Some 47 European airports have non-stop flights to New York JFK and/or Newark this summer. Between them, they have 8.8 million one-way seats for sale, according to Cirium schedules information data. That is 14.0% more than in S22 and 1.3% more than in S19. Of the 47 airports, Paris CDG ranks second while Paris ORY […]
March 30, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Vueling is Europe’s fourth biggest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air, but around 50% larger than Eurowings, Norwegian and Transavia who are in a tight battle for fifth place. However, it seems to get very little media coverage compared to its rivals. One of the reasons for this may be that while many of […]
November 25, 2022 | Airlines, 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
During a presentation at FITUR 22 in Madrid earlier this week, Vueling confirmed that its summer 2022 capacity will be comparable with that offered in summer 2019, and that it will be operating over 320 routes (100 domestic and 220 international) across 30 countries. The airline also revealed that it would be launching five additional […]
January 20, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Amelia (IATA code 8R), a small French regional carrier, has begun connecting Paris ORY with Brive in the Dordogne Valley. The 400-kilometre route will be served 2-daily on weekdays with an additional flight on Sundays. The airline is operating the route, which launched on 5 January, with a single ERJ-145 (registration F-HRAM) and faces no […]
January 18, 2022 | Latest Route News +
While demand for air travel in Europe in 2021 may have still been down significantly compared with 2019, that did not mean that airline route planners had a quiet year. In fact, quite the opposite, as many airlines were willing to experiment with new routes thanks to having excess capacity. As a result, The ANKER […]
January 6, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The Air France/KLM Group has its own in-house LCC, Transavia. Although it has just a single brand, there are actually two separate airlines, the Dutch-based carrier (IATA code HV) and the French-based carrier (IATA code TO). This analysis focuses on the French subsidiary, sometimes also referred to as Transavia France. Launched from Paris ORY in […]
January 3, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
In the five weeks since The ANKER Report was last published, Europe’s airlines have again been busy starting a significant number of new routes. This analysis covers the period of Saturday 9 October to Friday 12 November. This timeframe included the start of the northern hemisphere W21/22 season, which officially began on Sunday 31 October. […]
November 16, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Transavia on Monday 8 November took over from Air France the route between Paris ORY and Montpellier. Although frequency has remained the same at 25-weekly, seat capacity has been increased as Transavia uses 189-seat 737-800s while Air France had been using a mix of 131-seat A318s and 142-seat A319s on the route. Competition comes from […]
November 9, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Vueling started flying its raft of new routes from Paris ORY on Tuesday 2 November. As previously reported, the LCC, which is part of IAG, announced almost 30 new routes from the French capital after it was awarded slots that Air France had to give up, in exchange for financial support from the French government. […]
Latest passenger figures show that Paris ORY handled 1.83m passengers in September (down 30% versus the same month in 2019) which ranks it 15th among European airports, down from 12th in August. The airport has long been perceived as being dominated by Air France, but even before the pandemic struck the carrier only accounted for […]
October 29, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
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 +