Articles Tagged ‘LHR’
Nuremberg – London: a market of ~400,000, yet now barely served
Following the end of Ryanair, with 193,000 passengers, Nuremberg now has BA to Gatwick for seven weeks a year. With strong leakage & indirect passengers, there’s a P2P market of ~400,000.
Virgin Atlantic grows Tel Aviv to 2 daily; big market with $441 avg. one-way fare
As Virgin Atlantic says it’ll double Heathrow – Tel Aviv, which helps with core US connections, we look at the size & performance of this important market.
United Airlines’ website suggests 89 long-haul routes will restart from May
May is an important period for United Airlines’ long-haul operations, according to its booking engine. We look at what’s expected (which could change!).
Emirates to resume 5 European airports from 6 April; we look at numbers
Emirates to London Heathrow, Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris CDG, and Zurich to resume, mainly for cargo. 16-weekly flights will initially operate vs. usual 112.
Delta expands network from Seattle
Delta adds new routes from Seattle hub in S20; London Heathrow service coming 2021.
Qantas to give green light to Project Sunrise
Qantas will reportedly now go ahead with Project Sunrise, launching flights in 2023.
How profitable are ultra-long-haul routes? Pioneering research gives answers
Qantas has been operating London-Perth for over a year. But how profitable is it? Linus Bauer presented the answers at BA’s head office.
Qantas chooses A350 for Project Sunrise flights from 2023
Qantas has provisionally chosen the A350-1000 for Project Sunrise flights. Other than Sydney-London/New York, what other new non-stop routes are possible?
New airline routes launched (27 November – 05 December)
Amongst this week’s new airline routes launched, Flyadeal launched a Riyadh to Yanbu service, and Air Seychelles connected Tel Aviv with Mahé.
British Airways adds Dammam flights from London Heathrow
British Airways commences daily services to Dammam, its 3rd Saudi Arabian destination, via Bahrain from London Heathrow on 01 December.
London – Bucharest 1.5 million seats; 9% CAGR since 2014
Bucharest-London is served by five airlines from five London airports. Yet London-Romania (excl. Bucharest) is now a larger market.
China to Europe sees highest YOY growth; Shanghai – Iceland coming
China to Europe sees 48 European and 34 Chinese airports. In 2019, 2.4m extra seats were added, the biggest ever, with over 50 new routes. Keflavik coming.