Air Service One has collected October passenger figures for almost 250 airports across Europe, including the vast majority of major airports. These can be found in our free to download EATS (European Airport Traffic Statistics) file on the Air Service One homepage. We have identified all major airports reporting over one million passengers in October […]
November 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The latest traffic statistics from the busiest French airports for August 2022 show that four of the top 15 airports have seen traffic recover to beyond pre-pandemic levels. Overall, across all the top 15 airports, passenger numbers were down 13% versus August 2019. However, among Europe’s busiest country markets by seat capacity in August, France […]
October 12, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The French part of Transavia (IATA code TO) launched two new international routes from Paris ORY on Saturday 1 October. Using its 737-800s it now serves Béjaïa in Algeria. There are a few flights each week in October, before frequency becomes daily from the start of November until the end of March. The 1,350-kilometre route […]
October 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Vueling now serves Shannon in the west of Ireland. On Monday 12 September the Spanish carrier began 2-weekly service on the 910-kilometre route from Paris ORY. Flights will operate every Monday and Friday using the airline’s fleet of A321 aircraft. No other carrier connects these two airports. This is Vueling’s third route to Ireland from […]
September 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +
An interesting development, apparently driven by the pandemic, is how Air France has chosen to use its low-cost subsidiary Transavia (IATA code TO) to significantly expand its leisure network from Paris ORY. Analysis of Cirium schedule data shows that while Air France has reduced its seat capacity by 33% at Orly (comparing August 2022 with […]
July 15, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Between Sunday 3 July and Saturday 9 July, Air Service One has identified: 87 new routes involving at least one European airport, operated by 35 airlines involving 112 airports Wizz Air (14) and Air France (nine) launched the most new routes 30 (34%) were already served by other carriers, 57 (66%) were not 30 countries […]
July 11, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story, Uncategorized
Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées Airport (IATA code LDE) has become the latest French base for Volotea. On Friday 1 July the airline based a single A319 at the airport and launched routes to Paris ORY (2-daily) and Strasbourg (2-weekly). The following day saw the start of service to Naples and Palermo (both 2-weekly), with 2-weekly service […]
July 8, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
French Bee (IATA code BF) is a Paris ORY based long-haul, low-cost airline that began operations in September 2016 under the name French Blue. It changed its name to French Bee in January 2018. The carrier is owned by Groupe Dubreuil, which also owns Air Caraïbes (IATA code TX). According to a presentation on Groupe […]
May 10, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The French part of Transavia (IATA code TO) has added a new route on 24 April from its main Paris ORY base to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Initially, flights will be weekly, increasing to 2-weekly (Wednesdays and Saturdays) from the beginning of June. The 3,430-kilometre route faces no direct competition. However, Air France offers […]
May 4, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Having recently secured 18 daily slots at Paris ORY that were handed over by Air France in return for European Commission approval of French government financial support for the flag-carrier, Vueling has revealed the 28 new routes it will be launching from early November. As a result, it will be offering service to 48 destinations […]