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Eight European airports welcome new Dubai service in 2023 including Milan BGY, Stuttgart and Vilnius

Since 2015 Dubai has been the leading non-European destination from European airports as measured by annual non-stop seat capacity. That was the year when it overtook New York, which had previously held that honour. Just a decade earlier, in 2005, Dubai had only had around 40% of New York’s European seat capacity. Since 2015, Dubai […]

November 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Cyprus’ TUS Airways introduces Dubai, but the carrier has more routes from Tel Aviv than Cyprus in Q4

TUS Airways serves both Larnaca and Paphos, although it also operates routes originating in Tel Aviv. According to Planespotters.net, the carrier has five 180-seat A320ceos, making it Cyprus’ largest carrier by fleet size. While now operating standard equipment, TUS, whose first flight was in 2016, previously used Fokker 70s/100s and Saab 340s/2000s. Cirium information data […]

October 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

New Route of the Day – Americas (13 September 2023): El Al between Tel Aviv and Fort Lauderdale

El Al introduced a new limited transatlantic service between its Tel Aviv hub and Fort Lauderdale. The 10,595-kilometre route will be maintained weekly, on Wednesdays, over the Jewish holidays, until 12 October. The service will be restored 2-weekly from 15 April. El Al will deploy its 238-seat 787-8 aircraft. It faces no competition between the […]

September 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day (6 April 2023): Air Serbia between Belgrade and Tel Aviv

Air Serbia has added the first of 21 new routes to its summer network on Thursday 6 April by introducing flights between Belgrade and Tel Aviv. The 1,900-kilometre service will initially operate 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, increasing to 4-weekly from 8 May with an additional rotation on Mondays. The carrier will utilise its […]

April 10, 2023 | Latest Route News +

El Al plans 40 routes to Europe/North America in S23; seat share fallen to just 20% as competition grows

El Al is the largest airline between Tel Aviv and Europe/North America. According to Cirium schedules information data, it has 1.79 million one-way seats this summer – 10% fewer than in S19. That is because its network has shrunk from 52 to 40 routes. Europe/North America share falls to just 20% In the past decade, […]

March 23, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

New Route of the Day (16 March 2023): El Al between Tel Aviv and Dublin

El Al added a second new destination in Europe to its network this month by launching flights between Tel Aviv and Dublin on Thursday 16 March. The 4,040-kilometre 3-weekly service operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays with the 737-800 aircraft. There is no other airline flying between the two cities. Flight LY303 departs Tel Aviv at 16:15 local […]

March 22, 2023 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day 2 (13 March 2023): El Al between Tel Aviv and Porto

El Al added a new European destination to its network on Monday 13 March with the introduction of seasonal flights between Tel Aviv and Porto in Portugal. The 3,985-kilometre 2-weekly service is being maintained by its leisure brand Sun d’Or on Mondays and Wednesdays with the 737-800 aircraft. There is no other operator between the […]

March 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day (26 February 2023): Arkia between Tel Aviv and Istanbul IST

Arkia on 26 February introduced a 4-weekly service between its hub in Tel Aviv and Istanbul IST. The 1,165-kilometre route is operated each Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with the airline’s E195 aircraft, as well as the A321neo on select dates. The airline will expand its presence in Turkey with the introduction of flights between […]

March 2, 2023 | Latest Route News +

Wizz Air capacity up 20% in Q2 versus 2022

Wizz Air capacity up 20% in Q2 v 2022; Italy is leading country market, big growth in Poland and Romania

It has been a busy week for Wizz Air. During the last week (7-13 January) the carrier has, according to our research, launched 12 new routes including five to Saudi Arabia, two to Tel Aviv, two ski routes (to Grenoble and Lyon) and new routes to Malaga, Marsa Alam (first ever service) and Yerevan. Another […]

January 13, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Tel Aviv gets 27 new European routes in 2022; (U)LCCs reach 34% of seats with Ryanair leading the charge

There are 174,000 departures from the Middle East to Europe this year, of which Tel Aviv has over 41,000 – more than any other airport. However, Tel Aviv’s European recovery has a long way to go, with 2022 flights at 71% of the 59,000 available in 2019, the highest number thus far. But it’s getting […]

December 1, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis

New Route of the Day (12 April 2022): TUS Airways between Toulouse and Tel Aviv

TUS Airways (IATA code U8) has introduced another new route to Tel Aviv in Israel, this time from Toulouse in France. The new, weekly (Tuesday) service started on 12 April using the carrier’s A320 fleet. No other carrier currently offers this 3,190-kilometre route. However, easyJet did connect the two airports in W19/20 with 2-weekly (Tuesday […]

April 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +

New Route of the Day (17 March 2022): TUS Airways between Düsseldorf and Tel Aviv

TUS Airways (IATA code U8) has launched service between Düsseldorf and Tel Aviv in Israel. The 2-weekly service on the 3,140-kilometre route will be operated on Mondays and Thursdays using the airline’s fleet of A320s, of which it currently has three. The third aircraft was welcomed on 11 February, with a fourth aircraft due soon. […]

March 18, 2022 | Latest Route News +