Routes 360 Headlines: Key Stories Of The Week (W/C June 17, 2024)
Aviation Week's Routes 360 Headlines on Wednesday 19 June 2024 covers the latest notable developments and key insights from Routes 360 members.
Discover a snapshot of Routes 360 member updates:
Wizz Air has announced an increase in the number of flights from Larnaka across its network for the summer and autumn seasons. With these additional flights, Wizz Air will add a total of 177,000 seats to its network, with 93,000 of these seats allocated for passengers traveling from Cyprus.
easyJet has put its 2024 winter programme on sale, providing passengers from Newcastle Airport with even more choice when travelling to some of Europe’s most popular city break destinations. From 27 October, easyJet will operate new flights to Paris, six days a week as well as a new weekly service to Lyon from 4 January 2025.
Arajet, the Caribbean's low-cost airline, and the Puntacana Group have signed an agreement for the airline's flights to start operating at Punta Cana Airport (PUJ) as of next November to expand its network of destinations and connections on the continent.
Passenger movements through Malta International Airport surpassed the 800,000-mark in May for the first time in the airport’s history, with this milestone being reached in July last year.
According to the preliminary figures in the traffic report, around 2.37 million passengers passed through BER in May 2024. This represents an increase of 13.2 per cent compared to May 2023, when around 2.1 million passengers travelled via BER.
The May update takes a look at last month's traffic figures, partner airline news along with a further look at the latest Q1 Dublin Airport Passenger Profile.
Nuremberg’s Christmas market – now served by a seasonal British Airways service from London-Heathrow
Santa’s workshop and Nuremberg’s Christmas market: the most important hotspots during Christmas season. British Airways thinks so, too, and will offer seasonal flights from LHR to NUE between 28 November and 5 January – perfectly timed to bring people from Great Britain to Nuremberg’s world-famous Christmas market.
Newcastle Airport has announced it has made strong progress on its environmental and social objectives over the past 12 months. Committed to being a responsible business and a good neighbour, the Airport set a number of stretching targets for 2023 to assist it in meeting its Net Zero Carbon 2035 and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) related goals.
Dublin Airport has submitted a planning application to create a new dedicated viewing area for the public to watch planes take off and land on the airport’s runways. The proposed Aircraft Observation Facility will be located on the site of the current informal airport viewing point on Old Airport Road, locally known as "The Mound". The site is fully owned by Dublin Airport.
Consultation airport charges at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Every three years, Schiphol is obliged to set airport charges and conditions after consultation with the airlines for a period of three years. When setting the charges, Schiphol takes the views of the airlines into account.
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