TRAFFIC

Norwegian is set to re-open its cabin crew base at Arlanda with the new employees becoming its first crew based in Sweden since the pandemic started in 2020. According to Swedish airport operator, Swedavia, the airline is planning to operate a network of 54 non-stop routes to Europe from Stockholm Arlanda this summer. And, as […]

European air traffic will only reach 45%-65% of 2019 levels in 2022, according to latest estimates published by S&P Global Ratings. In a new report, the ratings agency assesses the volatile recovery prospects facing European airports following the outbreak of the omicron variant in December. S&P expects air traffic numbers for rated European airports to […]

Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport handled 18.1 million passengers last year – an impressive 66% up on 2020 and just 8% down on its pre-COVID best in 2019. According to operator, Northern Capital Gateway LLC, Pulkovo accommodated 15.5 million passengers on domestic flights, marking an 28% increase compared to 2019. Top domestic destinations were Moscow, Sochi, […]

Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has welcomed today’s announcement that Queensland’s international borders will reopen without restrictions for international travellers from Saturday. The news means that from Saturday, double-vaccinated international travellers will no longer have to undertake quarantine. Commenting on the development, BAC CEO, Gert-Jan de Graaff, enthused: “This is an incredibly exciting day for everyone […]

Whilst acknowledging that tough times continue for aviation, London City Airport (LCY) today revealed that it is expects to experience “a strong recovery” this year. Its optimism is based on “pent up passenger demand”, which it expects to trigger a surge in growth in 2022, along with the reintroduction of three quarters of its pre-COVID […]

A total of 120 million passengers passed through Aena’s Spanish airports in 2021 – 57% up on 2020 but still a significant 43.6% down on the pre-COVID levels reached in 2019. Madrid’s Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport handled 24.1 million of the total in 2021 – a drop of 60.9% compared to 2019 and an increase […]

Hamburg has become one of the first airports in the world to reveal its year-end traffic figures for 2021 – the German gateway handling 5.3 million passengers (+17%) last year. And although the total is almost 70% down on 2019 levels, the airport says that last year’s throughput, compared to 2020, represents a “positive” upturn. […]

ACI Europe today released preliminary data on the impact of the Omicron variant on European passenger traffic, along with its full air traffic report for November 2021. It reveals that in the three week period (weeks 47 to 49) following the first report from South Africa to the WHO of the Omicron variant, passenger traffic […]

Milan Bergamo Airport is ending the year on a high note, welcoming its sixth new airline and officially opening its new terminal extension. The new airline, Moldovan low-cost carrier (LCC) HiSky, inaugurated flights between Bergamo and Baia Mare and Târgu Mureş in Romania on Monday and will add a service to Moldovan capital, Chisinau, from […]

London Gatwick is set to welcome nearly 750,000 passengers across the Christmas and New Year period – a 570% increase on 2020 due to last year’s COVID-19 restrictions. The holiday period is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year for Gatwick, outside of the summer peak, with the airport regularly welcoming in excess […]