Articles Tagged ‘London’
Tampa Airport welcomes back British Airways route to London Gatwick
Tampa International Airport has welcomed back British Airways with a real fanfare after a 20-month hiatus, with the airline restoring its nonstop connection to London Gatwick. Celebrations included a beautiful cake, balloons, and a band playing British songs at the gate.
Uganda Airlines; where may make sense for its A330-800s?
While CRJ-900s are the backbone of Uganda Airlines’ fleet, its two A330-800s will arrive shortly. We explore could be served given traffic and fares.
Routes Reconnected: London Southend has ‘ultra-low costs and no slot restrictions’
With no slot restrictions or ATC delays, and great costs and incentives, London Southend is aiming to have 15 to 20 million passengers a year by 2040.
Loganair announces Isle of Man to London Heathrow
Loganair will start Isle of Man – Heathrow in December, only the second time in the past decade that the route has been operated.
Eastern Airways announces Teesside – Heathrow, but questions of viability given schedule
Eastern Airways to begin Heathrow, bookable into winter, with hopes of a twice-daily service. We explore the market + also KLM’s offering, with 67% of passengers connecting over Schiphol.
Lufthansa’s Sao Paulo – Frankfurt; seat load factor of ~88%, but to where do they connect?
We explore the carrier’s Sao Paulo – Frankfurt service, which had ~233,000 passengers last year and nearly 60% connecting. Nagoya #1 O&D.
Eastern Airways takes off to London City from Teesside
Eastern Airways has begun its first London City service from Northeast England, with eight-weekly flights. The carrier is adding 6 new routes from Teesside.
BA CityFlyer adds London City – Belfast City; Belfast – London had ~3 million seats last year
As BA CityFlyer announces Belfast City from flybe’s end which saw London – Belfast City seats cut by 24%, we look at the development of Belfast – London.
Widerøe adds Bergen to Southend; Bergen – London seats down 179,000 seats from 2013 high
Widerøe announces Bergen – London Southend from 31 August, which is based on a clear market gap.
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.
British Airways says it may stop serving London Gatwick after coronavirus
As British Airways says it may no longer serve Gatwick, we see that 82% of its routes from the airport have head-to-head competition.