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Southwest Florida International Airport to push 8m mark again in 2013

Southwest Florida International Airport to push 8m mark again in 2013

Sweet success: New routes will drive expected 8% growth this year.

Beijing Capital Airport handles over 80 million passengers in 2012

Beijing Capital Airport handles over 80 million passengers in 2012

Beijing Capital Airport took three Asian ANNIES last year, and continued to grow throughout 2012, further diminishing the distance to take over on Atlanta as the world’s busiest airport. anna.aero examines the world’s second largest airport.

Nürnberg Airport welcomes Ryanair and new Air France London City service; airberlin downsizes

Nürnberg Airport welcomes Ryanair and new Air France London City service; airberlin downsizes

Oompah Oompah: Nuremberg Airport’s network will receive a bit of oomph this year with the arrival of two new links to London, one from Ryanair (daily to Stansted) and the other from CityJet (double daily to London City), launched this week.

Brussels Charleroi passes the six-million threshold; Ryanair is the growth engine

Brussels Charleroi passes the six-million threshold; Ryanair is the growth engine

Charging an average of 20 euros less per passenger than its neighbours Brussels Airport and Liege airports, Brussels South Charleroi is an established low-cost facility. As the airport celebrates its seventh year of double-digit growth, is there life beyond Ryanair?

More Air Arabia-fuelled growth at Sharjah, as the carrier launched its third destination in Pakistan, Sialkot on 10 January.

Sharjah Airport set to break 7 million passengers in 2012

Based low-cost airline Air Arabia provides 80% of Sharjah Airport’s capacity, including the recently launched Sialkot service. Flights to India command 30% of weekly capacity from the UAE’s third largest city.

The launch of Saudi service by SpiceJet in early January was assisted by the Indian Minister of Minority Affairs, K. Rahman Khan.

Riyadh: International traffic more than doubles in a decade; new services from Shaheen Air and SpiceJet

Two new airlines – Shaheen Air and SpiceJet – were already welcomed to Riyadh Airport in 2013, adding four new routes to the airport’s offering. But with international traffic more than doubling up in size since 2002, the airport is now entering yet another decade of growth. New destinations for 2013 include Rome with Alitalia.

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Grenoble Airport greets Jet2.com, Monarch and Volotea; flights and seats both up over 50%

Winter-only flights and no domestic services (until next week) Grenoble-Is­­ère Airport is almost a unique type of airport in France, if not Europe. It also dominated by UK airlines rather than French ones, with flights from nine UK airports and four British carriers.

Maastricht-Aachen becomes Ryanair’s first Dutch base; expects to break 500k passengers in 2013 for the first time

Maastricht-Aachen becomes Ryanair’s first Dutch base; expects to break 500k passengers in 2013 for the first time

After launching 50 other bases which had previously avoided the Netherlands, Ryanair’s base #51 and its first in the Netherlands, will add the UK and Ireland to Maastricht Aachen’s network. anna.aero looks at the prospects for the next 12 months at the cross border catchment airport.

Friedrichshafen Airport’s CEO, Gerold Tumulka, hosted anna.aero’s Magdalena Fas last week during the launch of Monarch Airlines’ new route from London Gatwick.

Friedrichshafen Bodensee: new routes from Monarch; Turkish Airlines in 2013?

Monarch Airlines’ arrival in Friedrichshafen last week was a great showcase of the airport’s ability to promote new routes: anna.aero gives a closer look at the operation to find out what the new year might bring to Friedrichshafen.

Nantes Atlantique Airport recently welcomed its three-millionth passenger this year, a feat first achieved in 2010. In 2012, Volotea set up shop at the airport and now is the airport’s third-largest customer.

Nantes Atlantique: 10% growth already in 2012; Volotea adds the most routes

Volotea’s arrival to the Nantes Atlantique Airport in June 2012, helped boost the airport’s route network significantly, and the growth to-date this year is just about to hit 10%. anna.aero examines, how the airport’s business has changed in effect, and what new routes will be launching soon.

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport continues to rebuild following Delta merger

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport continues to rebuild following Delta merger

With a catchment of over five million people, Detroit remains a vital cog in the network of the world’s largest airline – Delta Airlines – as its third largest hub after Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta and Minneapolis/St. Paul.

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