Ryanair introduced flights from Tirana to 17 destinations on Tuesday 31 October, marking its entry onto the Albanian market. 31 October: Bologna (daily) 31 October: Brussels CRL (6-weekly) 31 October: Bucharest (3-weekly) 31 October: Catania (daily) 31 October: Edinburgh (2-weekly) 31 October: Krakow (3-weekly) 31 October: London STN (2-daily) 31 October: Manchester (3-weekly) 31 October: […]
November 9, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Albania has emerged as Europe’s fastest growing aviation market with passenger numbers at its gateway in the capital of Tirana more than doubling compared to the pre-pandemic 2019. The country’s thriving tourism industry, a new airport operator and an ensuing battle between ULCC juggernauts, have secured the country’s position as star performer in the European […]
October 23, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
LOT Polish Airlines introduced a weekly seasonal service between Warsaw RDO and Tirana on Sunday 11 June. The 1,115-kilometre route will be maintained with the 737-800 aircraft. It faces no competition between the two airports. The Star Alliance carrier already operates year-round flights between Warsaw WAW and the Albanian capital. Flight LO2209 departs Warsaw RDO […]
June 19, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The Western Balkans is an underserved region for Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline. It is only the tenth largest carrier, with Albania a key missing part of its network. This changes in W23, when Ryanair will finally begin serving Tirana, its third airport in the region. Launching the Albanian capital is seemingly partly because of the […]
June 13, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Analysis of air passenger traffic data across Europe this winter suggests that recovery rates have pretty much flattened out in many countries and at many airports. With the start of the Northern Hemisphere Summer 2023 season (S23) just a week away, Air Service One has decided to take a look at which of Europe’s airports […]
March 23, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Located in the far north-east of Italy, close to the border with Slovenia, Trieste has an urban population of around 240,000 people. The airport serving the city has typically handled between 600,000 and 900,00 passengers per annum since 2001, peaking at just under 880,000 in 2012. In 2022, the airport welcomed almost 700,000 passengers, just […]
February 2, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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
Wizz Air has arguably been the most proactive airline anywhere in the world when it came to network development since the start of the pandemic. According to Cirium schedule data for July 2022, it is currently offering 33% more monthly seats than it did in pre-pandemic July 2019. However, due to the evolution of its […]
July 22, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Among Europe’s biggest airlines, none is planning to grow faster this summer than Wizz Air. Based on analysis of the latest schedule data submitted to Cirium, the ULCC is expecting to deliver between 35% and 40% more seat capacity across its network in 2022 Q2 than it did in 2019 Q2. Recent data from Eurocontrol […]
April 22, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air Albania (IATA code ZB) began 3-weekly service between Tirana and Düsseldorf on Sunday 3 April. The 1,480-kilometre route between the Albanian capital and Germany’s fourth busiest airport will be flown on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays. The airline currently has two aircraft according to planespotters.net, one A319 (registration ZA-BEL) and one A320 (ZA-BBC), with both […]
April 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Not many European airports managed to set passenger records during the summer of 2021, but Tirana Airport, serving the Albanian capital, was one of them. Traffic at the airport had grown from under one million annual passengers in 2006 to over three million in 2019, having seen traffic growth in every year between those two […]
March 10, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
On Tuesday 22 June, Aegean Airlines began a 2-weekly service between Heraklion and Tirana, the capital of Albania. The 830-kilometre route will be served by the Greek carrier every Tuesday and Friday. According to flightradar24.com the inaugural flight (A3 464 operated by Airbus A320 registered SX-DGE) departed Heraklion at 16:00 and landed in Tirana at […]