Glasgow welcomed 766,000 passengers in July, meaning it had about half the volume of rival Edinburgh. Glasgow’s passengers were down by about a fifth versus July 2019. Analysis of European Airport Traffic Statistics (EATS) data shows that while it was not among the UK’s bottom 10 airports by recovery, it was still nearly three times […]
October 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
PLAY has entered the Canadian market with the launch of its new daily service between Reykjavik and Hamilton near Toronto on Thursday 22 June. The 4,240-kilometre route will be maintained with the 214-seat A321neo. The LCC faces no competition between the two cities. Flight OG201 departs from Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport at 15:20 local time, arriving in […]
June 29, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The Danish airport of Aalborg has added three scheduled carriers in the past 13 months. These developments – and various additional routes, most notably Newark – mean that Aalborg has exceeded pre-pandemic capacity in the crucial July-September quarter. According to Cirium schedules information, it has 158 weekly one-way August flights, up by 5% versus 2019. […]
June 22, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
PLAY launched a new seasonal service between Reykjavik and Dusseldorf on Thursday 8 June as it continues to expand operations this summer. The Icelandic carrier will maintain the 3-weekly 2,220-kilometre route on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with its A320neo aircraft. The LCC will compete directly against Eurowings’ 4-weekly flights between the two airports. The outbound service, operating as OG730, departs […]
June 16, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Icelandic carrier PLAY has introduced flights from its Reykjavik hub to Washington IAD on Wednesday 26 April. The 4,505-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the A320neo aircraft, The airline competes against Icelandair’s daily service between the two cities, operated by its 737 MAX fleet. Washington IAD is the fourth new route introduced into PLAY’s network […]
April 28, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Keflavik welcomed 6.13 million passengers in 2022, based on Isavia’s figures. Last year, about seven in ten passengers flew Icelandair and PLAY. When all airlines are considered, virtually three-quarters of traffic was local, while a quarter connected. Excluding 2020/2021, that was the lowest proportion of connecting passengers for many years, reflecting the recovery, PLAY’s US […]
April 27, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
PLAY (IATA code OG) launched a new seasonal service between Reykjavik and Warsaw WAW on Monday 3 April as it continues to expand operations this summer with a total of twelve new routes. The Icelandic carrier will maintain the 2-weekly 2,815-kilometre service on Mondays and Fridays, with its A320neo aircraft. The LCC will compete directly against […]
April 5, 2023 | Latest Route News +
PLAY (IATA code OG) now connects Reykjavik with Stockholm ARN on a seasonal summer basis. The 2,150-kilometre route launched on Friday 31 March. Flights will operate 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the 214-seat A321neo. PLAY will compete directly against rival Icelandair and its 8-weekly service between the two cities. Stockholm ARN becomes the LCC’s second destination […]
April 3, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Icelandic carrier PLAY has announced its first destination in Canada, Hamilton. The airport is 85 kilometres from central Toronto and 115 kilometres from Buffalo, New York. It is also the closest Canadian airport to Niagara Falls and is nearer to other big Ontario cities, like London and Kitchener, than Toronto YYZ. Keflavik-Hamilton will operate daily […]
January 18, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Service One recently estimated that airlines started around 1,850 new routes across Europe (excluding Russia) in 2022. Analysis of Cirium schedules data suggests that airlines have already revealed plans for at least 500 more new routes starting in 2023. However, with airlines announcing additional new routes almost every day at the moment, that number […]
December 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Berlin BER welcomed 2.1 million passengers in October, according to the airport’s own statistics. It was its best month of the year so far. However, only 171,000 passengers were added between May and October, against 963,000 for Frankfurt FRA and 363,000 for Munich, based on traffic data collected by Air Service One and available to […]
December 1, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is the largest airport in the U.S. Capital Region, serving the thriving cities of Washington and Baltimore. The 2020 census showed that the region has grown to 10 million people, becoming the third largest metro area in the U.S. Airlines favor the Capital Region because of the unique aspects of […]
October 12, 2022 | Air Service Community News