Milan Bergamo Airport is looking to expand its network in West Africa, reflecting strong cultural and economic links between the region and Northern Italy’s diaspora communities. The airport currently offers weekly flights operated by Neos to Dakar (Senegal), Boa Vista and Sal (Cape Verde), alongside Cabo Verde Airlines’ service to Sal. Bergamo’s catchment includes some […]
October 13, 2025 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Turkish Airlines serves 50 African airports on a passenger basis. It has a much larger network than other key competitors. For example, Emirates serves 20 airports, Qatar Airways 29 and British Airways and Lufthansa 12 each. Only Air France, thanks to the extensive Francophone Africa, comes close with 40. The Turkish flag carrier’s African network […]
April 15, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated its third UK route on 21 November with the launch of Addis Ababa to London LGW. It is served 3-weekly using the A350-900, the carrier’s aircraft of choice to Europe. It marks the first time since 2008 that the 5,880-kilometre airport pair has been served. Copenhagen, London LGW and Madrid added this year […]
November 27, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
South Africa remains the most-served sub-Saharan African market from Europe based on non-stop capacity. According to Cirium schedules data, there 806,000 departing seats in W23 – 19% lower than the almost one million in W19. In contrast, all of Europe to sub-Saharan Africa rose by about 5%. More than two-thirds of South Africa-bound passengers continue […]
November 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
After Morocco and Egypt, Tunisia has more capacity to Europe than any other African country. According to Cirium data, there are 3.54 million departing seats this April-October – the highest yet from Tunisia. Up by a strong 14.6% over S19, it is only the fourth time in 20 years that it has exceeded three million. […]
August 23, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Brussels Airlines is the smallest carrier in the Lufthansa Group. According to the Group’s quarterly statistics, it carried just over five million passengers between January and September 2022, equivalent to less than 7% of the Group’s total passengers. It has undertaken a considerable network purge as a part of its reorientation towards stronger financial performance. […]
February 23, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
AlbaStar (IATA code AP) on Friday 13th May (clearly not superstitious) commenced a new route between Milan BGY and Dakar in Senegal. The service will operate weekly from 13 June, increasing to 2-weekly in July according to the airline’s on-line booking tool. The outbound flight will depart Italy very late in the evening on Mondays […]
May 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +