Vueling is Europe’s fourth largest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air. Vueling has 11.7 million seats in July-September 2023 (Q3), and about 3.4% of the European short-haul market. According to Cirium data, the carrier’s capacity has fallen by 1.7% versus the same three months last year, despite opening a base at London LGW in […]
September 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Located nearly halfway down Spain’s long coastline, Valencia is the country’s third most populous city and metro area. While less ‘touristy’ than better known cities and destinations, it has grown enormously recently. According to Aena figures, passengers exceeded one million for the first time in the airport’s history. Traffic rose by more than a fifth […]
August 28, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Spain’s 14th most-served airport, Bilbao welcomed 5.13 million passengers in 2022, making it the largest airport on the country’s north coast. Aena statistics indicates that around 65% of passengers were domestic and 35% international. Like so many airports globally, its recovery continues. However, it has gained various new airlines since the pandemic, while key players […]
July 24, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
This summer can probably be considered the first ‘normal’ summer for air travel since COVID. Across Europe, the region’s (U)LCCs have been dynamic in exploiting perceived opportunities, with Ryanair and Wizz Air in particular celebrating the launch of many new routes. However, as is also the case with these carriers, routes not performing sufficiently well […]
June 2, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
According to figures published by Aena, Spain’s airports welcomed almost 244 million passengers in 2022. That is only 12% fewer than the 275 million achieved in 2019. More impressively, in the last quarter of 2022, passenger numbers were down just 3% compared with the same period three years earlier. While traffic for the whole of […]
January 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Situated in northern Spain, the Principality of Asturias is part of the so-called Green Spain, a far cry from the stereotypical dry and hot southern Spain. A mountainous area, the principality is served by Asturias Airport. It welcomed 1.45m passengers in 2022, according to Aena data. Asturias traffic rose by 2.6% versus 2019, helped by […]
January 16, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air Service One recently estimated that airlines started around 1,850 new routes across Europe (excluding Russia) in 2022. Analysis of Cirium schedules data suggests that airlines have already revealed plans for at least 500 more new routes starting in 2023. However, with airlines announcing additional new routes almost every day at the moment, that number […]
December 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Vueling has resumed service to Amman in Jordan, a destination it last served briefly in the summer of 2010. The 2-weekly service from Barcelona began on Saturday 3 December, with flights departing the Spanish airport on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Competition on the 3,200-kilometre route comes from Royal Jordanian which also operates 2-weekly (on Thursdays and […]
December 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Vueling is Europe’s fourth biggest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air, but around 50% larger than Eurowings, Norwegian and Transavia who are in a tight battle for fifth place. However, it seems to get very little media coverage compared to its rivals. One of the reasons for this may be that while many of […]
November 25, 2022 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Last week Ryanair announced that it would be closing its two aircraft base at Brussels BRU, which it opened back in February 2014. As usual, the airline blamed rising costs at the airport and ‘ludicrous new taxes including a €2 tax per departing passenger on EU routes and a fake “eco tax” of €10 for […]
September 15, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Vueling now serves Shannon in the west of Ireland. On Monday 12 September the Spanish carrier began 2-weekly service on the 910-kilometre route from Paris ORY. Flights will operate every Monday and Friday using the airline’s fleet of A321 aircraft. No other carrier connects these two airports. This is Vueling’s third route to Ireland from […]
September 13, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Analysis by Air Service One suggests that the 12th week of the summer 2022 (S22) season (covering the period Sunday 12 June to Saturday 18 June) saw airlines launch a total of 78 new routes involving European airports, up from 66 in the previous week. Highlight of the week (on 14 June) was the launch […]
June 20, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story