Detroit welcomed its fourth new airline of the year on 15 November. It was Turkish Airlines, which began a 3-weekly service from Istanbul, rising to 4-weekly shortly and 5-weekly next summer. It followed the 18 May launch of Icelandair from Keflavik, with a summer seasonal 4-weekly service. While not long-haul, they joined the 5 May […]
November 29, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Turkish Airlines introduced flights between Istanbul IST and Detroit on Wednesday 15 November. The 8,525-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays with the 787-9 aircraft. It will increase to 4-weekly from 25 December, adding Saturdays to the schedule. The carrier faces no competition on the route. Flight TK205 departs Istanbul IST […]
November 23, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Thailand is Europe’s seventh-largest non-stop long-haul country market by seats this winter, behind the US, UAE, China, Canada, India and Brazil. According to Cirium data, there are 1.64 million departing seats, down by a quarter versus W19. Of course, this does not tell the full story or even most of it. A vast number of […]
November 6, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
This coming Sunday (29 October) sees the start of the Northern Hemisphere Winter Season (W23) which runs for five months until Saturday 30 March 2024. This is the off-peak season for air travel demand across Europe as a whole, though there are a few niche airports where Christmas and the New Year period see a […]
October 27, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Istanbul is the location for this year’s Routes World, taking place between 14 and 17 October. According to Cirium data, Turkish Airlines has 83% of Istanbul IST’s international Europe seats in October-December 2023 (Q4), excluding the domestic market. Already a true fortress hub, it rises to 86% when all Star Alliance carriers are included and […]
October 16, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and is located closer to the Italian city of Trieste than it is to its second most populous city, Maribor. Due to the end of flag carrier Adria four years ago, Ljubljana remains among Europe’s least recovered airports. It welcomed 832,000 passengers in the first eight months of 2023, […]
October 12, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Taiwan to Europe is a sizeable market. In the pre-pandemic 2019, it had around 1.8 million passengers, nearly 5,000 a day. However, two-thirds were indirect, reflecting a relative lack of non-stop flights. According to Cirium data, there are 14 routes in August 2023. All but two are by Taiwanese carriers, with the Asian country the […]
August 2, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
Palermo is among the better recovered of Italy’s busier airports. According to the airport’s figures, it welcomed 7.12 million passengers in 2022, up by 1.4% versus 2019. In the first quarter of 2023, it had 1.31 million, an increase of 5.3% versus the same three months in the pre-pandemic 2019. July-September 2023 seats are up […]
May 15, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Turkish Airlines launched flights between its Istanbul IST hub and Palermo on Friday 5 May. The 1,380-kilometre service becomes the carrier’s ninth destination in Italy and will be served 4-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with the 737-800 aircraft. Turkish Airlines faces no competition on the route. Palermo joins the Turkish flag carrier’s existing […]
Turkish Airlines has added its second destination in Poland with the introduction of flights between Istanbul IST and Krakow. The 1,200-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with the 151-seat 737-900 aircraft. It will go up against 3-weekly flights by fellow Star Alliance member LOT, which itself commenced operations on the […]
May 6, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Analysis of the latest Cirium airline schedule data indicates that capacity between Europe and all regions outside of Europe is down just 2% in 2023 Q2 versus 2019 Q2. However, this apparent stability hides a number of significant changes at a country, airline and airport level. The US is still by far the biggest country […]
May 5, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Service One has identified 15 European flag-carriers that operate a mix of narrow-body (NB) and wide-body (WB) aircraft, and plan to operate at least 1,000 flights with WB aircraft in 2023 Q2. Typically, WB aircraft tend to be used primarily on long-haul, intercontinental services. This analysis, using Cirium schedules data, compares the capacity (seat) […]
April 28, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story