As the name very much suggests, Virgin Atlantic‘s main focus has always been on the US market. AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data shows that US routes have typically accounted for between 60% and 70% of annual seat capacity from the UK since 2010. This summer Virgin Atlantic will serve 11 US airports […]
March 19, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Hamburg Airport serves western Europe’s largest city that isn’t the capital of a country. Last year it welcomed 14.77m passengers, still 15% fewer than in 2019, and was Germany’s fifth busiest airport. Back in 2010 Lufthansa and airberlin shared almost 65% of seat capacity. The latter collapsed in 2017 and Lufthansa now accounts for just […]
March 17, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Bordeaux Aéroport saw impressive growth between 2010 and 2019 as annual passenger numbers more than doubled from 3.66 million to 7.70 million, driven primarily by easyJet, Ryanair and Volotea. Ryanair decided to withdraw all services from the airport at the end of October 2024. Passenger numbers at the airport are set to be around 5.8 […]
January 20, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Traffic at German airports in September was still around 10% below 2019 levels, though up 3.5% versus last September according to the recently published statistics from ADV and analysed by AIR SERVICE ONE. Of the top 20 airports, 13 reported growth versus last year and eight have more passengers than in 2019. However, these are […]
October 27, 2025 | Bitesize Analysis
Seat capacity at European airports this winter (Nov25-Mar26) is set to be 6.2% higher than during the same period last year. AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data reveals that 19 of Europe’s top 20 airports are set to see an increase in available seats. Dublin Airport leads the way with 16.4% growth thanks […]
October 16, 2025 | Bitesize Analysis
UK airport passenger data published yesterday by the UK CAA for May 2025 reveals that demand is up 2.2% versus May 2024 to 27.44 million. It is also up 1.2% versus pre-pandemic May 2019. If we examine the top 20 airports (by monthly passengers) then Bournemouth Airport was the fastest growing in percentage terms followed […]
July 17, 2025 | Bitesize Analysis
Themes of the Week American added service from LGA and ORD and took some service away. Delta is the king of college football flights. Delta is showing MCO some love. Frontier extended their schedule through November 19. Safe travels to everyone coming to the ILM Airport Roundtable this week! Capacity Update For a summary […]
May 5, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Birmingham Airport (BHX) welcomed 12.85 million passengers in 2024, 12% more than in 2023 and almost 2% more than in 2019. It is the UK’s third busiest airport outside of London after Manchester Airport (30.79m) and Edinburgh Airport (15.78m). For many years Flybe was Birmingham’s biggest airline by seats and flights. However, since the carrier’s […]
March 19, 2025 | Bitesize Analysis
Last year (2024) was the first year that air travel demand across all of Europe exceeded the pre-pandemic 2019 figure. However, the recovery in traffic was by no means even across the continent, as the following graph shows for the 20 biggest country markets in Europe. Nine of the Top 20 have shown at least […]
February 19, 2025 | Bitesize Analysis
Last year, on average, almost four new airline routes were launched every day that involved at least one European airport. They were launched by over 150 airlines according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data. Not surprisingly, Ryanair launched the most new routes but their lead over nearest rival easyJet was not as […]
January 27, 2025 | Bitesize Analysis
Latest passenger data from the UK Civil Aviation Authority for November 2024 shows that the UK’s three fastest-growing airports are all in the north-west of England. Not only have Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Leeds Bradford Airport and Manchester Airport all seen demand growth of more than 12% versus November 2023, but all three are also […]
January 20, 2025 | Bitesize Analysis
Ryanair is the leading airline in the Italian domestic market having overtaken Alitalia Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A./ITA Airways after the Italian flag-carrier reinvented itself as a smaller airline post-COVID. Between them, Ryanair and ITA Airways now account for over three-quarters of seats in the Italian domestic market according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium […]
January 17, 2025 | Bitesize Analysis