British Airways commences services from London Gatwick to Las Vegas; adds Alicante and Marseille to its London Heathrow network.
British Airways is gradually building up its network from downtown London City airport. Which destinations has it added in the last 18 months and which route has it dropped? How important is the domestic market and what share does BA have of the airport’s total traffic?
British Airways connects London City Airport and Venice with six weekly services.
Traffic across the North Atlantic is the biggest long-haul market from Europe, but different airlines have had different strategies as many European economies experience difficulties. Which airlines have grown and which have cut capacity? And which country market has seen the biggest reduction?
British Airways’ regional airline now flies its route from Aarhus in Denmark to Göteborg Landvetter Airport in Sweden on to Manchester in the UK.
Having lost its partner airline bmi, Virgin Atlantic now announces own short haul operations as Virgin Group swaps trains for planes between London and Manchester. The airline plans to start Heathrow – Manchester flights next March using its own slots. But how has traffic developed between the two cities since 2004?
The Middle East Big 3 (MEB3) and Turkish Airlines are growing their networks to Sub-Saharan Africa fast, but how are the big European airline groups developing in the market? What are their African network strategies? Who is the biggest in the market and who is growing the fastest?
Sunshine Coast Airport in Australia was thrilled to win Cake of the Week, but who was disappointed not to win? Which airport was happy to see the return of British Airways? How was Richard Branson dressed up to celebrate Virgin Atlantic’s latest route? And how did Baltimore/Washington celebrate Condor’s arrival?
And so bmi British Midlands is gradually being absorbed by British Airways. Which routes have already been integrated into BA in time for this winter and which additional new routes is BA planning from Heathrow? What does this mean for BA’s Gatwick operation?
We all know about Ryanair grounding 80 aircraft last winter but by how much did other European LCCs cut their capacity between July 2011 and January 2012? How does this compare with the year before? And how much have Europe’s legacy carriers started to follow this behaviour?
British Airways’ Danish franchisee Sun-Air of Scandinavia now flies from Billund Airport in Denmark to Bergen in Norway.
