Articles Tagged ‘MSQ’
Korean Air suspends Japan route amid political spat
In this week’s Network Planning Community News, Korean Air suspends Japan routes amid political spat, LCC Scoot adds 16 Airbus A321neos to its fleet, Belavia launches Minsk to Munich route, Air France announces A220 order, and Aer Lingus commences transatlantic A321LR operations.
LCC capacity in Europe set for half a billion seats in 2018; nine nations already at 50% market share; European share forecast for 50% in 2027
European low-cost seats are forecast to cross the half a billion barrier in 2018. Jonathan Ford takes a deeper look into the development of the model across Europe, including its market share of all seats, and which country markets have seen the greatest stimulation over the past decade.
Lisbon Lions take second title in three weeks
It has been another record-breaking seven days in the Arch of Triumph competition, with last week’s tally of 23 entries being matched by this week’s haul. As a result, the 250 FTWA mark has been passed a month earlier than in 2017.
Finnair launches latest European capital connection
Finnair starts a twice-weekly service between Helsinki and Minsk – a route already served by Belavia.
Ukraine International Airlines withstands external factors to up capacity by over 400% since 2008; Israel tops international market table
Ukraine International Airlines offered over 7.9 million seats across its network in 2017, an increase of 24% versus 2016. During the past decade, the carrier has moved to the top of the charts, becoming the leading airline in its home market, plus it has maintained growth for eight consecutive years despite challenging external factors. Nick […]
Sochi/Adler shows off its first ever Arch of Triumph certificate
Russia’s Sochi/Adler Airport not only won its first-ever Arch of Triumph award from the anna.aero judges two weeks ago, but it claimed the top of the leader board too. Will one of this week’s 13 entries topple the Russian leader from its lofty perch?
Belavia now connects Belarus to Belgium
Belavia begins a three times weekly service between Minsk and Brussels Charleroi.
Ryanair arrives in Ukraine with Kiev and Lviv links
Ryanair is pushing eastward launching four new services from Kiev Boryspil and seven more from Lviv. We take a look at how the arrival of Europe’s biggest airline will shake-up the Ukrainian market and try to gauge just how scared the incumbents are.
Lviv Airport traffic up 30% this summer; welcomes new international routes from Belavia, SprintAir and Ukraine International Airlines
Located close to the Polish border, the airport serving Ukraine’s seventh biggest city is having a great summer. We look at the development of Lviv Airport’s traffic since 2000, its seasonality and which routes have been added and dropped in the last 12 months.
Capacity to Belarus grows 32% in 12 months; three new airlines join the nation’s carrier line-up; Belavia commands the show with 64% of seats
Arkia Israeli Airlines is one of three new airlines to serve Belarus during the past 12 months, one of the factors helping grow seat capacity to the nation by 32%. We take a closer look to see how traffic has evolved during the past decade, and to discover how the nation’s remaining carriers are growing.
Belavia becomes the first airline to serve Moscow Zhukovsky
Belavia is the first carrier to operate scheduled flights into the Russian capital airport, with it launching a daily link from Minsk.
Turkmenistan Airlines’ Ashgabat-Turkmenabat is #1 route; Dubai is fastest growing destination; Bangkok-Moscow most popular connection
Turkmenistan Airlines has in the past 12 months increased its overall seat capacity by 1.6%. anna.aero takes a closer look into the airline’s developments (or lack of) during the past year, and investigates the carrier’s most popular connections via its Ashgabat hub.