Ryanair has started flying to two new airports that have never been served by the ULCC before. It has launched flights to Rovaniemi in northern Finland, ‘Lapland Rovaniemi’ in Ryanair speak, while Tuzla in Bosnia & Herzegovina also welcomed Ryanair service for the first time. The start of the winter season also saw the carrier […]
November 11, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Ukraine was one of the few European countries to see passenger numbers recover to at least 80% of pre-pandemic levels, at least for some months, in 2021. Despite a population in excess of 40 million, the country’s airports handled just 24 million passengers in 2019. For comparison, Poland, which has a slightly smaller population, saw […]
February 21, 2022 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
AnadoluJet is a brand of Turkish Airlines and is favoured by the Turkish flag-carrier when it comes to operating from Antalya and also Istanbul SAW. Unhelpfully from an analyst’s perspective, it also shares the same “TK” code as its parent company. Although Pegasus Airlines is the biggest carrier at Istanbul’s second airport, Turkish Airlines has […]
December 22, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
In 2006, the European Commission received a mandate from the Council to negotiate a ‘Common Aviation Area’ Agreement with Ukraine. The negotiations were concluded in 2013, but due to the dispute between Spain and the UK over the airport of Gibraltar, it was not possible for the EU to sign the agreement earlier. On 12 […]
October 27, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Bees Airline (IATA code 7B) is a relatively new carrier that launched in Ukraine in March 2021. It currently operates a fleet of four 189-seat 737-800s, all of which were previously flown by Ukraine International Airlines. Its main base is at Kiev Zhulyany Airport, but it recently revealed plans to expand from Odessa with a […]
October 22, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis
A busy few months for King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, with the launch of a number of new routes from the likes of Flyadeal, flynas and KLM. Air Service One, brings you a taste of the recent European launches from flynas to the Ukraine starting with 3-weekly services to Kiev operating an A320. […]
August 5, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Wizz Air’s expansion in Germany is on-going, with the ULCC starting a new route on Sunday 4 July between Memmingen in southern Germany and Lviv. The 1,020-kilometre route will be served 2-weekly with flights on Thursdays and Sundays. The inaugural service (flight W6 6726 operated by an Airbus A321 registration HA-LXU) departed the German airport […]
July 8, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines (IATA code PQ) was founded in June 2017 and operated its first flight in May 2018. It is closely linked to the local tour operator Join UP! which was founded in 2002. Initially operating mostly charter flights, the airline has since developed an extensive network from its main base in Kiev. Originally […]
May 19, 2021 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis