The ‘new’ Cyprus Airways launched operations in 2017 and remains a small operator. According to Planespotters, it has five aircraft: three 180-seat A320s and two 133-seat A220-300s. The A220s joined its fleet in June 2023 and entered revenue service in August, although September is the month with much greater activity. Last year, Cyprus Airways said […]
August 31, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Edelweiss Air introduced a new seasonal service between Zurich and Biarritz in France’s Basque Country on Friday 23 June. The new 900-kilometre routes will be maintained 2-weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays with the A320 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities. Services will be maintained until 8 September. Biarritz targets one million […]
June 30, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Despite passenger traffic growing by three-quarters between 2005 and 2019, few of Europe’s busier airports remain as affected by the pandemic as Zurich. It welcomed 22.6 million passengers last year, down by 28% versus 2019 and the lowest level (excluding 2020/2021) since 2009, according to the airport’s own figures. Zurich’s recovery has not been helped […]
March 9, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
SWISS has expanded its presence in the UK by introducing flights from its Zurich hub to Bristol. On Saturday 4 February, the Star Alliance carrier began a weekly service on the 925-kilometre route using the airline’s A220-300s. Frequencies will be increased to 2-weekly from 27 March, operating each Monday and Friday, growing to 3-weekly from […]
February 8, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Self-described as Switzerland’s leading holiday airline, you would think that Edelweiss is the nation’s second-biggest carrier by seat capacity after SWISS. But that is not the case, easyJet is. However, while easyJet serves Geneva, Basel and Zurich, Edelweiss focuses only on Zurich. The airline has 1.3 million departing seats from the airport this summer – […]
February 2, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
SAUDIA began 2-weekly service between Riyadh and Zurich on Wednesday 3 August. The 4,180-kilometres route will be flown using the airline’s fleet of A320s. Flight SV235 will depart Riyadh at 08:45 on Wednesdays and Sundays, arriving in Switzerland at 10:45 local time. The return service SV234 leaves Zurich at 15:20 and arrives back in Saudi […]
August 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
A year later than originally planned, Edelweiss (the leisure subsidiary of SWISS) began weekly service between Zurich and Newquay in the south-west of the UK. Flights will operate every Sunday between 3 July and 18 September, a total of just 18 flights. The carrier will utilise its 174-seat A320s on the 1,045-kilometre route. Zurich increases […]
July 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
SWISS added four new routes at the start of the summer season from its Zurich hub including Vilnius in Lithuania on Wednesday 30 March. The 1,410-kilometre sector will be flown 2-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays using a mix of SWISS’s own A220-100s and A220-300s as well as partner Helvetic’s E190s and E195s. No other carrier […]
April 5, 2022 | Latest Route News +
SWISS chose Sunday 5 December as the launch date for its new route to Beirut from its main base in Zurich. The 2,720-kilometre service will operate 2-weekly (Thursdays and Sundays) throughout the winter period, using the airline’s A220-300s. The route is primarily aimed at the VFR market. Competition comes from Chair Airlines, which also offers […]
December 7, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Edelweiss Air has begun a new long-haul service from its home base in Zurich to Guanacaste in Costa Rica on Sunday 28 November. The 9,460-kilometre route will be flown weekly using the airline’s A340-300 fleet. The carrier, the leisure subsidiary of national carrier SWISS, has four of the long-haul aircraft in its fleet. The inaugural […]
November 29, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Edelweiss, the leisure-focussed subsidiary of SWISS, launched a 2-weekly service from Zurich to Muscat in Oman on Tuesday 2 November. The airline will operate its A340-300s on the 5,110-kilometre route. Oman Air has connected the two airports in the past, including last summer, having started service in December 2011. The Swiss carrier also recently added […]
November 8, 2021 | Latest Route News +
SWISS subsidiary Edelweiss (IATA code WK) began a new service involving two destinations in Tanzania on Friday 8 October with the introduction of service from Zurich to Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar, operated as a triangle route. The inaugural service (flight number WK 76 operated by an Airbus A340-300, registration HB-JMG) departed Zurich at 23:10 and touched […]
October 19, 2021 | Latest Route News +