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Jet2 Athens

Athens passengers up by 10% versus 2019; added many new airlines; Wizz Air now third-largest carrier

Athens is among Europe’s fastest-growing airports, based on traffic growth since 2019. It welcomed 24.4 million passengers in the 10 months to October 2023. Traffic grew by an astonishing 9.6% to the highest volume ever. And it has not slowed down. In October, passengers rose by 18.8% versus four years ago. Why has it grown […]

December 7, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Ryanair and WizzAir Compete

Ryanair and Wizz Air compete directly on 131 routes this winter; Barcelona-Rome FCO top for overlap

Ryanair is the largest airline serving Europe and has 1,784 routes this winter, based on at least four departing flights. In contrast, Wizz Air has 700 routes that touch the continent based on the same criteria. While much smaller, Wizz Air is famed for fast growth and for an increasingly diverse network, especially advanced during […]

November 28, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

KTW to Polamar

Katowice passes record 5 million passengers; charter traffic accounts for half of passengers this year

Katowice has a surprisingly large catchment area of about eight million people within a 50km radius and 13+ million within 100km. It is a major industrial area and is among Poland’s largest airports for freight. It is also the country’s leading airport for charter flights. It had 60+ charter routes in all-important summer. In the […]

November 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

German Market still down.

German air traffic still 18% below 2019 level in S23; lagging well behind other major European markets

With this summer having been the first ‘normal’ travel summer since 2019, a look at airport passenger statistics across this period for the major European air travel markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Türkiye and the UK), reveals some interesting results. Comparing passenger demand for April to September in 2023 versus the same period in 2019 […]

November 10, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Juraj Toth

Košice hopes for the most passengers ever in 2023; set to welcome SWISS next year

The largest city and economic centre of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the country’s second most populous city. Air Service One caught up with Juraj Toth, the airport’s Aviation & Business Development Manager, to talk about the recovery, carriers and network, and future development. Hopes for a record passenger volume this year Košice handed approximately 517,000 […]

November 2, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Ryanair at Luton airport

Ambitious London Luton to grow; top 3 carriers have 98% of seats; Amsterdam leading destination

Just over 30 minutes by train from central London and minutes from the important M1 motorway, London Luton is the UK’s fifth-busiest airport by passenger traffic. Well positioned geographically, it was constrained by an 18 million passenger cap and was full in 2019. However, it now has permission to handle 19 million passengers annually, which […]

October 30, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Tirana Air Service with Wizz Air

Tirana Airport sees rapid growth amidst tourism boom and airline rivalry; Ryanair launching soon

Albania has emerged as Europe’s fastest growing aviation market with passenger numbers at its gateway in the capital of Tirana more than doubling compared to the pre-pandemic 2019. The country’s thriving tourism industry, a new airport operator and an ensuing battle between ULCC juggernauts, have secured the country’s position as star performer in the European […]

October 23, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis

PLAY at Glasgow

Glasgow gains two airlines this year; easyJet top carrier; domestic market has half of seats

Glasgow welcomed 766,000 passengers in July, meaning it had about half the volume of rival Edinburgh. Glasgow’s passengers were down by about a fifth versus July 2019. Analysis of European Airport Traffic Statistics (EATS) data shows that while it was not among the UK’s bottom 10 airports by recovery, it was still nearly three times […]

October 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story

Ryanair, easyjet, Wizz Air Churn

Top 10 best/worst airports for route churn since 2004 at easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air revealed

While announcing and launching new routes is what might be called the glamorous side of airline network planning, arguably a far more important role is to keep track of the profitability of all routes. When, for whatever reason, routes become consistently unprofitable, airlines will need to consider whether or not to continue to operate them. […]

October 12, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story