Last week, on 1 September 2022, Norwegian celebrated its 20th anniversary as a scheduled airline. In those 20 years it has carried over 300 million passengers, developed and abandoned a long-haul, low-cost network from various European airports, set up operations in Argentina and come close to collapse as a result of COVID. However, latest traffic […]
September 9, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Nile Air (IATA code NP) began 2-weekly service on Saturday 19 June between Cairo and Stockholm ARN. The 3,430-kilometre route will be flown using the airline’s A320s. The second weekly flight is on Wednesdays. No other carrier currently connects these two airports. The last regular, scheduled service between the two airports was with EGYPTAIR. The […]
June 23, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Swedish regional carrier Air Leap has begun non-stop service between Stockholm ARN and Halmstad. The 450-kilometre route is currently being flown daily (except Saturdays) using the airline’s Saab 340s and ATR 72s and faces no direct competition. The airline previously served Halmstad from Stockholm BMA in competition with BRA Braathens, who will continue to operate […]
November 30, 2021 | Latest Route News +
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
In case anyone thought that Wizz Air had become the new champion of new route launches across Europe, Ryanair has apparently made it clear that it is still Europe’s leading airline when it comes to starting new services. Research by The ANKER Report indicates that Europe’s biggest (U)LCC will be launching almost 250, yes 250, […]
November 1, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Finnair has commenced its long-haul operations from Stockholm ARN using A350-900s. The first route to start on 22 October was to Bangkok in Thailand. This was followed on 23 October by Miami with Phuket in Thailand launching on 24 October. Weekly frequencies are quite low to start with but are set to grow during the […]
October 26, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Transavia has expanded its route network from Paris ORY with the addition of three new services. On Friday 22 October the carrier added new routes to Berlin (3-weekly), Rome FCO (4-weekly) and Santiago de Compostela (2-weekly). This followed the launch of 3-weekly service to Stockholm ARN on Thursday 21 October. Air France’s in-house LCC faces […]
October 25, 2021 | Latest Route News +