Royal Air Maroc introduced a pair of new routes from Casablanca to Alicante and Bilbao on Wednesday 1 April. Both the 835-kilometre route to Alicante, and the 1,175-kilometre service to Bilbao will be maintained 3-weekly with the E190 aircraft. The oneworld member faces no competition on either of the two routes. What they said Abdelhamid […]
April 20, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Austrian Airlines launched a duo of new routes to Spain on Wednesday 25 March from Vienna to Alicante and Bilbao. Both services will be maintained 2-weekly, on Wednesdays and Sundays, with the A320 aircraft. The Star Alliance member will compete against 6-weekly Ryanair flights between Vienna and Alicante but faces no competition on the Bilbao […]
April 2, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Pegasus Airlines added another destination in Spain to its route network by launching flights between Istanbul SAW and Bilbao on Monday 1 December. The 2,665-kilometre service will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with a mix of A320neo and A321 aircraft. The carrier faces no direct competition on the route, although the […]
December 8, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Bilbao welcomed 6.78 million passengers in 2024, of which approximately 58% were domestic and 42% were international. Total traffic rose by 7% compared to the airport’s prior record in 2015 and by 15% compared to 2019. Bilbao is now Spain’s 12th busiest airport and remains the leading airport on the country’s north coast. United Airlines […]
June 10, 2025 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
United added yet another new transatlantic service on Saturday 31 May by commencing seasonal flights between New York EWR and Bilbao. The 5,725-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, departing New York, with the 757-200 aircraft. The airline is the sole operator between the two cities. Flight UA633 departs New York […]
June 8, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Aer Lingus introduced services between Cork and Bilbao on Wednesday 16 April. The 1,035-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the A320 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities. Flight EI850 departs Cork at 12:25 local time, arriving in Bilbao at 15:20 local time. The return service, […]
April 28, 2025 | Latest Route News +
In S25, just over 40 million one-way seats will be available between Europe and the US/Canada, the first time that capacity has reached that milestone. Cirium schedules information shows that combined seats to those North American countries have risen by 3% compared to S24 and by a tenth compared to before the pandemic in S19. […]
March 31, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Vueling is Europe’s fourth largest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air. Vueling has 11.7 million seats in July-September 2023 (Q3), and about 3.4% of the European short-haul market. According to Cirium data, the carrier’s capacity has fallen by 1.7% versus the same three months last year, despite opening a base at London LGW in […]
September 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Spain’s 14th most-served airport, Bilbao welcomed 5.13 million passengers in 2022, making it the largest airport on the country’s north coast. Aena statistics indicates that around 65% of passengers were domestic and 35% international. Like so many airports globally, its recovery continues. However, it has gained various new airlines since the pandemic, while key players […]
July 24, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Wizz Air introduced two new destinations from its Vienna base on Tuesday 13 June, with the addition of Bilbao and Kuwait City to its network. Both the 1,600-kilometre service to Bilbao and the 3,405-kilometre route to Kuwait City will be maintained 2-weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays with the A321neo aircraft. The airline faces no competition […]
June 20, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Vueling is Europe’s fourth biggest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air, but around 50% larger than Eurowings, Norwegian and Transavia who are in a tight battle for fifth place. However, it seems to get very little media coverage compared to its rivals. One of the reasons for this may be that while many of […]
November 25, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Eurowings on Monday 4 April launched a new, 2-weekly service between Hamburg in northern Germany and Bilbao in northern Spain. The 1,490-kilometre route will be operated every Monday and Friday during the summer season and faces no direct competition. In fact, this appears to be the first time the two airports have ever been connected […]
April 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +