Aer Lingus launched seven new routes in one day, from Dublin, Shannon, Cork and Belfast to Gran Canaria, Majorca, Stuttgart, England and Scotland.
Among Ryanair’s new summer routes launches are the two new Swedish airports Karlstad and Skellefteå, which now have flights to the summer sun.
Singapore Airlines now flies between Singapore Changi and Barcelona in Spain, continuing to Sao Paulo in Brazil – its first route to South America.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines newest routes are from its Amsterdam Schiphol hub to its third Danish airport, Aalborg, and fifth airport in Mainland China, Xiamen.
After the EU and Jordan signed an Open Skies agreement, the low-cost carrier easyJet launched a route from London Gatwick to the country capital Amman.
The clocks in Europe went forward an hour on Sunday morning heralding the start of the 2011 ‘summer’ season. 160 new routes started during the last seven days (we have a free downloadable spreadsheet for you to keep) with a further 650-plus expected to start before the end of June. Which airlines will be keeping local bakeries busy?
The summer season has started with a bang! Although only two days of the new season make it into our report of the latest new routes, we report on an entire 160 new routes. Accompanying the analysis is a downloadable spreadsheet, pictures of 11 gorgeous cakes and a long list of more amazing photos from launch celebrations.
The bakers were busy this week with the official start of the 2011 summer season. In fact, there were so many fantastic celebrations that we couldn’t decide who should be awarded Cake of the Week, so we are inviting you to vote for your favourite.
Traffic may not be booming in the UK, but that isn’t stopping airlines starting over 120 new routes from UK airports this summer. Which airports will benefit most, which airline is starting the most new routes (it’s not Ryanair!) and which country markets are generating most new links?
Europe’s most robust economy will welcome over 110 new routes from its airports this summer. Which four airlines account for over 55% of all new routes and which airports will see the most new services. Who is adding long-haul services and which country markets are generating most new links?
In the week that Carolyn McCall has been announced as keynote speaker at the ACI EUROPE Annual Congress, the easyJet CEO has also the taken the lead over Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary for the first time in our vote to see which airline CEO anna.aero publisher Paul Hogan will dress up as when he runs the London Marathon next month. Time is running out to cast your vote.
