Over 10 million people flew between Europe and India last year – about 27,000 daily. Sixth-freedom carriers were critical: about seven in ten passengers transferred to another flight en route. Many people connected in the Middle East, and Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways were the three largest sixth-freedom operators. In fourth place was Air India, […]
July 11, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Vistara launched a new service between Mumbai and Frankfurt on Wednesday 15 November. The 6,575-kilometre route will be maintained 6-weekly, each day except Mondays, with the 299-seat 787-9 aircraft, competing directly against daily Lufthansa operations. Flight UK27 departs Mumbai at 13:00 local time, arriving in Frankfurt at 17:30 local time. The return service, operating as […]
November 21, 2023 | Latest Route News +
The UK is India’s largest second-largest long-haul market by passenger traffic, behind the US. In 2019, approximately 3.5 million point-to-point passengers flew to/from the UK. While that reduced to around 3.1 million last year, it still had more than 8,000 passengers daily. Invariably, many travelled indirectly, especially through the Middle East to secondary destinations. They […]
April 5, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
As traffic figures for Finnair recently showed, for European flag-carriers the one part of their global networks that is nowhere near back to normal is Asia. In July, passenger numbers on Asian routes for the Finnish flag-carrier were at just 29% of the figure for July 2019. Looking at Cirium schedule data across all airlines […]
August 12, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Vistara has launched a rare new route between Asia and Europe with the commencement on 7 November of 2-weekly service between Delhi and Paris CDG. Flights will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays using the carrier’s 787-9 Dreamliners. Competition on the route is provided by Air France (4-weekly) and Air India (3-weekly). Vistara is a joint […]
November 9, 2021 | Latest Route News +