- (NEW) Glasgow Airport
- (NEW) Paderborn Airport
- (NEW) Taoyuan International Airport
- Aalborg Airport
- Dijon Bourgogne Airport
- Magdeburg Cochstedt International Airport
- Düsseldorf International
- Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport
- Tallinn Airport
- Weeze Airport
- Coventry Airport
- EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg
- Greater Moncton International Airport
- Turin Airport
- Stewart Airport
- St Johns Airport
- Münster/Osnabrück Airport
- Cuneo Airport
- Murcia Airport
- Trondheim Airport
- Norrköping Airport
- Aruba Airport
- London Oxford Airport
- Kelowna International Airport
- Trapani Airport
- Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Madeira Airport
- Smaland Airport
- Sofia Airport
- Rome Fiumicino Leonardo Da Vinci Airport
- Geneva Airport
- Zurich Airport
- Groningen Airport
- Hyderabad Airport
- Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport
- London City Airport
- Pittsburgh International Airport
- Milano Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Montpellier Airport
- Edmonton Airport
- Nürnberg Airport
- Malmö Airport
- London Gatwick Airport
- Leipzig/Halle Airport
- Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport
- Delhi Airport
- London Stansted Airport
- Marseille Provence Airport
- Kraków Airport
- Verona Airport
- Rzeszów Airport
- Bordeaux Airport
- Birmingham Airport
- Hamburg Airport
- Malta Airport
- Oslo Airport
- Copenhagen Airport
- Lyon Airport
- Brussels Airport
- Nice Airport
- Jacksonville Airport
- Zagreb Airport
- Athens Airport
- Amsterdam Airport
- Budapest Airport
- Ohrid Airport
- Skopje Airport
- Hermes Airport
- Ljubljana Airport
- Dublin Airport
- Toronto Hamilton Airport
- Bergen Airport Flesland
- Montreal Airport
- Faro Airport
- Pula Airport
- Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
- Maastricht Aachen Airport
- Cork Airport
- Airports of Montenegro
- Munich Airport
- Cologne Bonn Airport
- Dubrovnik Airport
- Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
- Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
- Porto Airport
- Zadar Airport
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport
- Lisbon Airport
- King Shaka Intl Airport (Dube Tradeport)
- Katowice Airport
- Monastir Airport
- Izmir Airport
- Ankara Airport
- Istanbul Atatürk Airport
- Tbilisi Airport
- Antalya Gazipasa International Airport
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Durham Tees Valley Airport
- Billund Airport
- Jersey Airport
- Cancun Airport
- Oaxaca Airport
- Huatulco Airport
- Veracruz Airport
- Cozumel Airport
- Mérida Airport
- Allgäu Airport
- Bratislava Airport
- Poznan Airport
- Bahrain Airport
- Miami Airport
- Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Moscow International Domodedovo Airport
- Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Sønderborg Airport
- Lille Airport
- Pulkovo Airport
- Stuttgart Airport
- Warsaw Airport
- Angoulême Cognac Airport
- Prague Airport
- Cagliari Airport
- Shannon Airport
- Stavanger Airport
- Riga Airport
- Osijek Airport
- Niš Airport
- Enfidha Airport/Tunis
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Early summer capacity down by 4.8% in Europe; Norwegian in pole position for growth
This weekend sees the start of the summer season and our analysis reveals that airlines at European airports are offering around 5% fewer seats compared with a year ago. We look at the leading airports, airlines and country markets and see which are growing fastest (if at all) and which are in decline (and by how much).
Indonesia’s traffic up 3.5% last year; Lion Air now #1 among domestic carriers; still no non-stop flights to Western Europe
Despite the collapse of Adam Air Indonesia’s airports still grew last year handling almost 80 million passengers. The domestic market is highly competitive but non-stop long-haul routes to Europe and North America are still missing.
Fast-growing Aigle Azur carves niche in France to Algeria market
With a fleet of 11 Airbus’ Aigle Azur serves North Africa and Portugal from various French airports. Passenger numbers have doubled in the last four years and new destinations have been added including Bamako in Mali.
Porter exploits downtown niche in Toronto; starts Thunder Bay services in June
Porter’s parent company also owns the only terminal at its base airport. With 10 Q400s it now serves two destinations in Canada and two in the US with high frequency flights. Where else might it be going next?
Zagreb Airport maintains double-digit growth for 4th straight year; Spanish services start this summer
Croatia’s busiest airport continues to show robust growth thanks to growth by its national airline. Germany is the leading country market and LCCs are represented by Germanwings and Wizz Air. Several new routes start this summer including two to Spain
Emirates drops Nagoya, adds San Francisco & Brisbane non-stop; Qatar to add six more routes this year
We have updated our downloadable spreadsheet comparing networks of the MEB3 airlines. Not many routes have been added since December but Qatar Airways has revealed plans to add several destinations this year. Which ones?
IATA reports 10%+ intl RPK drop in February (although it was really only 6.5%)
IATA’s latest statistics show that February was worse than January for international traffic (even allowing for last year’s extra day). How are the various regions performing and what happened to premium traffic in January? You can probably guess…
New routes launched during the last week
(Saturday 21 March – Friday 27 March)
The calm before the storm this week with just seven new routes identified. These came from AirAsia’s Indonesian subsidiary, Continental, jetBlue and Shanghai Airlines. Next week there will be over 200.
Ireland braces for impact of air travel tax; omens not good as Ryanair reduces Dublin fleet from 22 to 17
Following in the footsteps of some other EU countries Ireland is introducing a tax on air travel to help swell the government’s coffers. Ryanair has plenty to say on the matter, Aer Lingus surprisingly little. How has traffic developed at Irish airports recently?
Israel’s Ben Gurion airport grew by 10% in 2008; El Al starts Sao Paulo service in May
Tel Aviv’s main airport dominates the Israeli air travel market while El Al is gradually seeing its share of traffic at the airport diminishing. Which are the leading country markets and which other new routes are planned for this year?
Vueling trims fleet by one-third; Ibiza becomes summer focus
As Vueling is about to merge with former local rival clickair we look at how the airline’s network has evolved in recent times. Drastic cutbacks were made last year but which airports suffered most? Which countries has the airline studiously avoided and what’s happening in Ibiza this summer?
