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As the Omicron variant threatens to create additional uncertainty around the demand for air travel this winter, we take a closer look at Europe’s three biggest low-cost carriers; easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air. In particular, we examine their leading country markets in December 2021 and how this compares with the pre-pandemic month of December 2019. […]
December 10, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Analysis of Eurocontrol data for the first week of December shows that flights are still down 25% compared with the same period in 2019. The best day this year was 30 October when the 7-day moving average figure showed flights were down 18.8%. However, this is a slightly false view as the timing of the […]
December 6, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Having recently concluded a Common Aviation Area Agreement with Ukraine, the EU finalised a similar agreement with Armenia on 15 November. Similar agreements have been signed with Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Moldova and Morocco. According to an EU statement: The benefits include new air transport opportunities, more direct connections and economic benefits to both sides: All […]
December 3, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
For the fourth straight month, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in October, handling almost 4.4 million passengers. However, that is still 30% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was again another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport again welcomed over 3.8 million passengers, a decline of just 7% […]
November 30, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Passenger figures for September from the CAA, show that the UK’s airports handled 9.86 million passengers, which was 65% fewer than in September 2019, but over 70% more than in September 2020. This means that demand in September was at 35% of the level of two years ago. This is a significant improvement on the […]
November 29, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
During the pandemic, Russia’s airlines and airports have seen demand recover more quickly than in many other regions of the world. In part, this is due to having a massive domestic market. In most countries restrictions on domestic travel have been much less onerous than those placed on international travel. Russia also has a number […]
November 25, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Earlier this week it was announced that a new airline, using the Flybe name, would be launching operations next summer from its new base in Birmingham. The old Flybe had its headquarters in Exeter. Details on the airline’s planned route network were decidedly vague, although the Mayor of West Midlands spoke of ‘better domestic and […]
November 19, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
American Airlines has returned to India after a break of nine years. On Friday 12 November the airline began daily service on the 11,780-kilometre route between New York JFK and Delhi using its Boeing 777-300ERs. The inaugural flight (AA 292) departed JFK at 19:27 and arrived at Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport at 20:20 the […]
November 16, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The start of the W21/22 season has seen Ryanair launch almost 250 new routes, way more than any other airline in Europe (or the world for that matter). As a result, analysis of Cirium Data and Analytics schedule data for November 2021 shows that its share of intra-European seat capacity has increased to 17.6%, which […]
November 11, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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. […]
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
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