Sharing a border with Ukraine meant that Moldova temporarily closed its airspace for safety reasons when Russian forces attacked Ukraine six months ago. In April, traffic at Chisinau Airport, serving the capital, was still down 60% versus 2019. In May, traffic was down 49%, while in June traffic was still down 29% compared with three […]
August 25, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Avelo Airlines (IATA code XP) launched its first commercial flight on 28 April 2021, from Burbank (IATA code BUR) in California to Santa Rosa. Less than 16 months later, on 12 August 2022, the airline celebrated carrying its one millionth passenger. According to planespotters.net it now has a fleet of 10 737s, a mix of […]
August 24, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
According to analysis of Cirium data, Volotea’s scheduled seat capacity during the second half of 2021 was up 14% compared with the second half of 2019. This equates to an additional 685,000 seats. For comparison, among Europe’s top 50 airlines, the next best performing carrier in western Europe was Transavia (the Dutch and French parts […]
February 16, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
During a presentation at FITUR 22 in Madrid earlier this week, Vueling confirmed that its summer 2022 capacity will be comparable with that offered in summer 2019, and that it will be operating over 320 routes (100 domestic and 220 international) across 30 countries. The airline also revealed that it would be launching five additional […]
January 20, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story