Articles Tagged ‘Dortmund’
Wizz Air to add 23 new routes across two new bases, including its first in Russia
As Wizz Air announces 23 new routes, we look at what and where. Five of these routes involve St Petersburg, thanks to that city’s new e-visas and seventh freedoms.
Dortmund gains Ryanair but loses easyJet services; Wizz Air is leading airline with 16 routes to Central Europe
Famous for its football team and beers, Dortmund’s airport is home to several LCCs but not Lufthansa, at least not directly. Which are the airport’s leading routes and which new destinations is Ryanair adding in 2013? Which new destinations has Wizz Air started this year, and what has been easyJet’s history at the airport?
German airport traffic growth driven by long-haul; Dortmund gains from Wizz Air, Nuremberg loses due to airberlin
Overall traffic is up at German airports, but the domestic market is down. Which airports are having a particularly worrying start to 2012 and which not-supposed-to-still-be-open airport is doing rather well? How have the top 10 German airports performed over the last five years?
germanwings turns seven; fleet of 27 A319s across five bases; Cologne/Bonn still #1
Lufthansa’s in-house LCC is celebrating its seventh birthday with several new routes. But how has the network developed season-by-season from each of its five bases? Which country markets lead the way this winter?
German airport traffic down 7.9% in 2009 H1; Lübeck, Memmingen and Weeze buck trend
Only three of Germany’s top 20 airports have reported growth this year. How have Lufthansa’s two hubs at Frankfurt and Munich performed? And which new airport is heading for top 20 status?
Germany: easyJet slow to develop Dortmund as second German base
Since opening its Dortmund base in July 2004, easyJet has only grown its route network from eight to 11 routes and there have been some high profile casualties along the way. We look at easyJet’s monthly load factors by route for 2007 and see whether the newest routes are likely to survive.
easyJet helps Dortmund double traffic
easyJet’s base in Berlin has grown rapidly since it started in 2004. easyJet’s other German base, started at nearly the same time, has a rather lower profile. Which routes have been dropped since operations began? How seasonal are the route load factors? Which other carriers are competing for passengers at the airport? What are current fares like?