Iberia Express’ first commercial flight was in 2012. Some 11 years later, the low-cost subsidiary (LCS) has 28 A320ceos, A321ceos and A321neos, according to Planespotters.net. Its network remains almost entirely from the Spanish capital, Madrid. The only exceptions this summer are seasonal services from Asturias and Vigo to the Canary Islands. Iberia Express plays a […]
September 25, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Spirit is the seventh largest airline serving the USA by flights in September. With a fleet of 199 A319s, A320s and A321s, it has 5,554 weekly services making it the country’s largest ULCC ahead of Frontier (4,040). Yet Spirit has just 3.2% of the domestic market, rising to 6.4% of the short-haul international market. While […]
September 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
French regional carrier Twin Jet rarely receives attention. According to the airline’s website, it has 13 Beech 1900s, each with 19 seats. The rare type is even less common in Europe. Cirium shows that 99% of the airline’s operations are on weekdays while 1% is on Sundays. There are no flights on Saturdays. This chimes […]
September 19, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The ‘new’ Cyprus Airways launched operations in 2017 and remains a small operator. According to Planespotters, it has five aircraft: three 180-seat A320s and two 133-seat A220-300s. The A220s joined its fleet in June 2023 and entered revenue service in August, although September is the month with much greater activity. Last year, Cyprus Airways said […]
August 31, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
easyJet has 700,000 departing seats from Germany this July-September (Q3), according to Cirium schedules information. It is Germany’s sixth-largest foreign carrier and ninth overall. While the LCC’s entire operation has 9.2% more seats than in 2022, Germany is down by 16.8%. Not helped by typically high costs, high taxes, low yields, a greatly dominant Lufthansa […]
August 14, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Georgian Airways is among the smallest flag carriers to serve Europe. According to Planespotters.net, it has a fleet of just five aircraft. Previously called Airzena, the Tbilisi-based airline has one Boeing 737-800, two 737-700s and two CRJ-200s. It seems that one CRJ is in VIP configuration. Interestingly, analysis of Cirium schedules shows that Georgian Airways […]
July 18, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Viva Aerobus carried 11.34 million passengers in the first half of 2023 (January-June). Helped by the cessation of Interjet in 2020, Viva Aerobus has grown enormously. Traffic rose by 20%+ versus 1H 2022 – its previous record – and by 110% over the pre-pandemic 2019. The huge domestic market remained Viva Aerobus’ foundation, with around […]
July 13, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Qatar Airways has 1,880 departing passenger flights each week from its Doha hub in August, based on Cirium schedules information. Some 522 are to Europe, making it the airline’s second-largest region behind Asia-Pacific. Europe accounts for just over one in four flights (27.8%), down by almost nine percentage points versus August 2019. Europe remains by […]
July 12, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Flag carrier of small but wealthy Luxembourg, Luxair has 22 aircraft: 11 Dash 8-Q400s, four 737-700s, four 737-800s and one 737 MAX 8, along with two wet-leased Embraer E190s. According to Cirium schedules information, it has 353 weekly one-way flights in August. After years of effectively no growth, flights are 17.3% above August 2019 and […]
July 11, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Norse Atlantic’s first commercial flight was on 14 June 2022 from Oslo to New York JFK. Between then and May 2023, the long-haul operator transported approximately 512,000 scheduled passengers. Consisting of two units – the original Norwegian entity (IATA code N0) and the UK subsidiary (Z0) – they have 10 Boeing 787s. Five others are […]
July 5, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The US is a crucially important part of Copa Airlines’ network. According to Cirium schedules information, it has 195-weekly one-way flights to the country in August, more than to any other country. This is helped by serving more destinations than anywhere else. Without the US, Copa’s extensive Central American and South American network would be […]
July 3, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
American Airlines is the world’s largest airline by multiple measures, including fleet. According to Planespotters.net, the carrier and its regional partner have nearly 1,400 aircraft (not all active). Using these, they have more than 24,000 weekly one-way flights in July, based on Cirium information data (one-way avoids double counting). Its July offering is at 85% of what it had in […]
June 27, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story