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June 2009 | Archive

40% of European airports report traffic growth in May according to anna.aero analysis

Article Thumbnail: Lead StoryNo, honest. We were surprised as well that over 40% of Europe’s airports for which we were able to collect traffic trend data for May reported growth. Across all 215 airports we estimate traffic was down around 8%, but which countries did best? And how does traffic ‘growth’ vary by airport size?

Flybe continues to grow its Jersey network; Inverness becomes 24th destination this week

Article Thumbnail: Country FocusCloser to France than mainland UK the Channel Islands have had an interesting history. How has air traffic grown at Jersey and Guernsey in the last decade and how dominant are flights to the UK? Which routes have started and stopped recently?

Ryanair passes 100 destinations from London Stansted; Memmingen only new route in 2009

Article Thumbnail: Airline AnalysisRyanair’s London Stansted base is the biggest of any low-cost airline in Europe. How has it developed in recent years? Which new destinations have been added recently and which have been dropped? Which easyJet routes has it been attacking?

blu-express ventures into Greece and Spain; only Nice survives from airline’s first season

Article Thumbnail: Airline Analysisblu-express is probably one of Europe’s lesser-known LCCs as it has primarily focused on Italian domestic routes. But which international routes did it once serve and where is it off to this summer?

Liverpool welcomes back KLM after 70 years, as easyJet and Ryanair vie for supremacy

Article Thumbnail: Airport FocusJohn Lennon’s home airport is a battleground between easyJet and Ryanair but the airport recently welcomed back a legacy carrier. We take a closer look at competition on the Amsterdam and Belfast routes.

The rise and fall of the UK – Valencia market; from two routes to 11 and back to just four

Article Thumbnail: Route AnalysisValencia was ‘discovered’ by UK LCCs in 2004 and the market quadrupled in just two years. But that growth has not been sustained and having been a duopoly between Iberia and British Airways in the early 00s, now easyJet and Ryanair dominate.

Mexican airport groups report traffic slumps of 40-50% in May after swine flu outbreak

Article Thumbnail: Market TrendsWhile Europe’s airports and airlines panic about a 10% reduction in demand spare a thought for their Mexican counterparts. Things weren’t looking great even before the swine flu outbreak, but which airport groups suffered most in May?

China’s domestic air traffic growth back on track; international demand still to recover

Article Thumbnail: Market TrendsChina’s air travel boom is back on-track, at least in the dominant domestic market. But what has happened to international demand? How do load factors in 2009 compare with a year ago?

New routes launched during the last week
(Saturday 20 June – Friday 26 June):

Article Thumbnail: Route NewsThis week sees the launch of over 30 new routes from the likes of AeroSvit, Air China, Air Europa, Air Italy, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, blu-express, BlueWings, China Southern, clickair, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta, easyJet, Flybe, Jazeera, JetStar, Kingfisher, Lufthansa, MIAT Mongolian, Pegasus, Pluna, Porter, Transavia and Zambezi Airlines. That pretty much covers all four corners of the globe!

United in Manchester: airports see roadmap to new routes in greener world

Article Thumbnail: Lead StoryWe talked to a lot of airports this week about the new services they would like to have when they assembled in Manchester for the ACI EUROPE Annual Congress. We thought the most interesting boss was TAV Airport Holding’s CEO who we interviewed on annaTV about his desires for Qantas and Cathay services, to his big shiny airport in Istanbul, and the Ryanair routes he’s like to see at the cheap airport TAV is just opening at Antalya Gazipaşa

New routes launched during the last week
(Saturday 13 June – Friday 19 June):

Article thumbSign of a good week – some 40+ new routes have begun and no shortage of festivities as the likes of Safi Airways, Swiss, jetBlue, Thai Airways and Delta ensured their new services will be remembered. If you can fight your way through the cakes and balloons, other airlines adding to their network this week include Air Canada, Air Astana, Virgin Nigeria Airways, Wizz Air, Spirit Airlines, BlueWings, Cebu Pacific, Jet2.com, Carpatair and SkyGeorgia.

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