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Eurowings at 30; domestic flights down 48% v 2019 Q2; 11 countries added and four dropped since 2019

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

UK airline Jet2.com reaches 100 million passenger milestone; flies over 100 aircraft from 10 UK bases

With its headquarters at Leeds Bradford Airport, UK leisure airline Jet2.com has just reach a significant milestone. On 24 August 2022 the carrier celebrated its 100 millionth passenger. The airline, which had evolved out of Channel Express, launched its first flight out of Leeds Bradford (to Amsterdam) on 12 February 2003. By the end of […]

August 31, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, Top Story

New Route of the Day – Americas (2 June 2022): United between Newark and Palma de Mallorca

United launched yet another new transatlantic route from New York EWR on 2 June. This time the Star Alliance carrier is linking its Newark base with Palma de Mallorca. The first return flight from the Balearic Island to New York was on 3 June. The 6,330-kilometre route will be flown 3-weekly using the airline’s classic […]

June 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day (14 May 2022): Eurowings between Memmingen and Palma de Mallorca

Eurowings finally added the southern German airport at Memmingen to its route network when it introduced 3-weekly service to its hub at Palma de Mallorca on Saturday 14 May. It will also operate flights om Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the summer using its A320-series fleet. Competition on the 1,115-kilometre route comes from […]

May 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day (8 April 2022): Condor between Vienna and Palma de Mallorca

Although Condor is a German leisure airline, it will also be offering flights this summer to holiday destinations from Vienna in Austria and Zurich in Switzerland. Condor last served the Austrian capital in January 2018 with flights to three destinations in the Canary Islands. On 8 April, the airline returned with the first of four […]

April 19, 2022 | Latest Route News +

Condor planning expansion in US and South Africa; 19 flights per day to Palma de Mallorca in S22

German leisure airline Condor was Europe’s 34th biggest in 2019, based on departing seats from European airports. According to Cirium data, the airline offered over 8.6 million seats from European airports, as well as 1.6 million seats from non-European airports. In Germany, it ranked fifth with just over five million departing seats, behind Lufthansa (56.6m), […]

February 25, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story

Spanish traffic down 40% in September; Tenerife TFN leads recovery rankings with 83%

September passenger data for Spanish airports, published recently by Aena, shows that the country’s airports handled 16.32m passengers last month. That is three times as many as in September 2020 (5.46m), but still 40% fewer than in September 2019 (27.14m). In August, the airports had welcomed 18.01m passengers which was 39% down on the same […]

October 15, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis