Brussels BRU welcomed almost 19 million passengers in 2022. While traffic was down by 28.2% versus 2019, it was primarily because of the first six months. Indeed, as the figure later in the article shows, data for May 2023 shows that passenger traffic narrowed greatly over 2019: it was down by only 9.1%. As the […]
July 6, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Transavia on Thursday 30 March introduced a new 4-weekly service from its Eindhoven base to Bordeaux. The 865-kilometre route will face no direct competition, operating on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays with the 737-800 aircraft. Despite boasting a number of bases, Eindhoven becomes the first in its network to offer a connection to Bordeaux in France’s southwest. […]
April 3, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Located in Brittany in the far northwest of France, Brest’s recovery continues. Brest welcomed 801,000 passengers in 2022, over a third lower than in 2019, its record year to date. Analysis of Brest’s passenger statistics reveals that this was primarily because of the domestic market, which was down by an estimated 293,000 passengers (-28%) versus […]
March 14, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Chalair (IATA code CE) launched a domestic service between Paris ORY and Brest on Wednesday 8 March. The French regional airline maintains 11-weekly flights between the two cities, including two-daily Monday to Friday and one service on Sunday. The 500-kilometre route is being operated by the 48-seat ATR 42 turboprop. What they said Alain Battisti, […]
March 9, 2023 | Latest Route News +
A subsidiary of Air France-KLM, Transavia has grown significantly. This summer, it has 9.56 million one-way seats, up by an astonishing 52.3% versus S19 and 9.5% over the previous record. In comparison to S19, it has grown much quicker than other European LCC subsidiaries Vueling (5.4%) and Eurowings (-14.5%), although these remain much bigger by […]
February 28, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Transavia France on Friday 16 December introduced a new weekly service from its Paris ORY base to Luleå in northern Sweden. The 2,200-kilometre route will face no direct competition and will operate until the end of March. Lulea has this winter welcomed some other new international services: 9 December: to London LHR with SAS (2-weekly) […]
December 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The latest traffic statistics from the busiest French airports for August 2022 show that four of the top 15 airports have seen traffic recover to beyond pre-pandemic levels. Overall, across all the top 15 airports, passenger numbers were down 13% versus August 2019. However, among Europe’s busiest country markets by seat capacity in August, France […]
October 12, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The French part of Transavia (IATA code TO) launched two new international routes from Paris ORY on Saturday 1 October. Using its 737-800s it now serves Béjaïa in Algeria. There are a few flights each week in October, before frequency becomes daily from the start of November until the end of March. The 1,350-kilometre route […]
October 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
An interesting development, apparently driven by the pandemic, is how Air France has chosen to use its low-cost subsidiary Transavia (IATA code TO) to significantly expand its leisure network from Paris ORY. Analysis of Cirium schedule data shows that while Air France has reduced its seat capacity by 33% at Orly (comparing August 2022 with […]
July 15, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The recent announcement by the Dutch government that it plans to limit Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s annual aircraft movements to 440,000 has come as a shock to just about everyone, not least the airport itself. The government is justifying this decision on environmental (noise and pollution) grounds, though negotiations involving the airport are expected to continue […]
July 7, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Transavia has launched several new routes from Brussels BRU. On 30 June, the Dutch carrier began flying from the Belgian capital to Alicante (6-weekly) and Faro (4-weekly) using its 737-800s. Ibiza (4-weekly) service began the following day, with Heraklion (2-weekly) starting on 2 July. That makes a total of 16 weekly departures, with two per […]
July 6, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The French part of Transavia (IATA code TO) has added a new route on 24 April from its main Paris ORY base to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Initially, flights will be weekly, increasing to 2-weekly (Wednesdays and Saturdays) from the beginning of June. The 3,430-kilometre route faces no direct competition. However, Air France offers […]
May 4, 2022 | Latest Route News +