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
The renowned resort area and big city of Antalya was Europe’s 10th busiest airport in 2022. The airport’s figures shows that it had 31.2 million passengers, fewer than half a million above Istanbul SAW and surpassing the likes of Rome FCO. Despite the significance of leisure travel during the pandemic, Antalya’s traffic was 12.6% lower […]
May 18, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
AnadoluJet is the lower-cost unit in the Turkish Airlines Group. Focusing on markets away from Istanbul IST, AnadoluJet is expected to be spun off by Turkish Airlines. Yet the budget brand’s ambition is clear. It is expected to have 200 aircraft by 2033, up from the present 75. While more than half of its current […]
April 26, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story