Nearly 100 scheduled passenger airlines operate between Middle East and Europe in 2026, including Etihad Airways. Despite the ongoing war in Iran, Etihad plans eight million two-way seats from its Abu Dhabi hub to Europe this year. Cirium schedule information shows that capacity is up by half a percentage point compared to the prior record, […]
June 29, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Rome Fiumicino kicks off the summer 2026 season after a record-breaking year, continuing its consistent trajectory of growth focused on quality. In 2025, the airport exceeded the 50 million passenger threshold for the first time, handling 51.3 million travellers, representing a +18% increase versus 2019 (+7.8 million passengers) and +4% compared to 2024. Point-to-point traffic […]
May 17, 2026 | Air Service Event News
LOT Polish Airlines inaugurated three new routes from Krakow on Monday 30 March. Barcelona (4-weekly) Madrid (6-weekly) Rome FCO (5-weekly) The Polish flag carrier faces significant competition on the three routes by LCCs, which hold over half of Krakow Airport’s capacity. Ryanair and Wizz Air maintain daily and 11-weekly flights on the Barcelona service respectively. […]
April 15, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Saudi LCC Flynas introduced flights between Riyadh and Krakow on Friday 27 June. The 3,625-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the A320neo aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities, becoming the first to link Krakow with Saudi Arabia through a nonstop service. Flight XY395 departs Riyadh […]
July 7, 2025 | Latest Route News +
LOT Polish Airlines introduced flights between Krakow and Paris ORY on the last day of March. The 1,270-kilometre route will be maintained 6-weekly, increasing to daily from 16 April. The Star Alliance member will deploy a 737 MAX 8 aircraft on the route, where it faces no competition. Flight LO337 departs Krakow at 17:00 local […]
April 7, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Pegasus Airlines launched a new service between Izmir and Krakow on Wednesday 20 November. The 1,435-kilometre route will be maintained weekly with the A320 aircraft. The LCC is the sole operator between the two cities. Flight PC1545 departs Izmir at 15:35 local time, arriving in Krakow at 15:55 local time. The return service, operating as […]
November 26, 2024 | Latest Route News +
easyJet commenced operations between Amsterdam and Krakow on Monday 2 September. The 1,075-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, with a mix of A319 and A320 aircraft. The LCC will compete against KLM’s 28-weekly rotations between the two cities. Flight U27975 departs Amsterdam at 11:40 local time, arriving in Krakow at 13:40 […]
September 3, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Located in southern Poland, Kraków welcomed a record 9.4 million passengers in 2023, cementing its position as the country’s second-busiest airport. Famed for being a big inbound tourist market and the country’s Poland’s second most populous city, Kraków gained an additional million passengers versus 2019. Eight airlines were added in two years Analysing Cirium schedules […]
April 23, 2024 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Ryanair has been in Poland for 19 years in March and accounts for about a third of the country’s capacity in Q2 (April-June) 2024. The ULCC’s share of the country’s market will be helped by additional based aircraft in S24. Two more 737s will be stationed at Kraków and one more at both Katowice and […]
March 12, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Turkish Airlines has added its second destination in Poland with the introduction of flights between Istanbul IST and Krakow. The 1,200-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with the 151-seat 737-900 aircraft. It will go up against 3-weekly flights by fellow Star Alliance member LOT, which itself commenced operations on the […]
May 6, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Excluding the Russian domestic market, Poland had more passengers this summer than any other country across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Airport data collected by Air Service One for April-September shows that 11 of Poland’s busiest airports had 25.0 million passengers, down 12% versus 2019. Poland’s traffic was double that of Romania, the CEE’s second-largest […]
December 14, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Transavia launched another new service from Paris ORY when it began 2-weekly service to Krakow on Monday 25 October. This follows the recent introduction of flights to Berlin, Rome FCO, Santiago de Compostela and Stockholm ARN. Flights on the new 1,270-kilometre Polish service will normally operate on Thursdays and Sundays, initially slightly erratically. The route […]
October 27, 2021 | Latest Route News +