LEAV Aviation inaugurated flights between Cologne Bonn and Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria on Tuesday 1 September. The new route will be maintained weekly with the A320 aircraft. The carrier is the sole operator between the two cities. Flight KK480 departs Cologne Bonn at 04:30 local time, arriving in Deir ez-Zor at 09:45 local time. The return service, operating […]
September 8, 2026 | Latest Route News +
LEAV Aviation inaugurated flights between Cologne Bonn and Aleppo in Syria on Monday 17 August. The new route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Saturdays, with the A320 aircraft. The carrier is the sole operator between the two cities. Flight KK472 departs Cologne Bonn at 07:30 local time, arriving in Aleppo at 12:30 local […]
August 20, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings inaugurated flights between Cologne/Bonn and Jeddah on Tuesday 5 November. The 4,270-kilometre journey will be operated 3-weekly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the A320neo aircraft. The airline faces no competition between the two cities. The new route, which marks the first direct connection from North Rhine-Westphalia to Saudi Arabia, complements the launch of […]
November 14, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Air Cairo introduced flights between Cairo and Cologne/Bonn on Sunday 27 October. The 3,060-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, with the A320 aircraft. The carrier will compete against Nile Air’s 2-weekly rotations between the two cities. What they said Thilo Schmid, Chairman of the Management Board of Cologne/Bonn Airport, said: “Cairo is […]
October 30, 2024 | Latest Route News +
German leisure carrier Condor commenced flights between Cologne Bonn and Palma de Mallorca on Thursday 9 May. The 1,305-kilometre service will run 5-weekly, every day except Tuesdays and Saturdays. The airline will utilise its A320 aircraft on the route. It faces no competition. What they said Thilo Schmid, CEO of Cologne Bonn Airport, said: “With […]
May 16, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Egyptian carrier Nile Air expanded its European network on Sunday 15 October with the introduction of flights between Cairo and Cologne Bonn. The 3,060-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with the 164-seat A320 aircraft. The airline faces no competition on the route, Flight NP215 departs Cairo at 12:15 local time, arriving […]
October 19, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Air Arabia Maroc (IATA code 3O) now offers non-stop service between Tangier and Cologne Bonn in Germany. The 1,980-kilometre route will be flown by the Moroccan LCC every Saturday for the rest of the summer using its A320s, with the first flight having taken place on 24 June. Competition on the route comes from Eurowings, […]
July 4, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Unlike Ryanair and Wizz Air, who have both increased their market share of European air travel since 2019, easyJet’s share has remained virtually unchanged at around 7.5%. This still makes it Europe’s second biggest carrier, well ahead of Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa and Wizz Air. Analysis of Cirium schedule data for 2023 Q2 indicated that easyJet’s […]
March 10, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Lufthansa’s lower-cost subsidiary Eurowings can trace its origins back to 1993 and has just celebrated its 30thanniversary. A brief history of the airline’s evolution from regional carrier to its current incarnation can be found on the Eurowings corporate website. The basic Eurowings brand (IATA code EW) has been joined in recent times by the long-haul […]
February 10, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
One of the leading airlines for new route launches in Europe this summer has been Corendon Airlines. The carrier comprises three separate entities; Corendon Dutch Airlines (IATA code CD based in the Netherlands), Corendon Airlines Europe (IATA code XR based in Malta) and Corendon Airlines (IATA code XC based in Turkey). Flights for all of […]
June 30, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
easyJet launched 15 new routes in the first week of the summer season but, for whatever reason, celebrations seem to have been muted or non-existent at the airports involved. The one exception was in Porto, where the airport celebrated the introduction of the airline’s 2-weekly service on the 1,620-kilometre route to Cologne Bonn on 1 […]
April 8, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Air Serbia on 6 January began service between Nis (IATA code INI) in Serbia and Cologne Bonn. The 1,390-kilometre route will be served 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Saturdays using the airline’s A319s which are based in Belgrade. To facilitate this route the airline started domestic service between Belgrade and Nis on the same day. Air […]
January 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +