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Jet2.com expands at Belfast International

Jet2.com expands at Belfast International

Jet2.com starts new links to Rome Fiumicino and Prague from Belfast International with twice-weekly flights, using its 737-300s.

Wizz Air introduces five new airport pairs

Wizz Air introduces five new airport pairs

Wizz Air now starts routes from Gdansk to Frankfurt Hahn, from Katowice to Belfast International, and from Warsaw Chopin to Alicante, Catania as well as Malta, using its A320s.

easyJet bolsters Belfast and grows at Geneva

easyJet bolsters Belfast and grows at Geneva

easyJet adds its third route from Aberdeen and begins Ireland’s only Iceland service.


Thomas Cook Airlines continues to right-size UK operations; Spain still #1 market, Manchester Airport is biggest base

Thomas Cook Airlines continues to right-size UK operations; Spain still #1 market, Manchester Airport is biggest base

The UK’s sixth largest carrier, Thomas Cook Airlines has seen its place in the market increasingly marginalised by the continued encroachment of LCCs. anna.aero analyses the extreme seasonality that the airline has to deal with and discovers its most important country markets.

UK airports on track to handle 240 million passengers in 2014

UK airports on track to handle 240 million passengers in 2014

The UK remains the biggest European market in terms of passenger numbers at its airports. We look back at the monthly traffic trends over recent years, reveal which airports are growing fastest and which are the dynamic country markets driving growth.

Royal Brunei Airlines grows by 6.8% in 2013; signs deal with British Airways for UK access

Royal Brunei Airlines grows by 6.8% in 2013; signs deal with British Airways for UK access

Founded in 1974 with two 737s to provide services from Bandar Seri Begawan to Singapore, Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, Royal Brunei Airlines has expanded rapidly, offering flights to a total of 14 destinations this October. As the carrier has recently received four 787-8s, anna.aero looks at Royal Brunei’s top routes by weekly departures […]


Glasgow recorded 7.4 million passengers in 2013; Ryanair opens base #69 in October

Glasgow recorded 7.4 million passengers in 2013; Ryanair opens base #69 in October

UK’s eighth busiest gateway according to CAA figures, Glasgow Airport has consolidated its annual passenger performance over recent years, growing by 2.9% in 2013. With a total of 22 carriers operating from the Scottish gateway, anna.aero takes a closer look at the airport’s recent activity, reveals its seasonality profile and how dominant easyJet is this […]

easyJet launches five seasonal routes from three bases

easyJet launches five seasonal routes from three bases

easyJet started flights from three of its bases – Belfast International, Geneva and Hamburg – to sunshine destinations in UK, France, Spain and Croatia.

Singapore shows-off Cake award; United’s ninth anniversary at Belfast; Belavia jets off to Enfidha from Minsk with charter flights; more news from Reus, Erbil and London Southend airports

Singapore shows-off Cake award; United’s ninth anniversary at Belfast; Belavia jets off to Enfidha from Minsk with charter flights; more news from Reus, Erbil and London Southend airports

In this week’s Network Planning Community News, Singapore Airport shows-off Cake award, United Airlines celebrates ninth anniversary of New York Newark services at Belfast Airport, and Reus Airport welcomes this summer’s first charter service from Moscow Domodedovo. We also have news from Erbil, Enfidha and London Southend airports.


Happy birthday easyJet – 18 years, 850 route launches – hear the anna.aero tribute song

Happy birthday easyJet – 18 years, 850 route launches – hear the anna.aero tribute song

This November, easyJet, Europe’s third biggest airline in terms of passenger numbers, marks 18 years of operations. From inauspicious beginnings, it has become a major force in European air travel, and is arguably one of only two truly pan-European airlines. We take a closer look at the airline’s development and the evolution of its leading […]

Jet2.com launches new summer destinations from Belfast, Blackpool, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford and Manchester

Jet2.com launches new summer destinations from Belfast, Blackpool, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford and Manchester

Jet2.com inaugurates flights from Blackpool Airport to Ibiza Airport; adds two routes from East Midlands Airport and Leeds/Bradford Airport; launches four destinations from Glasgow Airport, and services to Zakinthos Airport from Manchester.

Jet2.com plans two-aircraft summer base in Alicante

Jet2.com plans two-aircraft summer base in Alicante

Following in the footsteps of the likes easyJet, Ryanair, and Vueling, Jet2.com plans to become the next pan-European airline from May with the launch of based operations at the Spanish Costa Blanca airport.