We finished with the report from the American market and now we move on to the European continent. To review the news about the United States, Canada and Latin America, you can check the following links:
United States and Canada – January 2024.
Latin America – January 2024.
For the current winter season, as well as for the upcoming summer, European airlines are starting to update their operations, with the addition of new seasonal and scheduled routes.
On the other hand, regarding the addition of new aircraft, Transavia acquired its first Airbus A320neo. Furthermore, Ryanair incorporated a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 to its fleet, bringing the total to 85.
AeroItalia
Effective March 25th, 2024, AeroItalia will inaugurate services between Bergamo and London Southend. The company will offer three weekly flights on 189-seat Boeing 737-800s.
Monday, Friday and Sunday
XZ 3003 Bergamo BGY 09:00 · 09:45 SEN London
XZ 3004 London SEN 10:45 · 13:30 BGY Bergamo
Milan Bergamo airport currently has operations to London Gatwick and London Stansted, with Vueling and Ryanair respectively.
Azerbaijan Airlines
Starting March 31st, AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines will inaugurate flights between Baku and London Gatwick. The services, which are already on sale, will be operated three times a week with Airbus A320-200 aircraft.
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
J2 107 Baku GYD 07:20 · 10:20 LGW London
J2 108 London LGW 11:25 · 19:55 GYD Baku
The carrier currently serves five weekly between Baku and London Heathrow, with a mix of Airbus A319s, Boeing 767-300(ER)s and Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners.
British Airways
The airline is scheduled to inaugurate operations between London Heathrow and Izmir from May 18th. As these will be seasonal, flights will run until mid-September.
British will offer a weekly frequency using Airbus A320-200 jets.
Saturday
BA 694 London LHR 07:30 · 13:30 ADB Izmir
BA 695 Izmir ABD 14:35 · 16:50 LHR London
British Airways’ destinations between UK and Türkiye
Map by gcmap.com
Istanbul (IST): 14 weekly · Airbus A320
Istanbul (SAW): 7 weekly · Airbus A320
Delta Air Lines
The company will change the aircraft used on its New York – Reykjavik route, which will begin on March 31st. Delta had planned to operate with Boeing 757s, but will use the Boeing 767-300(ER), offering 33 more seats per flight.
Daily
DL 246 New York JFK 23:55 · 09:30+1 KEF Reykjavik
DL 247 Reykjavik KEF 11:30 · 13:30 JFK New York
Eurowings
At 18:29 local time on Saturday (13), Eurowings’ inaugural flight from Berlin arrived at Rovaniemi Airport. The German airline will operate once a week on Airbus A320-200 aircraft seating 180 passengers in single class.
Saturday
EW 8234 Berlin BER 14:50 · 18:30 RVN Rovaniemi
EW 8235 Rovaniemi RVN 19:20 · 21:05 BER Berlin
In addition to Berlin, Eurowings has services to Rovaniemi from Dusseldorf, four times a week with a mix of Airbus A319 and Airbus A320.
Eurowings is the only company with operations between Germany and Rovaniemi.
Fly One Armenia
The Armenian carrier plans to begin flights to Nice effective May 2nd. In line with its website, Fly One will operate two weekly services with the Airbus A320-200 under the following schedule.
Thursday and Sunday
3F 931 Yerevan EVN 18:50 · 21:50 NCE Nice
3F 932 Nice NCE 22:50 · 05:20+1 EVN Yerevan
ITA Airways
The Italian airline announced it will start flights between Rome and Toronto as of May 10th. According to its website, ITA will operate six times a week until July 1st, when it will increase to daily for the high season.
ITA Airways will perform these flights with Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A330-900neo airplanes.
Current ITA routes between Italy and North America
Map by gcmap.com
Los Angeles (LAX): 3 weekly · Airbus A350
Miami (MIA): 8 weekly · A332/A339
New York (JFK): 14 weekly · A330/A350
San Francisco (SFO): 3 weekly · Airbus A350
Jet2
On January 11th, Jet2 launched services between Manchester and Lanzarote with Airbus A330-200 jets. The company already operates this route with Airbus A321neos, Boeing 737-800s and Boeing 757-200s.
Flights with Airbus A330 aircraft will be twice a week, with the following schedule:
LS 763 Manchester MAN 08:35 · 13:05 ACE Lanzarote
LS 764 Lanzarote ACE 14:25 · 18:55 MAN Manchester
These are Jet2’s connections to/from Lanzarote, in addition to Manchester:
Map by gcmap.com
Belfast (BFS): 4 weekly · Boeing 737-800
Birmingham (BHX): 9 weekly · A321/B738
Bristol (BRS): 4 weekly · Boeing 737-800
Edinburgh (EDI): 6 weekly · Boeing 737-800
Glasgow (GLA): 6 weekly · Boeing 737-800
Leeds (LBA): 6 weekly · Boeing 737-800
London (STN): 9 weekly · Boeing 737-800
Manchester (MAN): 11 weekly · A321/A332/B738/B752
Newcastle (NCL): 6 weekly · Boeing 737-800
Nottingham (EMA): 6 weekly · Boeing 737-800
LEAV Aviation
The airline confirmed the scheduling of flights between Cologne and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, during March. Operations will be carried out with Airbus A320-200 aircraft.
Daily
KK 110 Cologne CGN 11:11 · 13:30 PMI Mallorca
KK 111 Mallorca PMI 14:15 · 16:40 CGN Cologne
Lufthansa
The company inaugurated flights between Frankfurt and Hyderabad last January 16th. Lufthansa will offer five weekly services to the Indian city on 294-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
LH 752 Frankfurt FRA 10:55 · 23:55 HYD Hyderabad
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
LH 753 Hyderabad HYD 01:55 · 07:05 FRA Frankfurt
Lufthansa’s destinations to India
Map by gcmap.com
Bengaluru (BLR): 7 weekly · Boeing 747-400
Chennai (MAA): 7 weekly · Airbus A340-300
Hyderabad (HYD): 5 weekly · Boeing 787-9
Mumbai (BOM): 7 weekly · Boeing 747-400
New Delhi (DEL): 7 weekly · Boeing 747-400
Norwegian
Beginning June 26th, Norwegian will launch seasonal services between Stavanger and Rhodes, Greece. These flights will be operated weekly with 189-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Wednesday
DY 1962 Stavanger SVG 15:35 · 20:40 RHO Rhodes
DY 1963 Rhodes RHO 21:25 · 00:40+1 SVG Stavanger
PLAY
The Icelandic low cost confirmed it will adjust its operations to the United States during January and February. PLAY will have the following reductions:
Baltimore · 7 to 6 weekly effective January 16th
OG 101 Reykjavik KEF 15:20 · 16:55 BWI Baltimore
OG 102 Baltimore BWI 18:05 · 05:05+1 KEF Reykjavik
Boston · 7 to 5 weekly effective January 20th
OG 111 Reykjavik KEF 16:00 · 17:00 BOS Boston
OG 112 Boston BOS 18:20 · 04:45+1 KEF Reykjavik
New York Stewart · 7 to 5 weekly effective January 15th
OG 121 Reykjavik KEF 16:00 · 17:05 SWF New York
OG 122 New York SWF 18:15 · 04:50+1 KEF Reykjavik
Washington
Operations will be suspended until February 29th.
In March, the schedule previously offered on each route is expected to return.
Ryanair
On January 10th, Ryanair added a new Boeing 737 MAX 8-200, which departed Seattle Boeing Field on Tuesday (9) at 21:16 local time, and arrived in Dublin after a 9 hour and 21 minute flight.
The plane, registered as EI-IJE and configured with 197 seats in single class, entered service two days later with flight FR 5910 from Dublin to Lanzarote.
Ryanair’s fleet
Boeing 737-800: 215
Boeing 737 MAX 8: 85
Scandinavian Airline System
For the summer season 2024, SAS will start seven new routes from Scandinavia. Operations are already on sale:
Map by gcmap.com
Bergen (BGO) – London (LHR): 3 weekly · Tue, Thu, Sun
Copenhagen (CPH) – Dalaman (DLM): 1 weekly · Wed
Copenhagen (CPH) – Genoa (GOA): 1 weekly · Sat
Copenhagen (CPH) – Ibiza (IBZ): 1 weekly · Thu
Oslo (OSL) – Geneva (GVA): 4 weekly · Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun
Oslo (OSL) – Milan (LIN): 1 weekly · Sun
Oslo (OSL) – Tivat (TIV): 1 weekly · Thu
Smartwings
Between May and June, Smartwings will launch three routes from the Czech Republic due to the summer season.
These segments will run until the beginning of October, in line with the airline’s website.
Map by gcmap.com
Cyprus
Brno (BRQ) – Larnaca (LCA): June 9th · 1 weekly
Spain
Brno (BRQ) – Fuerteventura (FUE): May 1st · 1 weekly
Brno (BRQ) – Palma de Mallorca (PMI): June 5th · 2 weekly
Southwind Airlines
Starting April 22nd, Southwind plans to begin flights between Antalya and Helsinki. The Turkish carrier schedules a weekly frequency until mid-September, with the following tentative schedule:
Monday
2S 887 Antalya AYT 07:40 · 11:45 HEL Helsinki
2S 888 Helsinki HEL 12:40 · 16:40 AYT Antalya
The aircraft used for these flights has not been confirmed.
Transavia France
Last January 10th, Transavia France, member of the Air France-KLM group, took delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, fresh from the Airbus factory in Toulouse.
The aircraft, registered F-GNEO, departed for Paris Orly, starting regular operations with flight TO 7602 to Porto five days later.
The A320neo is configured with 186 seats in single class.
Photo: Airbus
Transavia’s fleet
Airbus A320neo: 1
Boeing 737-800: 71
TUI
During January, TUI Netherlands will begin flights on certain routes to/from Spain with Boeing 767-300(ER) jets, which are configured for 295 passengers in two classes.
Schedule (with Boeing 767s)
Amsterdam (AMS) – Fuerteventura (FUE) – Lanzarote (ACE): 1 weekly · Jan 11th
Amsterdam (AMS) – Gran Canaria (LPA): 5 weekly · Jan 7th
Amsterdam (AMS) – Tenerife (TFS): 2 weekly · Jan 21st
Turkish Airlines
The carrier will launch services between Istanbul and Malaga with Airbus A330-200s from April 4th. Turkish currently operates to the Spanish city on 198-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft.
According to its website, the airline will have 3 of the 14 weekly flights with Airbus A330 planes:
Daily
TK 1303 Istanbul IST 08:50 · 11:30 AGP Málaga
TK 1304 Málaga AGP 12:20 · 18:45 IST Istanbul
Daily
TK 1305 Istanbul IST 13:50 · 16:50 AGP Málaga
TK 1306 Málaga AGP 17:30 · 23:55 IST Istanbul
Airbus A330s will operate TK 1303/1304 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Turkish routes between Istanbul and Spain
Map by gcmap.com
Barcelona (BCN): 25 weekly · A321/A333
Bilbao (BIO): 6 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX
Madrid (MAD): 24 weekly · A321/A332/A333/A359
Málaga (AGP): 14 weekly
Valencia (VLC): 14 weekly · B7M8/B7M9/A321
Virgin Atlantic
In late October, Virgin will boost its operations to the Caribbean for the start of the high season. At the moment, Montego Bay and Nassau will be the Latin American cities with increases, which will be the following:
Montego Bay · 1 to 2 weekly effective October 28th
VS 165 London LHR 12:00 · 17:00 MBJ Montego Bay
VS 166 Montego Bay MBJ 19:45 · 09:40+1 LHR London
Nassau – Montego Bay · 2 to 3 weekly effective October 27th
VS 107 London LHR 08:00 · 12:35 NAS Nassau
VS 107 Nassau NAS 13:50 · 15:30 MBJ Montego Bay
VS 108 Montego Bay MBJ 17:40 · 19:10 NAS Nassau
VS 108 Nassau NAS 20:25 · 09:40+1 LHR London
Cover photo: Daniel Nicholson – JetPhotos (London Heathrow).
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