This week’s new routes cover destinations in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Spain, the UK, Uruguay, the USA and Vietnam.
- (NEW) Delhi Airport
- (NEW) Stansted Airport
- (NEW) Kraków Airport
- Verona Airport
- Rzeszów Airport
- Bordeaux Airport Routes
- Birmingham Airport Routes
- Hamburg Airport Routes
- Malta Airport Routes
- Oslo Airport Routes
- Copenhagen Airport Routes
- Lyon Airport Routes
- Brussels Airport Routes
- Nice Airport Routes
- Jacksonville Airport Routes
- Zagreb Airport Routes
- Athens Airport Routes
- Amsterdam Airport Routes
- Budapest Airport Routes
- Ohrid Airport Routes
- Skopje Airport Routes
- Hermes Airport Routes
- Ljubljana Airport Routes
- Dublin Airport Routes
- Toronto Hamilton Airport Routes
- Bergen Airport Flesland Routes
- Montreal Airport Routes
- Faro Airport Routes
- Pula Airport Routes
- Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Routes
- Maastricht Aachen Airport Routes
- Cork Airport Routes
- Airports of Montenegro Routes
- Munich Airport Routes
- Cologne Bonn Airport Routes
- Dubrovnik Airport Routes
- Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
- Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
- Porto Airport Routes
- Zadar Airport Routes
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport Routes
- Lisbon Airport Routes
- King Shaka Intl Airport (Dube Tradeport) Routes
- Katowice Airport Routes
- Monastir Airport Routes
- Izmir Airport Routes
- Ankara Airport Routes
- Istanbul Atatürk Airport Routes
- Tbilisi Airport Routes
- Antalya Gazipasa International Airport Routes
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport Routes
- Durham Tees Valley Airport Routes
- Billund Airport Routes
- Jersey Airport Routes
- Cancun Airport Routes
- Oaxaca Airport Routes
- Huatulco Airport Routes
- Veracruz Airport Routes
- Cozumel Airport Routes
- Mérida Airport Routes
- Allgäu Airport Routes
- Bratislava Airport Routes
- Poznan Airport Routes
- Bahrain Airport Routes
- Miami Airport Routes
- Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Routes
- Moscow International Domodedovo Airport Routes
- Halifax Stanfield International Airport Routes
- Sønderborg Airport Routes
- Lille Airport Routes
- Pulkovo Airport Routes
- Stuttgart Airport Routes
- Warsaw Airport Routes
- Angoulême Cognac Airport Routes
- Prague Airport Routes
- Cagliari Airport Routes
- Shannon Airport Routes
- Stavanger Airport Routes
- Riga Airport Routes
- Osijek Airport Routes
- Niš Airport Routes
- Enfidha Airport/Tunis
- Andreas Akerman (anna.aero): We understand your views on the status of Northern Cyprus, but I hope you appreciate...
- Gordon Mills: Your list of busy routes does not include Melbourne – Sydney. For 2009, that route had an...
- reginald post: Not sure you can call Southwest on DAL-HOU a monopoly – true for the airport pair not for the...
- cem sayer: It is mentioned above in your article that Ankara Damascus is the first international service by...
- Vanni Gibertini: I obviously meant “… that has purchased the most tickets…”
This week's airline route news
Route News | 9th March 2010
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Route of the Week
AirTran’s Orlando to Des Moines
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Cake of the Week
AnadoluJet’s Ankara to Damascus
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Ryanair
Weeze to Lappeenranta
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vivaaerobus
Hermosillo to Las Vegas
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airBaltic
Vilnius to London Gatwick
New routes launched during the last week (Tuesday 2 March – Monday 8 March)
Take-offs & Landings | 9th March 2010
Emirates off to Senegal; Ryanair makes Malta 41st base; American tees off to Augusta; AnadoluJet adds two more routes from its Ankara base
Emirates is adding Dakar in Senegal to its growing African network while Ryanair is creating its 41st base in Malta with just one aircraft. American is adding two new routes from DFW while AnadoluJet adds two from Ankara.
Airline Analysis | 9th March 2010
SunExpress: Booming Lufthansa/Turkish JV grew 32% in 2009! Will it grow by frequency or routes in 2010?
A rapidly growing carrier based in Turkey? Is it Turkish Airlines? Is it Pegasus? No it’s SunExpress. And the carrier plans to grow a further 25% this year. Which are its biggest Turkish bases?
Airport Analysis | 9th March 2010
Cologne Bonn doubled traffic in five years; LCCs dominate with 85% of capacity; long haul potential untapped
What difficulties was Cologne Bonn Airport faced with a decade ago and which airlines came to the rescue? Which airline has surrendered the majority of its routes to which other airline? Which airlines are now leading at the airport? And why is there potential for services to China?
Market Trends | 9th March 2010
UK-to-US traffic down 10% in 2009; Heathrow’s share of market jumps from 60% to 75% in two years
After significant changes in 2008 thanks to the ‘opening up’ of Heathrow, 2009 saw few changes in routes but a significant drop in traffic. What’s happened to non-Heathrow traffic and which carrier has cut capacity least for 2010.
Top Story | 9th March 2010
Asia, Europe and North America’s top routes experience different levels of competition; Asia most competitive
How much competition is there on some of the world’s busiest routes? Which European route is still the busiest despite a 40% drop in traffic? And just how many carriers are there on India’s busiest domestic route?
Country Feature | 9th March 2010
Korean international traffic still growing; domestic impacted by KTX high-speed rail; Delta resumes Detroit in June
Which are Korea’s busiest airports and how have they developed in recent years? Who has what share of the domestic market and which are by far the two leading country markets? What’s unusual about the routes to the US?
Airline Analysis | 9th March 2010
American adding 10 new routes at Chicago O’Hare and resuming several more; steps up competition with United
American has cut capacity by 13% in the last two years at its second busiest base but it has expansion plans for this summer. What impact will this have on United, and which routes are returning to the network after an absence?
Market Trends | 9th March 2010
African air travel dominated by South Africa and Egypt, their national carriers, and their biggest airports
We take a look at the leading air travel country markets, airlines and airports and see how they compare with one year ago. Which is the fastest-growing airline and how many airports are there with scheduled services?
Farewatch | 9th March 2010
British Airways extracts £200pp premium from families for ’summer holiday’ flights between London and Washington
Complementing our transatlantic market trend analysis this week’s farewatch looks at lowest fares every day for the next eight months on the London Heathrow – Washington Dulles route. What is causing the fare ‘spikes’ in each direction?
