Wizz Air Abu Dhabi became the latest carrier to offer non-stop service between an airport in the UAE and Moscow, when it launched 4-weekly service between Abu Dhabi and Moscow VKO on Wednesday 15 December. This is Wizz Air’s fourth route to Moscow. It began serving the Russian capital from Budapest as long ago as […]
December 22, 2021 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
During the pandemic, Russia’s airlines and airports have seen demand recover more quickly than in many other regions of the world. In part, this is due to having a massive domestic market. In most countries restrictions on domestic travel have been much less onerous than those placed on international travel. Russia also has a number […]
November 25, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Qatar Airways has (again) switched airports in Moscow. On Sunday 31 October the oneworld carrier transferred its daily Doha service from Moscow DME to Moscow SVO. The 3,600-kilometre route will be flown using the airline’s 777-300ERs. Qatar Airways originally began serving Moscow in July 2003 when flights were also to Sheremetyevo. However, in September 2004 […]
November 2, 2021 | Latest Route News +
For the third straight month, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in September, handling just over four million passengers. However, that is still 39% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was again another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport welcomed over 3.8 million passengers, mostly tourists, a decline of […]
October 28, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
For the second month in a row, Istanbul’s main airport was Europe’s busiest in August, handling just over 4.5 million passengers. However, that is still 32% down compared with the same month in 2019. Its nearest rival last month was another Turkish airport, Antalya. That airport welcomed over 4.3 million passengers, a decline of 23% […]
Passenger statistics collected for over 330 airports across Europe show that Istanbul’s new airport is once again Europe’s busiest airport in July, a position it last held in April. In May, Moscow DME was the busiest airport, while its neighbour Moscow SVO took the top spot in June. The two busiest Moscow airports have now […]
Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport has become the latest European airport to be the busiest for passengers. In June the Russian airport, which is the main base for flag-carrier Aeroflot, welcomed 2.94 million travellers, beating Istanbul IST into second place. The Turkish mega-hub handled 2.80 million passengers. Moscow Domodedovo, which had led the way in May with […]
Passenger statistics collected by The ANKER Report, covering over 340 airports across Europe, reveals that Moscow Domodedovo was Europe’s busiest airport in May, handling just over 2.2 million passengers, down just 11% compared with May 2019. It edged out its city rival Moscow Sheremetyevo which welcomed just under 2.2 million travellers, which was 47% fewer […]
Airport passenger statistics for well over 400 airports in Europe showed, once again, that Istanbul and Moscow were the busiest cities in Europe for air travel in April. Moscow’s three main airports handled over five million passengers, while Istanbul’s welcomed over three million. However, it was Istanbul’s still relatively new mega-airport that was the busiest […]