Iberia Express to take A320neos in fleet renewal plan
Spanish LCC Iberia Express will take delivery of four Airbus A320neos in 2020, with the first scheduled for delivery in April. Iberia Express, which launched in 2012, currently operates a fleet of 22 A320 and A321ceos to 40 short- and medium-haul destinations, acting as a feeder for parent carrier Iberia’s long-haul network. In a statement […]
SITA report sees technology improving bag handling numbers
Airlines continue to improve their handling of checked bags, getting more bags to the right destination on time even as the number of airline passengers grows each year. That was the key finding in SITA’s 2019 Baggage IT Insights report, released April 24. More bags are being checked in, but mishandled rates are remaining stable, […]
Emirates, SpiceJet agree to codeshare pact
Emirates Airline and Indian LCC SpiceJet signed an MOU April 22 for a reciprocal codeshare agreement aimed at opening new routes and destinations between India and Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East. Upon approval by the necessary regulators, Emirates passengers from Dubai will have access to 67 weekly SpiceJet flights to six additional […]
New easyJet country director to drive UK strategy
UK LCC easyJet appointed Neil Slaven as its new UK country director to drive the carrier’s UK strategy. He started in the new position March 1. Luton-headquartered easyJet has more than 160 aircraft based in the UK at 11 bases and 18 airports. Since easyJet CEO Johan Lundgren took over the British airline in December […]
Norwegian to launch seasonal transatlantic services in route shuffle
LCC Norwegian will open two new seasonal routes this year as it continues to modify transatlantic services. The company will serve two new summer routes over the Atlantic, with Barcelona-Chicago starting in June and Athens-New York JFK operating from July. Both will continue until the end of the summer season timetable in late October. The […]
Norwegian to cease French Caribbean routes in optimization strategy
LCC Norwegian will withdraw from the Caribbean market in March after concluding that its flights to the region are not financially viable. The airline provides seasonal services from New York JFK, Fort Lauderdale and Montreal to the French overseas territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique, as well as from Guadeloupe and Martinique to Cayenne in French […]
Mexico’s Volaris boosts capacity 9.6% in December
Mexico’s Volaris saw domestic revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increase 16.6% in December 2018 on a 9.6% capacity bump, helping the carrier wrap up a generally strong year that saw it benefit from a domestic market shake-out. The Mexico City-based Ultra-LCC saw full-year RPMs increase 11.5% on an 11.4% rise in capacity. Domestic traffic was up […]
Peter Cerda: Estándares internacionales de transparencia y participación de industria, claves para buen funcionamiento de los aeropuertos
La Cumbre Latinoamericana de Aviación y LCC celebrada por CAPA – Center for Aviation culminó en Cartagena, Colombia durante la jornada de ayer tras explorar asuntos estratégicos clave que impactan en el sector de la aviación de América Latina, con un primer día enfocado en la aviación regional y el segundo dedicado específicamente a asuntos […]
Spanish LCC Volotea carries 40% more passengers in 2017
Barcelona-based LCC Volotea reported a net profit of €11.2 million ($13 million) for 2017 on revenue of €307 million, up 23% year-over-year (YOY). The company did not provide a net profit figure for the previous year. Ancillary revenue reached €105.1 million, or 34.1% of revenue. The airline earlier this month announced a new group of […]
Europe’s airline margin ranking 2017: Ryanair and Wizz Air stay ahead
A hierarchy has formed among listed European airline groups and their subsidiaries, measured by their operating margins. The ranking for 2017 (or nearest financial year) is headed by Ryanair, consistently Europe’s highest margin airline company, with Wizz Air leading the chasing pack. These two LCCs, which both have a March year end, reported their annual […]
