengers pass through its terminal, marking a 10% increase compared to the 2023 financial year and exceeding pre-pandemic 2019 figures […]
November 14, 2024 | Air Service Event News, Asia Pacific
Venice VCE is by far the busiest of the two commercial airports serving the Veneto region of Italy. The airport’s statistics show that it welcomed 11.3 million passengers in 2023, meaning it was still lower than in 2019. Despite VCE’s continued recovery, it is Italy’s fifth-busiest airport. Only Rome FCO, Milan MXP, Milan BGY and […]
October 16, 2024 | Airports, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story