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Vueling started flying its raft of new routes from Paris ORY on Tuesday 2 November. As previously reported, the LCC, which is part of IAG, announced almost 30 new routes from the French capital after it was awarded slots that Air France had to give up, in exchange for financial support from the French government. […]
Plovdiv Airport in southern central Bulgaria celebrated the arrival of its first ever service operated by Wizz Air on Wednesday 3 November when flights from both London LTN and Dortmund touched down at the airport. The UK route will be served 3-weekly (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) while the German service will be welcomed on Wednesdays […]
With considerable fanfare, Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings launched its base in Prague on Sunday 31 October. Two aircraft are now based at the Czech airport, an A319 (registration OE-LYX) and an A320 (registration OE-IQC). In the first week of operation nine new routes have been launched, to complement the airline’s existing 12-weekly service from Düsseldorf. […]
November 4, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
OneAlpha, the next generation slot coordination and airport capacity management software company, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Maria Giretto to the position of Account Executive starting October 2021. Joining VP Global Business Development Carl Jones, Maria will be OneAlpha’s lead representative in Europe, and will work with Carl across global markets. Maria looks […]
November 3, 2021 | News & Analysis
In 2019, Italy’s Rome Fiumicino Airport ranked as Europe’s 11th busiest airport, handling 43.4 million passengers. Since 2000 total traffic had grown by 68% but there was a significant difference between domestic and international demand. While developments in the national high-speed rail network had contributed to domestic air travel falling by 11%, international passengers had […]
In case anyone thought that Wizz Air had become the new champion of new route launches across Europe, Ryanair has apparently made it clear that it is still Europe’s leading airline when it comes to starting new services. Research by The ANKER Report indicates that Europe’s biggest (U)LCC will be launching almost 250, yes 250, […]
November 1, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Latest passenger figures show that Paris ORY handled 1.83m passengers in September (down 30% versus the same month in 2019) which ranks it 15th among European airports, down from 12th in August. The airport has long been perceived as being dominated by Air France, but even before the pandemic struck the carrier only accounted for […]
October 29, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
For the third straight month, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in September, handling just over four million passengers. However, that is still 39% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was again another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport welcomed over 3.8 million passengers, mostly tourists, a decline of […]
October 28, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
When ExpressJet Airlines (IATA code EV) lost its contract to operate feeder flights for United Airlines last September its future was uncertain. The carrier first began operating in 1987 and since then operated flights on behalf of American, Delta and United and was at one time the world’s largest operator of Embraer ERJ-145s. Now the […]
October 27, 2021 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America
In 2006, the European Commission received a mandate from the Council to negotiate a ‘Common Aviation Area’ Agreement with Ukraine. The negotiations were concluded in 2013, but due to the dispute between Spain and the UK over the airport of Gibraltar, it was not possible for the EU to sign the agreement earlier. On 12 […]
Bees Airline (IATA code 7B) is a relatively new carrier that launched in Ukraine in March 2021. It currently operates a fleet of four 189-seat 737-800s, all of which were previously flown by Ukraine International Airlines. Its main base is at Kiev Zhulyany Airport, but it recently revealed plans to expand from Odessa with a […]
October 22, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
Contour Airlines (IATA code LF) is the regional airline brand of Contour Aviation, based in Smyrna, Tennessee. It began scheduled services in 2016 between Nashville and Tupelo in Mississippi. It currently operates a fleet of 10 Embraer ERJ-135s, which have been configured with just 30 leather seats. Flights bookable from 17 airports The airline’s website […]
October 21, 2021 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America