W18/19 airport analysis; Istanbul Atatürk leads route count while Moscow Sheremetyevo jumps up the rankings
With the memories of summer beginning to fade, the start of the W18/19 season is little more than one week away. In our second seasonal sneak preview, Nick Preston looks at a typical winter week to discover which airports will offer the most routes and country markets, plus which one will host the most airlines.
Airbus airport-devoted conference, ACI Airport Exchange Oslo: Dufrenois, VP Sales, Head of A220 Sales, Qatar and A380 Market Development to keynote
Airbus is bringing a brand new, wholly airports-dedicated conference to ACI Airport Exchange hosted by Avinor Oslo Airport between 27-29 November 2018. “New possibilities for airports by Airbus” is devoted to how the manufacturer is helping airports prepare for the future, including a glimpse at the exciting new markets and routes made possible by Airbus aircraft.
Singapore Airlines, Vistara, Philippine Airlines, SriLankan Airlines and more to reveal innovation plans at FTE Asia EXPO 2018
Future Travel Experience Asia EXPO 2018, an anna.aero sister event, is taking place in Singapore from 13-14 November. With 1,750 aviation industry innovators expected at the free-to-attend passenger experience and business performance event, make sure to register for this great networking opportunity.
Europe takes home the honours amid strong global competition in this week’s Arch of Triumph
Seven airports battle it out for Arch of Triumph glory this week, with entries coming thick and fast from around the globe. Airports in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia have all shown what they can do with an impressive average score of 30.4. Find out which airport won the weekly crown here.
Airline Route News
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17 Oct 2018
Frontier Airlines makes a move for Mississippi
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17 Oct 2018
SAS starts Spanish service to Tampere
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16 Oct 2018
Singapore Airlines returns non-stop New York to its schedules
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16 Oct 2018
Transavia pops up in Poland from Eindhoven
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16 Oct 2018
IndiGo adds Abu Dhabi and Kuwait City to its network
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16 Oct 2018
Avianca adventures between Bogota and Corozal
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16 Oct 2018
SWISS starts new Egyptian service from Geneva
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16 Oct 2018
Thai VietJet Air vaults between Bangkok and Da Nang
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16 Oct 2018
Cambodia Airways touches down in Taiwan
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16 Oct 2018
GoAir goes international from Delhi and Mumbai
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15 Oct 2018
Wizz Air connects Kutaisi with another European capital
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15 Oct 2018
Pobeda expands Western European network from St. Petersburg
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15 Oct 2018
flydubai becomes latest carrier to serve Helsinki
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12 Oct 2018
Hunnu Air launches first non-Mongolian route
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10 Oct 2018
Sun Country Airlines continues Florida expansion
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9 Oct 2018
United Airlines expands regional routes from Denver and Washington
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9 Oct 2018
Pobeda adds Finland to its network
Air China chooses Milan Malpensa as first international A350 airport
In this week’s Network Planning Community News, along with Air China introducing the A350-900 on its service between Beijing and Milan Malpensa, which will grow weekly seat capacity on the route by 32%, Ryanair confirms new routes from Germany in 2019, including Cologne Bonn to Knock and Zadar.
JetBlue Airways’ love-hate relationship with Long Beach; passenger numbers up 33% in 2017, however new capacity already chopped
JetBlue Airways currently has a 13-route network from Long Beach, having transported 2.90 million passengers from the Los Angeles airport in 2017. Jonathan Ford looks further into the airline’s schedule which shows capacity will be cut by over 30% this winter, with Southwest Airlines filling some of the void.
Vietnam’s international visitors up 23% for first nine months of 2018; commercial aviation market quadruples in size over past 10 years
Schedules state that 121.07 million seats will be flown to/from Vietnamese airports during 2018, up 9.9% versus 2017, and four times as many when compared to the nation’s aviation market in 2008. Jonathan Ford looks into the recent growth, highlighting the domination of LCCs and the South Korean boom.
W18/19 network analysis; airlines serving most routes, country markets and airports identified here
With the start of W18/19 now less than three weeks away, we decided to peer into the future to see which airlines will be ruling the roost this winter. Nick Preston identifies those carriers offering the most routes and which will operate from the most country markets and airports in a typical week during W18/19.
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Airbus airport-devoted conference added to ACI Airport Exchange Oslo
Airbus is bringing a brand new, wholly airports-dedicated conference to ACI Airport Exchange hosted by Avinor Oslo Airport between 27-29 November 2018. “New possibilities for airports by Airbus” is devoted to how the manufacturer is helping airports prepare for the future, including a glimpse at the exciting new markets and routes made possible by Airbus aircraft.
Three regions battle it out for victory in Week 39 of the 2018 Arch of Triumph competition
A total of seven airports across Europe, North America and the Caribbean entered this week’s Arch of Triumph competition. With an average score of 27.6 out of 40, it has certainly been a par week of performances. Find out here to see which airport did enough to climb into the top ten with its superb display.
AirAsia celebrates 10 years at Hong Kong with new route announcement
In this week’s Network Planning Community News, along with AirAsia’s celebration of serving Hong Kong for 10 years, Virgin Atlantic and LanzaTech mark the first use of a next generation sustainable jet fuel, plus there is route news from St. Petersburg regarding upcoming services for W18/19.
Wizz Air grows by 12% from Gdansk in 2018; seventh aircraft to be based from S19 with three new routes already confirmed for next year
Gdansk is Wizz Air’s fifth largest base, with 2.77 million seats being flown from the Polish airport in 2018. The airline’s schedules for next summer indicate that it will offer 33 routes from Gdansk, however more could be added. Jonathan Ford takes a close look at the ULCC’s recent Gdansk expansion.
Booming Bengaluru sees traffic treble in just 10 years; domestic links lead the way; IndiGo biggest carrier
Bengaluru Airport played host to 26.91 million passengers in FY17/18, which is 17.6% more than in the previous 12-month period. It has now enjoyed consecutive increases in traffic over the past five financial years. Nick Preston looks at the airport’s network developments, including its leading routes and airlines.