AnadoluJet took flight in 2008 as Turkish Airlines’ LCC. In 2023, the airline revealed that its name would change to AJet, as part of its change to becoming a separate, independent airline with its own AOC, albeit within the Turkish Airlines Group. Its IATA code changed from TK to VF. According to Planespotters.net, AJet has […]
March 16, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Turkish Airlines has passenger flights to more countries than any other carrier. According to Cirium schedules information, 122 nations will be served in 2025, although this number may rise. Its network has increased from 121 countries in 2024 and 119 in 2023. Five countries have joined or rejoined its map recently Recent additions, whether new […]
January 23, 2025 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Turkish carrier Pegasus calls itself a network LCC because it carries many transfer passengers, primarily at its main airport at Istanbul SAW, as well as point-to-point traffic. According to Planespotters.net, it has 118 aircraft, not all of which are operational. It has 57 A321neos, 46 A320neos, nine 737-800s and six A320ceos. All except its 737NGs […]
January 13, 2025 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Istanbul SAW has much to celebrate. It welcomed over 37 million passengers in the calendar year of 2023, its highest volume to date, making it among Europe’s busiest airports. It was the second year to have more international passengers than domestic. Even more significantly, its second runway has opened. This will prove utterly vital in […]
January 26, 2024 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Few airports in Europe can boast of the performance and success achieved by iGA Istanbul in recent years, which is on course to retain its title as the continent’s busiest in 2023. Growing from 61 carriers prior to the pandemic to 96 today, with a target to reach 100 by the end of the year, […]
November 20, 2023 | Air Service Event News
With this summer having been the first ‘normal’ travel summer since 2019, a look at airport passenger statistics across this period for the major European air travel markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Türkiye and the UK), reveals some interesting results. Comparing passenger demand for April to September in 2023 versus the same period in 2019 […]
November 10, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
A global transfer hub set in the world’s only city that lies between two continents – Europe and Asia – iGA Istanbul Airport offers a getaway not only to Türkiye, but to the rest of the world. From iGA you can reach all of Europe, half of Africa and the Middle East. This unique location […]
November 8, 2023 | Air Service Event News
The UK’s 35 busiest airports had 28.5 million two-way passengers in July 2023, according to Civil Aviation Authority statistics. Traffic was 6.4% lower than in 2019, a difference of about two million passengers. Only six of the 35 airports exceeded pre-pandemic figures. The UK’s winning airports The following figure provides the 10 most recovered airports […]
October 3, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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 +
Pegasus Airlines, on 18 February introduced flights between Istanbul SAW and Plovdiv in southern central Bulgaria. The 390-kilometre 2-weekly service is maintained each Wednesday and Saturday, with the B737-800 aircraft. PC305 departs Istanbul SAW on Wednesdays at 10:25 local time, arriving at 10:35 local time, while on Saturdays it leaves Istanbul SAW at 15:50, arriving in […]
February 20, 2023 | Latest Route News +
AnadoluJet, which is part of Turkish Airlines and uses the airline’s IATA code of TK, on 15 March introduced flights between Ankara and Dubai. The 2,655-kilometre 2-weekly service is being maintained each Wednesday and Sunday, with the Boeing 737-800 aircraft. TK4302 departs Ankara at 00:50 local time, arriving in Dubai at 05:45 local time. The […]
February 16, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The last week has sadly seen the collapse of two European airlines, Flybe version 2 and Flyr. Both carriers were launched since the start of the pandemic and focussed, at least initially, on their respective domestic markets of the UK and Norway. While the revived Flybe remained focussed on the domestic market for all of […]
February 3, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story