Volotea vaults onto 12 airport pairs
Volotea opened its latest base at Toulouse Airport on 31 March. The carrier has also recently added new routes from the airport to Brest and Prague, both launching on 25 March. Neither of the two new routes will face direct competition.
Lille Airport in France celebrated the start of Volotea’s services to Palma de Mallorca on 2 April with airline branded cupcakes. Services on the 1,221-kilometre sector will be flown thrice-weekly without facing any direct competition according to OAG Schedules Analyser data.
Malta Airport welcomed the arrival of Volotea’s inaugural service from Catania on 24 March. The short 187-kilometre airport pair will face direct competition from Air Malta according to OAG Schedules Analyser data.
- Volotea opened 12 new routes between 23 March and 3 April. During this time, the carrier on 31 March opened its latest base at Toulouse (TLS). The airline also commenced services from the French airport to Brest (BES) and Prague (PRG) on 25 March. Of Volotea’s 12 new routes only three will face direct competition, with all being operated by the carrier’s fleet of 717s according to OAG Schedules Analyser data. The average weekly frequency of the new airport pairs is 1.9. Vote for Toulouse Airport’s cake in this week’s competition. Vote for Trieste Airport’s FTWA in this week’s competition.
| Launched | From | To | Aircraft (WF) | Competition (WF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March | Naples (NAP) | Trieste (TRS) | B717 (4) | |
| 24 March | Catania (CTA) | Malta (MLA) | B717 (3) | Air Malta (13) |
| 25 March | Marseille (MRS) | Prague (PRG) | B717 (2) | |
| Rennes (RNS) | Nice (NCE) | HOP! (7) | ||
| Toulouse (TLS) | Brest (BES) | |||
| Prague (PRG) | ||||
| 2 April | Marseille (MRS) | Dubrovnik (DBV) | B717 (1) | |
| Nantes (NTE) | Corfu (CFU) | |||
| Dubrovnik (DBV) | ||||
| Palma de Mallorca (PMI) | Lille (LIL) | B717 (3) | ||
| 3 April | Marseille (MRS) | Faro (FAO) | B717 (1) | |
| Nantes (NTE) | Transavia (2) | |||
| Source: OAG Schedules Analyser data for w/c 5 April 2016. | ||||
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