Articles Tagged ‘SCQ’

Iberia rebuilds capacity from its Madrid hub over the last three years

Iberia rebuilds capacity from its Madrid hub over the last three years

Iberia is the largest operator at Madrid Airport. Services provided by its mainline operation, Iberia Regional and Iberia Express account for 42% of all departing seat capacity from Madrid during the week commencing 10 October 2017. The next largest carrier is Air Europa which will provide 15% of the departing seats from the Spanish capital.

Granada-Frankfurt is "Skyscanner Unserved Route of the Week" ‒ nearly 30,000 searches; Lufthansa's next hub link??

Granada-Frankfurt is “Skyscanner Unserved Route of the Week” ‒ nearly 30,000 searches; Lufthansa’s next hub link??

Skyscanner’s Travel Insight software has shown that in the last year nearly 30,000 potential travellers searched on the leading flight comparison site for flights between Granada and Frankfurt ‒ but the route is unserved!? Lufthansa currently serves 10 Spanish destinations from its main hub – will Granada become #11??

Bilbao-Athens is "Skyscanner Unserved Route of the Week" ‒ over 110,000 searches; Vueling's next Basque boost??

Bilbao-Athens is “Skyscanner Unserved Route of the Week” ‒ over 110,000 searches; Vueling’s next Basque boost??

Skyscanner’s Travel Insight software has shown that in the last 12 months over 110,000 potential travellers searched on the leading flight comparison site for flights between Bilbao and Athens ‒ but the route is unserved!? With some of the biggest carriers at either end of the city pair being domestic players-only, this is a Parthenon-sized opportunity for Vueling or […]


Milan Malpensa witnesses Q1 2017 traffic jump 11%; 2016 traffic grew 4.7%; easyJet's largest continental base with 29% of airport capacity

Milan Malpensa witnesses Q1 2017 traffic jump 11%; 2016 traffic grew 4.7%; easyJet’s largest continental base with 29% of airport capacity

Milan Malpensa is one of Europe’s leading airports and the second largest in Italy, with it welcoming 19.3 million passengers in 2016. Last week anna.aero’s roving reporter Jonathan Ford visited the Italian airport to learn more about its impressive success, and why recent growth figures are more important than those in previous years.   

Get voting now for the best of 25 S17 Fire Truck Water Arches – Part I

Get voting now for the best of 25 S17 Fire Truck Water Arches – Part I

There can be no greater addition to your airport fire station walls than an anna.aero Arch of Triumph certificate from the first of just four Public Votes which will take place in 2017. So what are you waiting for? Find your airport’s entry – from the 25 that have been sent in this week – and […]

Vote for the best Cake of the Week Part I – choose the winner from the 26 baked beauties from the start of S17

Vote for the best Cake of the Week Part I – choose the winner from the 26 baked beauties from the start of S17

The rules in the Cake of the Week Public Vote Part I are very strict: you have to get as many votes as you can to win! How you get these votes is of little concern to us, as long as it is legal (or you don’t get caught). Get everyone in your airport/airline to […]


Lufthansa adds links to Frankfurt hub

Lufthansa adds links to Frankfurt hub

Lufthansa begins flights to Paderborn and Santiago de Compostela.

Frankfurt Airport should just make 60m passengers this year; Lufthansa still #1 but falling

Frankfurt Airport should just make 60m passengers this year; Lufthansa still #1 but falling

Frankfurt Airport’s growth has slowed down of late, while others around them like Amsterdam have continued to pile-up the high monthly traffic increases. We look at the hub’s passenger figures, its biggest carriers (any guesses?), routes and country markets to understand what is happening inside Germany’s busiest airport .

Vueling’s S16 route droppings revealed; 39 airport pairs no longer served with Rome Fiumicino and Barcelona seeing biggest changes

Vueling’s S16 route droppings revealed; 39 airport pairs no longer served with Rome Fiumicino and Barcelona seeing biggest changes

Vueling has grown its network from fewer than 100 routes to almost 400 in the space of just six years. We reveal those routes that were dropped this summer across the airline’s network of 156 airports. A total of 42 airports were involved.


Vueling launches six of the best new routes

Vueling launches six of the best new routes

Vueling starts Barcelona to London Luton, as well as five other new services as S16 draws closer.

Nearly 1,000 votes cast in W15/16 Fire Truck Water Arch competition Part I; Vote for the best of nine FTWAs in W15/16 launches Part II

Nearly 1,000 votes cast in W15/16 Fire Truck Water Arch competition Part I; Vote for the best of nine FTWAs in W15/16 launches Part II

With 40% of the votes, Iasi Airport in Romania won the battle against 18 other airports from around the world to claim victory in the Fire Truck Water Arch W15/16 15 Public Vote Part I. Nine more airports take up the challenge this week to secure the Part II title.

Vueling adds a domestic and international link to network

Vueling adds a domestic and international link to network

Vueling commences services on a Spanish domestic link between Alicante and Santiago de Compostela while also launching a new international route from Rome Fiumicino to Lanzarote.