Abu Dhabi is one of more than 30 Middle East airports to have Europe flights in Q4 2023 (October-December). According to Cirium schedules information, it has 965,000 available seats. With about one in 14 Europe seats, it ranks fourth of all Middle East airports. Never has the UAE capital had so much Europe capacity, up […]
October 10, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Etihad Airways chose the last week of September to commence flights between its hub in Abu Dhabi and Copenhagen. The 4,855-kilometre service, which launched on Friday 29 September, will be maintained 4-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 290-seat 787-9 aircraft. The Emirati flag carrier faces no competition on the route. Flight EY61 […]
October 3, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The last 15 months has seen the Italy to United Arab Emirates (UAE) market gain two new carriers and five new routes thanks to the decisions by Air Arabia, flydubai and Wizz Air to add routes between the two countries. The first week of December saw Air Arabia begin 3-weekly service between Sharjah and Milan […]
December 13, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
International long-haul traffic was hit especially hard by the pandemic, with many Asian countries in particular imposing extremely severe restrictions on foreign visitors. Some of these markets are still only just opening up to international passenger flights. For many European travellers, a popular way of reaching many key Asian markets was to use one of […]
November 21, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Etihad Airways (IATA code EY) has added Nice in the south of France to its route network. On 15 June the Abu Dhabi based carrier began 2-weekly service on the route, using its 787s. The outbound flight operates via Rome FCO, but the return journey (from Nice to Abu Dhabi) is non-stop. The same day […]
June 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi became the latest carrier to offer non-stop service between an airport in the UAE and Moscow, when it launched 4-weekly service between Abu Dhabi and Moscow VKO on Wednesday 15 December. This is Wizz Air’s fourth route to Moscow. It began serving the Russian capital from Budapest as long ago as […]
December 22, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
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
Etihad Airways on 18 July launched service between its Abu Dhabi base in the UAE and Vienna in Austria, operating 2-weekly (on Thursdays and Sundays). The 4,245-kilometre route faces no direct competition. However, Emirates serves Vienna with daily flights from Dubai, while Qatar Airways serves the Austrian capital 5-weekly from Doha. The inaugural service (flight […]
July 21, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi (IATA code 3L, formerly used by InterSky) began 3-weekly (Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays) service between Abu Dhabi and Sarajevo on Monday 12 July using its A320s. The inaugural service (flight number 3L 604 operated by an Airbus A320 registration A6-AUB) departed the UAE at 09:22 local time before landing in Bosnia […]
July 15, 2021 | Latest Route News +