EgyptAir is Africa’s second-largest carrier for international capacity, behind Ethiopian Airlines. In 2026, Cirium schedule data shows that Egyptian flag carrier has 12.97 million non-stop one-way international seats, which is 2% above the prior record set in 2025. 7.55 million of EgyptAir’s one-way international seats are deployed within Africa, 2.74 million to the Middle East, […]
September 22, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
SAS has undergone many changes recently. It exited bankruptcy protection. It moved from Star Alliance to SkyTeam, which has resulted in multiple routes that would otherwise not have happened. It has refocused on its core hub of Copenhagen, benefiting, in part, from its more southerly location. It has relaunched its European business class, while Embraer […]
August 25, 2025 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Nordic countries include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. All except Iceland are served by Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline. The ULCC has served the region since June 1997 when its first flight to Stockholm NYO – an airport that was once a base but which it no longer serves – took off. The first Norway […]
October 2, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Norwegian’s first service to Sweden began 20 years ago on 1 September 2003, when it commenced Oslo OSL to Stockholm ARN. Since then, ARN – and Sweden generally – has become an important part of the LCC’s network, with domestic, international – and for a while – long-haul flights. In July-September 2023 (Q3), Norwegian has […]
September 13, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Some 22 European countries have non-stop flights to the US in Q2 (April-June) of this year, according to Cirium schedules information data. Four of these are Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Nordics. They collectively have 402,000 of the 12.1 million one-way seats – just 3%. Denmark ranks 12th out of the 22, Finland […]
February 14, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story