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Having recently secured 18 daily slots at Paris ORY that were handed over by Air France in return for European Commission approval of French government financial support for the flag-carrier, Vueling has revealed the 28 new routes it will be launching from early November. As a result, it will be offering service to 48 destinations […]
For the second month in a row, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in August, handling just over 4.5 million passengers. However, that is still 32% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport welcomed over 4.3 million passengers, a decline of 23% […]
Analysis of Eurocontrol data for the third week of September shows that flights are still down 30% compared with the same period in 2019. The best day this year was 4 September, when the 7-day moving average figure showed flights were down 28.2%. Compared with a week ago, among our basket of 12 airlines in […]
September 21, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Passenger demand in Canada is finally starting to recover. Latest passenger figures collected by CATSA at Canada’s eight busiest airports shows a rapid improvement since early June. At that time demand was only at 10% of the 2019 figure. However, by the end of August, demand was up to around 45% of the pre-pandemic figure, […]
September 17, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Romanian-based Blue Air started flying as long ago as 2004, the same year that Wizz Air began operations. However, while Wizz Air has a growing fleet of almost 150 aircraft (with orders placed for over 200 more), Blue Air’s fleet currently stands at just 18 aircraft according to planespotters.net. That includes four 737 MAX 8s […]
September 16, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Latest daily figures provided by the US TSA show that average weekly passenger numbers passing through US airports are now at around 75%-80% of the level they were back in 2019, with that figure rising to around 85% on national holidays such as Independence Day (4 July) and Labor Day (6 September). However, the biggest […]
September 15, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Croatia joined the EU in July 2013, but unlike most of its Central European neighbours it did not see a massive increase in air travel demand straight away. Yes, demand grew by between 5% and 10% at Zagreb airport in 2014, 2015 and 2016, but other countries, such as the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, […]
In the seven weeks since The ANKER Report was last published, Europe’s airlines have again been busy starting a significant number of new routes. This analysis covers the period of Saturday 24 July to Friday 10 September, a total of 49 days. While The ANKER Report would like to believe that it has identified all of […]
September 14, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Seven weeks ago, when the last issue of The ANKER Report was published, schools had just finished and families all across Europe were looking forward to a well deserved holiday. However, many of those hoping to travel internationally may well have been disappointed and frustrated, as many travel restrictions remained in place, making it potentially […]
Amsterdam was easyJet’s first international destination when it began service from London LTN in late April 1996, beating Nice and Barcelona by a few weeks. At that time the carrier had only been operating from Luton for just over five months. However, it took another 19 years before easyJet made the Dutch hub a base. […]
September 10, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Luxembourg is a small country in the heart of Europe which shares a border with Belgium, France and Germany. Covering an area of 2,600 km2 it is smaller than Hong Kong and every US state, and can easily be driven around in less than a day. However, with a population of over 600,000 and a […]
September 9, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines has arguably the world’s most diverse network, as it serves destinations in more countries than any other airline. According to Cirium Data and Analytics schedule information the airline offered scheduled passenger flights from over 110 countries in both 2020 and 2021. Thanks to the airline also publishing monthly traffic statistics which […]