Darwin Airline launches Cambridge and Leipzig bases
Darwin Airline launched Cambridge, one of two new bases, with new routes to Amsterdam, Geneva, Milan Malpensa and Paris CDG. Cambridge celebrated Darwin’s launches on 2 September with cake, balloons and a water arch salute over the Saab 2000.
- Darwin Airline, which is our Airline Analysis feature this week, has launched two new bases with six new routes, all on one day. Darwin evolved this week with the addition of new services from Cambridge (CBG) and Leipzig (LEJ). The six new launches (listed below) all took place on Monday 2 September using Saab 2000s, and none face direct competition. Take a look to see how Cambridge Airport’s fire truck water arch (FTWA) performed in the inaugural FTWA scoring feature – launched this week by anna.aero.
| Launch date | Origin | Destination | WF* | A/c | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September | Cambridge | Amsterdam | 12 | S20 | 312 km |
| Geneva | 3 | 790 km | |||
| Milan Malpensa | 4 | 960 km | |||
| Paris CDG | 6 | 393 km | |||
| 2 September | Leipzig | Amsterdam | 12 | S20 | 524 km |
| Paris CDG | 12 | 743 km | |||
| Source: Innovata / Diio Mi w/c 26 August 2013. *WF: Weekly Frequencies at launch. | |||||
Darwin Airline received a cake and water arch upon arrival at Amsterdam in celebration of the inaugural service from its second new base in Leipzig, Germany. Cutting the cake is Massimo Boni, the Communication and Marketing Director at Darwin Airline and Jasper Spruit, Director Aviation Marketing for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
CAA provisional statistics are out for September 2013. Passenger numbers are:
Amsterdam – 1155
Geneva – 264
Milan – 333
Paris – 199
Allowing for different route frequencies (please verify route frequencies before quoting me on this) and assuming a 50-seat Saab 2000, load factors are:
Amsterdam – 23%
Geneva – 22%
Milan – 26%
Paris – 8%
Yes, it is the first month, but Darwin’s commercial director has some work to do at Cambridge… !