Airline, Airport and Aviation Route News & Analysis

Show Dailies // 13 Mar 2019

The 2019 air service development conference global tour continues at Routes Asia in Cebu; catch all the news in anna.aero’s Show Dailies

The 2019 air service development community’s global conference agenda has just had its second event of the year, taking place 10-12 March at Routes Asia in Cebu. Read all about what 1,000+ delegates from over 60 countries got up to as they landed in the Philippines to plan and develop the region’s air service.

Network Planning Community News

Alaska Airlines celebrates Route of the Week award for Everett Paine Field inauguration while Gainesville heralds Cake of the Week win

In this week’s Network Planning Community News, along with Alaska Airlines winning Route of the Week for its first operations from Everett Paine Field, Gainesville Airport in the US rejoices its Cake of the Week title for American Airlines’ inaugural from Dallas/Fort Worth.

Star Feature // 6 Mar 2019

anna.aero’s 100 best unserved routes from Asia’s top 10 airports

With Routes Asia fast approaching, anna.aero has decided to look into the numbers to reveal the top 10 unserved markets from Asia’s top 10 airports. Using OAG Traffic Analyser data, we showcase the leading airports across the globe that are looking for direct flights to the continent’s biggest gateways.

Airline & Airport Strategy Interviews // 5 Mar 2019

One-to-one with Evgeniy Ilyin, CCO, St. Petersburg Airport

anna.aero’s Aviation Development Editor Jonathan Ford recently travelled to St. Petersburg to meet the airport’s CCO Evgeniy Ilyin. The gateway has grown from 6.8 million passengers in 2009 to 18.1 million in 2018. Learn here about how this has been achieved, and find out about the airport’s plans for the future.

Airline Route News

28,646 New routes reported since 2007

Advertising Feature // 5 Mar 2019

Tulcea Airport seeks airlines for scheduled routes via public tender

Tulcea County Council announces the launch of a tender for Tulcea Airport as it seeks to connect the region’s only gateway to Milan, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Frankfurt and Paris. The deadline for submitting offers is 2 May 2019 at 12:00 RO local time.

Networking Events // 6 Mar 2019

Budapest Airport-anna.aero Runway Run 2019 is open for business!

Registration opens for the hugely successful 10km charity race, the air transport industry’s leading sporting spectacular, organised by Budapest Airport and anna.aero. This year’s event will take place Saturday 31 August 2019 on Budapest Airport’s 13R-31L runway.

Arch of Triumph // 6 Mar 2019

North America claims first victory in 2019 Arch of Triumph competition

In the fourth instalment of this year’s Arch of Triumph competition we have received our first winning entry from outside of Asia. In fact, this is the first time in 2019 that we haven’t seen any entries from Asian airports. This week is also notable for seeing the first FTWA entry of the year from South America.

Network Planning Community News

Antalya to host 17th CONNECT Route Development Forum in 2020

In this week’s Network Planning Community News, Antalya Airport in Turkey is confirmed as the host for the 17th CONNECT Route Development Forum, while Loganair announces three Scottish links to London Southend, plus news of the first scheduled commercial services from Carlisle Airport in 25 years.

Advertising Feature // 4 Mar 2019

Wizz Air makes Kiev its ninth destination from Billund

Wizz Air starts its ninth destination from Billund, a twice-weekly service to Kiev Zhulyany, the most central airport serving the Ukraine capital. Based on Statistics Denmark data, over 13,000 Ukrainians live in Denmark, with more than half of this population living in Jutland, in which Billund Airport lies at the heart.

Airline Analysis // 1 Mar 2019

Spirit Airlines now transports two million passengers a year from Atlanta; offering 13% the number of departures on routes versus Delta

Spirit Airlines has ramped-up its operations from the world’s busiest airport, growing from just under a quarter of a million passengers a year and a single route in 2009, to 2.23 million passengers and 17 routes in 2018. Jonathan Ford looks into the carrier’s expansion from Atlanta in recent years in more detail.

Networking Events // 1 Mar 2019

Brussels Airport’s 2018 Aviation Awards – anna.aero attends ceremony

On 27 February, Brussels Airport hosted its annual aviation awards ceremony, the 12th time that it has hosted the prize giving evening. This year, the airport invited anna.aero along to enjoy the night’s festivities. Take a look to see which airlines and support organisations walked away with the big prizes!

Advertising Feature // 28 Feb 2019

Budapest Airport sees Portuguese expansion with Ryanair

Budapest Airport welcomes the announcement that Ryanair will commence two further new routes during W19/20, as the Irish ultra-low-cost carrier confirms it will launch links to Lisbon and Porto, becoming the airline’s 43rd and 44th routes from the Hungarian gateway.

Star Feature // 27 Feb 2019

Ethiopian Airlines set to serve more country markets than MEB3 in S19, Ryanair still tops route table

The start of the S19 season is fast approaching, so it is high time to take a look at how the world’s schedules are shaping up. Nick Preston reveals which airlines will operate the most airport pairs, serve the largest number of country markets and fly from the most airports in a typical week during peak summer.

Advertising Feature // 26 Feb 2019

Münster/Osnabrück Airport seeks more leisure links and European city destinations

Münster/Osnabrück is an international airport located in the northwest of Germany between the cities of Münster and Osnabrück. It handled more than one million passengers in 2018 but is now looking to expand its network further with more leisure links and European city destinations.