Re: Norwegian receives NOK 3 billion in a preferential and guaranteed share issue placement

Their core Norwegian operation is profitable (per data sources at work). It is almost everything else that drags them down.

Re: Why no BA to CMN?

In 2017, only 44,000 flew LHR-CMN-LHR (i.e., P2P only), with a further 19,000 to/from LGW. So on a local traffic basis, LON-CMN isn't big.

Re: Size of London aviation market

JFK, EWR, LGA: 127.5m. With HPN, ISP, and SWF: around 130m.

Re: QR and stairs

Cheers all.

QR and stairs

Are there any airports in QR's vast network where they routinely (so not a one-off) use stairs to embark and disembark?

Re: Should Easyjet invest in a subfleet of A220-300s?

Like W6 and to a lesser extent FR, EZY are upgauging rather than going the other way.

Re: Turkmenistan to Birmingham? Why?

In the 1990s, Tajik also served BHX and carried pax to/from ATQ.

Re: Turkmenistan to Birmingham? Why?

YYZLGA wrote:

I've always been a bit surprised that EK doesn't operate to Amritsar. I know there's also a substantial market from YYZ. AI used to operate direct flights to Amritsar from YYZ.

Re: Turkmenistan to Birmingham? Why?

gunsontheroof wrote:

Pretty sure HY still flies BHX-TAS for the Amritsar connections as well...

Re: Irish 1/19 : New year, new ... us!

eirflot wrote:

A little surprised that there is little discussion on the flybe/stobart/virgin tie up and any consequences it might have for EI and trans Atlantic connecting traffic. Also the possibility if VS having access to EI information

Re: Milan-Bergamo / Orio Al Serio

BGY is FR's 3rd largest airport by seats this month - and it grew seats there by 19% v. Jan 18. It won't be going anywhere in FR's system. BGY is way more than just an alternative to MIL. As BGY itself says: "The catchment area is not limited only to Milan and Lombardy, but also includes the no...

Re: AMS reach max. flights, 3rd A380 gate opens end of january

Does this mean Level's coming 4 aircraft base at AMS will simply be replacing VY?

Re: Ryanair "threatens" with the closure of bases in the Canariesil

You are comparing the entire Lufthansa Group - and all its airlines - to one single airline. The RyanAir numbers include LaudaMotion and RyanAir Sun, so comparing with Lufthansa Group is valid. Laudamotion and Ryanair Sun are exceptionally smaller than Ryanair itself, so it is virtually a single ai...

Re: Ryanair "threatens" with the closure of bases in the Canariesil

It was with pleasure that I read that Ryanair surpassed Lufthansa as having carried the most passengers this year. Not true. Lufthansa actually surpassed Ryanair again in 2018. https://www.aero.de/news-30634/Ryanair-bleibt-bei-Fluggaesten-wohl-hinter-Lufthansa-zurueck.html You are comparing the ent...

Re: Royal Air Maroc applies for Boston

Where connections exist in one direction they invariably don't in the other. Those with two-way connectivity - albeit in a long 5h period - are very limited and depend on the day of the week (except RAK/AGA): RAK AGA LIS OPO MRS AGP TUN FCO LIS OPO MRS AGP TUN FCO are all served reasonably well 1-s...

Re: Royal Air Maroc applies for Boston

Will be interesting to see the timings of CMN-BOS-CMN. AT's JFK operation doesn't connect well at all to its Africa-wide services, except its second-daily Sunday service. Presently, CMN-JFK-CMN timings are: Daily: CMN-JFK 1615-1820; JFK-CMN 2020-0905* Sat: CMN-JFK 2240-0045; Sun: CMN-JFK 0645-1930 W...

Re: Moxy's hubs?

Judging by news reports to date, it'll be P2P on unserved routes that bypass hubs. It'll compete on price - so nicely stimulating demand along with new nonstop service - and it'll use underserved airports, not necessarily secondary airports. So, go onto CAR, play around with airports - PVD, MHT, JAX...

Re: FR8562 diverts and leaves almost 200 pax stranded

FR doesn't have hubs - which are all about connectivity - but rather aircraft and crew bases.

Re: Turkish Aviation - January 2019

Why has KLM reduced from 3 to 2 and now 1 daily frequency to IST? They operate the 737, mainly the smallest -700 (some days the -800), while TK, PC and KK together serve 10 flights in total of which 4 wide bodies. I often fly this route with KL and its always packed so I wonder why they reduced to ...

Re: Turkish Aviation - January 2019

georgiabill wrote:

With TK issues getting the desired times at EWR would TK management consider starting IST-PHL-IST instead of EWR? Presently the only ME3 carrier at PHL is QR which operates daily.

Re: Future of Wizz Air in London

A good number of opportunities - capacity and slot depending - that are underserved (in terms of leaked pax) or unserved.

Re: Turkish Aviation - January 2019

Just saw the expanded schedule for IST-KBP. That route is barely 575 nmi...yet it is served with A330-300 aircraft on some frequencies. What's the cargo or passenger situation on that route to justify a wide-body aircraft on that route? (This route is served with a mix of B738 and A333 equipment.) ...

Re: Future of Wizz Air in London

All LON airports except SEN are Level 3 coordinated for both seasons. Level 3 airports are those "airports where capacity providers have not developed sufficient infrastructure, or where governments have imposed conditions that make it impossible to meet demand" (https://www.iata.org/polic...

Re: Departures in the middle of the night

SU has large numbers of overnight flights from all over Europe to SVO. Unsurprisingly, those closer to SVO have especially 'bad' timings. One of the 'worst' is MSQ-SVO: 0310-0435. This is a 1h 25m block. SU has around 100 departures from SVO between 0600 and 0900.

Re: Vueling ... forget the website, use the mobile app

FR starts SEN-BIO this April. In its pulldown menu, FR refers to SDR not as "Bilbao West" but simply "Santander".

Re: Departures in the middle of the night

AirbusOnly wrote:

DXB for example is extemly busy also during night hours with numerous flights to India, Asia, Australia and some African destinations.

Re: Departures in the middle of the night

Lots of overnight flights to SVO, IST, and SAW, benefiting from the time difference. There are lots to SVO from across Europe. E.g.: OSL-SVO: 2340-0415, a block of 2h 35m; RIX-SVO, 0225-0500, a block of 1h 35m (!); HEL-SVO, 2355-0235, a block of 1h 40m; ARN-SVO, 0050-0455, a block of 2h 5m, and doze...

Re: Departures in the middle of the night

In the case of BKK/DMK-China, many flights arrive/depart in the early morning primarily due to slot availability in very busy Bangkok. Tourism to Thailand from China has grown exponentially and is now over 9m a year from dozens and dozens of Chinese cities. For many, they'll have little choice over ...

Re: Is there room for more expansion for Easyjet and where to?

Significant opportunities across Europe to:

- Join dots where commercially feasible - as they do every year
- Launch new cities/airports where commercially feasible - as they do every year
- Increase penetration on existing routes where commercially feasible - as they do every year

Re: Where will JetBlue go to-MKE or OMA?

What leads you to think there's enough O&D demand (since BOS is a foolish place to connect, flying NE to head SW) to fill a 100-seat plane on BOS-OMA? BOS is one of the top destinations traveled to from OMA that isn't currently served nonstop from OMA as there was an average of over 130 passeng...

Re: Why is FR not flying to KEF?

FR carry a lot of business travellers: around 30% - or 40m - of their passengers travel for that reason. I can live in Berlin, have a meeting in London, use a coworking room, grab my dinner back home at M&S, and do all that in a day flying FR Schoenefeld-Stansted. I'd be traveling for business,...

Re: Why is FR not flying to KEF?

What they need for that in the first place are slots. Keflavik is heavily slot controlled, so it's not easy to get in. However I got the feeling they're just waiting for WOW Air to go bust so they can lay their hands on some of the slots. Why is an airport with around 70 daily arrivals heavily slot...

Re: Turkish Aviation December 2018