Articles Tagged ‘Emirates’
The dragon awakes: over 2.5 million flew China-Africa last year
Buoyed by rising trade and 1 million+ Chinese in Africa, over 2.5 million people flew between China and Africa in 2018. Guangzhou is the leading gateway, with one-third of passengers, while Egypt is the most-demanded country. 14 routes operate to the continent, but 8 in 10 passengers connect on the way. anna.aero explores this growing […]
Emirates extends European offering to Porto
Emirates launches four times weekly services between Dubai and the Portuguese coastal hotspot.
Middle East aviation market doubles over past 10 years, however growth rates shrinking fast; over 40 airlines to attend CONNECT MEIA
Departing seat capacity from the Middle East has doubled over the past decade, going from 131.82 million in 2009 to 264.31 million last year. However, since 2016, the region’s growth rate has shrunk from 13% to 3.1% last year. anna.aero examines the market in more depth ahead of the inaugural CONNECT MEIA.
Airbus signs up as main title sponsor for the Budapest Airport-anna.aero Runway Run for fifth year running!
Budapest Airport and anna.aero are massively honoured, and delighted to announce, that Airbus has stepped up as the main title sponsor for the air transport industry’s leading 10km charity race for a fifth year running. This year’s race will be Saturday 31 August 2019 on Budapest Airport’s Runway 13R-31L.
Glasgow Airport – a gateway serving the beating heart of Scotland
anna.aero’s Aviation Development Editor Jonathan Ford recently travelled to Glasgow to meet the airport’s Steven Marshall, Head of Airline Marketing & Development, Aberdeen, Glasgow (long-haul) & Southampton airports, and Paul White, Head of Aviation, to discuss its ever-growing traffic numbers, network developments and first A380 operations.
Cypriot passenger numbers up 7.6% for first part of 2019; 10.94 million handled in 2018; Larnaca hits eight million barrier
Larnaca and Paphos airports handled 10.94 million passengers in 2018, with this having grown from a total of 7.0 million in 2010. Jonathan Ford looks at the recent developments occurring on the Mediterranean isle, including seasonality changes as it become a more year-round destination, plus its top markets.
40 airlines confirmed for inaugural CONNECT MEIA Conference in Dubai
In this week’s Network Planning Community News, CONNECT MEIA is delighted to confirm that 40 airlines have now registered for the inaugural event, taking place 30 April–1 May at the Dubai World Trade Centre and co-located with the Arabian Travel Market. More news also from Denver Airport.
Ethiopian Airlines set to serve more country markets than MEB3 in S19, Ryanair still tops route table
The start of the S19 season is fast approaching, so it is high time to take a look at how the world’s schedules are shaping up. Nick Preston reveals which airlines will operate the most airport pairs, serve the largest number of country markets and fly from the most airports in a typical week during […]
Turkish Airlines begins new capital connection from Ankara to Rome Fiumicino
In this week’s network planning community news Turkish Airlines adds a capital connection with twice-weekly flights between Ankara and Rome, Glasgow Airport gets set to welcome scheduled A380 flights to Dubai, plus more news from Tampa, St Petersburg-Clearwater and Yangon Airports.
MEB3 network review 2018; Qatar Airways dominates new route race; US is biggest market by ASKs, India and UK top capacity table
Qatar Airways stretched its lead over Emirates and Etihad Airways in terms of destinations served between peak S17 and peak S18. anna.aero reveals which routes have been added and dropped by the MEB3 carriers since summer 2017, plus the fastest growing destination markets across the trio’s networks.
Santo Domingo celebrates new service to Orlando
In this week’s Network Planning Community News, Santo Domingo Airport in the Dominican Republic celebrates a new service to Orlando with Spirit Airlines. There is also news of an anniversary at Amsterdam, and of Emirates making Hamburg its 50th A380 destination.
MEB3 carriers’ leading airport pairs via hubs revealed; Manchester-Bangkok only link to appear in top 20 connections for all three
This week anna.aero has looked into the leading airport pairs flown by Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways via their hubs in the Middle East. The report reveals the connections which are the most lucrative for each carrier, plus which are still not served directly despite the airlines seeing large demand.