Hannover is unusual in not having flights by (U)LCCs easyJet, Ryanair or Wizz Air. This is despite the airport’s 24/7 operation (which is unusual in Germany), no slot restrictions, 22 million people in the catchment area (one of Germany’s largest) and the incentive scheme. In 2025, 5.34 million passengers flew through Hannover’s doors. Traffic rose […]
July 14, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
SalamAir is a LCC from Oman (IATA code OV). The first route commenced nine years ago, in January 2017, from Muscat to Salalah. The inaugural international market was in February 2017, from Muscat to Dubai DWC. Flights quickly shifted to DXB, but the carrier ceased flying there in 2025. While the airline is based at […]
July 13, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Nearly 3.3 million passengers travelled between Europe and Vietnam last year. Most people flew via a hub en route, especially Istanbul IST, Dubai, Doha, Shanghai PVG and Bangkok. The top country markets were Russia, Germany, the UK, France and Italy. The most popular nations without non-stop service were Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Czechia and Austria. […]
July 7, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Emerald Airlines operates for Aer Lingus under the Aer Lingus Regional banner. Following the cessation of Stobart Air in 2021 (previously called Aer Arann), the carrier commenced operations in February 2022. The first route was the PSO-operated service from Dublin to Donegal. Emerald has two units, each with separate AOCs: the original Irish airline (which […]
July 6, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier flyadeal has launched its first-ever services to Italy with the introduction of flights to Milan Bergamo Airport from Jeddah and Riyadh. The airline, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s national carrier, SAUDIA, inaugurated nonstop operations from Jeddah on 1 July, followed by the launch of flights from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on […]
July 2, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Manchester (IATA code: MAN) is the UK’s third-busiest airport by traffic. A record 32.1 million passengers were handled in 2025, with this throughput up by 4% compared to the prior high held the year before. Traffic was 9% above what was achieved before the pandemic in 2019. MAN has benefited from the arrival or return […]
June 30, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Nearly 100 scheduled passenger airlines operate between Middle East and Europe in 2026, including Etihad Airways. Despite the ongoing war in Iran, Etihad plans eight million two-way seats from its Abu Dhabi hub to Europe this year. Cirium schedule information shows that capacity is up by half a percentage point compared to the prior record, […]
June 29, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Malta International Airport (IATA code: MLA) made history recently. On 8 June 2026, Delta Air Lines became the first North American operator to serve the island. It does so from New York JFK (3-weekly), which is MLA’s largest US market. Passengers may also connect elsewhere in the country via JFK. It is MLA’s new longest […]
June 24, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
SkyAlps’ first flight took place five years ago, in July 2021. Based at Bolzano Airport (IATA code: BZO) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, it is much closer to the Swiss border than it is from the closest major Italian city. Its launch was premised on the cessation of Darwin airline, which left […]
June 23, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Birmingham Airport handled more than 1.3 million passengers last month, marking the busiest May in the airport’s history and representing year-on-year growth of 3.2%. The record performance follows a strong 2025, during which the airport welcomed 13.7 million passengers, its highest annual total on record. The airport attributed the growth to sustained demand across both […]
June 17, 2026 | Air Service Event News, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Situated in Southeast Europe, Montenegro is a small country both geographically and by population. Its area covers under 14,000 km2, which is less than Kuwait, while it is home to fewer than 650,000 people. It is perhaps best known for its gorgeous Adriatic coastline and the Bay of Kotor. The capital city is Podgorica, which […]
June 16, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
More than 50 scheduled passenger airlines operate will operate between North America and Europe this year, including the Canadian carrier WestJet. According to Cirium schedule information, WestJet has flown across the Atlantic since 2014. Its first route was from St. John’s to Dublin on the 737-700. Canada’s second-largest airline continues to serve this market in […]
June 15, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story