Airline, Airport and Aviation Route News & Analysis

Show Dailies // 21 Jun 2019

IATA Slot Conference Cape Town – see all the action from the official anna.aero on-site Dailies

As Official Media Partner to the 144th IATA Slot Conference, anna.aero produced two, live onsite printed Arrivals and Departures magazines, covering all the exhibiting airports and networking events. These 36-page monsters are now available to view online.

Network Planning Community News

Laudamotion opens its latest base in Palma de Mallorca

In this week’s Network Planning Community News, Laudamotion opens its latest base in Palma de Mallorca, Allegiant announces services to St Petersburg-Clearwater, Vueling celebrated carrying its 15th Million Passenger from Bilbao, Ethiopian wins fifth-freedom flights, Japan Airlines celebrated its first A350-900 aircraft, Brisbane airport announces direct flights to USA for 2020, and Airbus and Boeing land a huge multi-billion dollar deal at Paris Air Show.

Arch of Triumph // 21 Jun 2019

Geneva Airport’s time to shine with a rainbow-themed Arch of Triumph

We have five fantastic entries for this week’s FTWA, from three continents: Europe, North America, and South America. The creative juices have clearly been flowing among airport photographers and marketers this week, in a bid to stand out and claim the Arch of Triumph.

Star Feature // 14 Jun 2019

Walsh, Carey, O’Brien, lead top route decision makers at ACI EUROPE Cyprus

The top people at easyJet and Ryanair who decide hundreds of new routes each year lead a pretty good list of presenters at the ACI EUROPE Annual-Congress in Cyprus 25-27 June.

Airline Route News

29,567 New routes reported since 2007

Star Feature // 14 Jun 2019

Tony Storck reports: ACI-NA JumpStart Air Service Development Conference hosted by Nashville Airport

ACI-NA JumpStart Air Service Development Conference 2019 was held in Nashville this year. Click here to find out more about the event that took place. Report by Tony Storck, anna.aero’s Americas Editor.

Networking Events // 14 Jun 2019

Earlybird price won’t last for Airbus-sponsored Budapest Airport-anna.aero Runway Run

Only two weeks left to get mega-cheap registration fee of just €35 for this year’s Budapest Airport-anna.aero Runway Run.

Airline & Airport Strategy Interviews // 14 Jun 2019

30 Second Interview: Ted Christie, CEO Spirit Airlines

Ted Christie, CEO of Spirit Airlines spoke at this years ACI-NA 2019 JumpStart conference in Nashville, TN and caught up with anna.aero.

Arch of Triumph // 14 Jun 2019

Vegas McCarran comes up trumps for KLM

We have had water arch salutes from five contenders this week with three US-originating routes dominating.

Network Planning Community News

Finnair celebrates 50 Years of New York-Newark to Helsinki route

In this week’s Network Planning Community News, Finnair celebrates 50 years of its New York Newark-Helsinki route, United launches a connection into Canada, La Compagnie replaces B757s with A321neo and SunExpress launches 6 additional routes out of Düsseldorf.

Show Dailies // 7 Jun 2019

CONNECT Cagliari onsite Dailies – the 56 page Canned Sardinian special

If you think that your weekly anna.aero news round-up is a bit thin, it’s because the team flew straight from JumpStart in Nashville, Tennessee to the 16^th annual CONNECT Route Development Forum in Cagliari in super Sardinia to produce the official on-site Dailies. Our on-the spot intel and observations are all brought to you here as 56 pages of online flippable joy.

Arch of Triumph // 7 Jun 2019

easyJet wins with Bristol-Montpellier Arch of Triumph

Three airports battled it out for Week 21 Fire Truck Water Arch glory, with entries from across Europe. The competition intensified with new aircraft, new routes and a variety of Fire Truck Water Arch salutes. But there was one clear winner, which deservedly received the Arch of Triumph prize this week.

Network Planning Community News

Air Transat launches A321neo LR services between Montreal and Bordeaux

In this week’s Network Planning Community News, Air Transat launches A321neo services, British Airways resumes services to Pakistan, Southampton receives best in class status, and IATA holds its Annual General Meeting…

Star Feature // 31 May 2019

ACI-NA JumpStart preview Part 1: US airports smash 1 billion pax threshold

anna.aero looks at the development of the US market ahead of the upcoming ACI-NA JumpStart Nashville conference. Data published by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows that 1.01 billion scheduled passengers flew from US airports in 2018, averaging at 2.77 million travellers a day.

Star Feature // 31 May 2019

ACI-NA JumpStart preview Part 2: Your Official anna.aero guide (and introducing Tony Storck)

As Official Media Sponsor anna.aero has produced this 44-page on-site Event Guide including the Conference Program and one-to-one floorplan for 1,348 scheduled meetings with 31 airlines.