The market between Europe and mainland China has record capacity. In 2026, Cirium schedule data shows that 8.9 million one-way seats are available (excluding Russia to avoid Asian cities). This volume has exceeded the prior high by 15%. Nearly 1.2 million additional seats have been added in a year. Things have changed in many ways. […]
August 17, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Icelandair plays a critical role in travel to, from, in and through Iceland. International flights are from Keflavik, while all domestic flights are from Reykjavík Airport, which is very close to the centre of the capital. While it varies by month, almost half of passengers flying the country’s flag carrier connect to another flight in […]
March 3, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Serving Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, and the wider country generally, Keflavik welcomed 8.33 million passengers in 2024. It was the highest volume since 2018. Between January and August 2025, 5.76 million passengers were transported. Of these, nearly three in four passengers were local, whether originating in Iceland or elsewhere. Keflavik benefited from the start of WestJet […]
Germany’s Discover Airlines is the leisure unit of the Lufthansa Group. In its previous identity as Eurowings Discover, it started passenger-carrying flights in 2021. According to Planespotters.net, Discover (which lost the Eurowings prefix in 2023) now has 29 aircraft: 15 A320ceos, 11 A330-300s and three A330-200s. Like any European leisure carrier, Discover revolves around the […]
April 28, 2025 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Nearly 8.4 million passengers are expected to travel through Keflavik Airport in 2025, according to the airport’s passenger forecast for the year. This marks a 0.8% increase compared to the previous year. The airport only had more passengers in 2017, with 8.76 million travellers, and in 2018, with 9.80 million. Transfer passengers using Keflavik as […]
April 7, 2025 | Air Service Event News
The first flight of Icelandic LCC PLAY was in June 2021. It materialised because of the end of WOW Air. In the following 3.5 years, PLAY prioritised growth but has recently switched to a greater emphasis on financial results, with traffic and the type of traffic changing. In January 2025, the airline’s own statistics show that […]
February 24, 2025 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Iceland’s Keflavík Airport handled 8.3 million passengers in 2024, marking a 7% year-on-year increase and a 15% rise compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. After a period of rapid recovery, with passenger numbers surging by 58% in 2021, 183% in 2022, and 27% in 2023, the airport now expects a steadier annual growth rate of […]
February 1, 2025 | Air Service Event News
Keflavík Airport in Iceland has continued to register strong growth in 2024, welcoming more than 6.5 million travellers so far this year, including two million transfer passengers. With a strategic location that makes it an ideal connecting point between Europe and North America, the airport has become a key international hub. By the end of […]
November 15, 2024 | Air Service Event News
Icelandair carried almost 4.3 million passengers in 2023 – more than half of the country’s total – with an 80% load factor. Some 55% of the carrier’s passengers were point-to-point to/from Iceland, 38% connected in Keflavik and 7% flew within the country. According to Planespotters.net, Icelandair has 47 aircraft (passenger and freighters combined) that it […]
September 23, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Keflavík Airport, Iceland’s primary international gateway, is undergoing a transformation guided by its Masterplan aimed at strategically expanding capacities to accommodate an increasing number of passengers, while also enhancing the overall travel experience. The airport is utilising the plan to make informed decisions, structuring developments in phases. Each phase is tailored to existing demands while […]
June 6, 2024 | Air Service Event News
Pittsburgh is Pennsylvania’s second most populous city The airport’s biggest development recently was the 16 May 2024 launch of Icelandair from its Keflavik hub. It is not a new airport pair: defunct WOW Air served it until 2019. But it is great that it has returned and with another new operator. It means that Pittsburgh […]
May 29, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
United Airlines is the number-one airline between North America and Europe by available seat kilometers (ASK) in Q3 (July-September) 2024, according to Cirium data. It is also first by the number of flights, but it is second to Delta Air Lines for available seats. Focusing on ASKs, which reflect distance, United’s capacity is at a […]
May 16, 2024 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story