Airport and Airline Route News from anna.aero

With the launch of its Budapest base, Ryanair stands for 13 of this week’s 38 new routes. However, we have great photos from the route celebrations from routes ranging from a European airline launching Seychelles flights to fill the gap after Air Seychelles to Air Canada launching a new Caribbean route from Halifax. But where are AirAsia’s Thai and Indonesian franchises expanding to? And which became the second low-cost airline to serve London Heathrow last week?

Southwest Airlines may have launched more routes than any other airline this week at nine out of 27 new services, but Airphil Express does well with its five routes out of Cebu. Which is easyJet’s most recently launched route and which airline does it compete with? And which is the second airline to serve Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport?

Since Christmas, plenty of new routes have launched in the Americas. Emirates has expanded in the continents by adding Dallas/Forth Worth, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires to its Dubai network, but which are the business links that has triggered JetBlue to launch a new Florida route? And which is Miami’s fifth airline customer in the LAN group?

Over 30 new routes launched during the last week. But which six destinations have MEB3 carriers added to their global networks? Which two new markets has Azul entered in Brazil? Which airlines responded fastest to Malev’s collapse in Budapest by starting new routes this week, and which airline has switched airports in Moscow?

It has been a slow week for new route launches, but which national carrier launched a new route where the airports at both sides are outside its home country? Which airline launched its fourth route to Iraq? And which is South African Airways’ next destination as the airline expands its African network?

Ahead of the major travel holiday the Chinese New Year, five of this week’s 17 new routes are across the Taiwan Strait. But which low-cost airline launched a new route to Baghdad? Which airline now connects two Scandinavian capital airports? And which is the next country market for fast-growing Pegasus Airlines of Turkey?

13 new routes saw the light of day in the last week, ranging from a new destination in the AirAsia network to a US leisure route to Costa Rica. But which major European airline moved a route due to its new ownership structure? Which is the latest route to have launched across the Taiwan Strait? And which business link is the reason for JetBlue’s new, daily Florida route?

Over the last three weeks, as many as 68 new routes have been launched while large parts of the world were celebrating the festive season. Several ski routes were added in Europe, but which airport got the most? Plenty of routes were launched by Chinese carriers, but which route faces the fiercest competition? And which Brazilian airline was the only Latin American carrier to start new routes?

Just ahead of Christmas, an entire 43 new routes have been launched across the world. Due to the time of the year, ski routes are a recurring theme among the new routes, but which Central American carrier launched four new international routes? Which Cambodian domestic route is again operated? And which is Air Arabia Egypt’s first Western European destination?

‘Only’ 11 routes have been launched across the world in the last week, but there are some truly important new air services among them. Which South American airport serving a popular tourist destination got its first scheduled service since 2003? What is the story behind Norwegian’s latest route to Berlin? And which never previously linked countries finally are connected with two new non-stop routes?

A total of 16 new routes have launched in the last week, but which two Middle Eastern carriers launched a new European route each? Which became Skymark’s third route from Tokyo Narita? And which Latin American low-cost carrier launched its first route to the United States?