Friday, May 15. In recent days, airlines have been announcing a gradual return to flying again. The picture is diffuse, with some offering limited services from the second half of May and others extending their suspensions. So we update our…
Ryanair regained its leading position as Europe’s biggest airline in passenger numbers: the Irish low-cost flew 152.4 million pax in 2019, including LaudaMotion. This makes her bigger than Lufthansa again, who secured pole position in 2018. Now that most airline…
The loss of WOW Air, the LCC, is taking a toll on Iceland’s air traffic. Through June 2019 movements at Keflavik, the primary airport, is down 14.6% YTD compared to last year. Passenger traffic is down even more at -20.3%…
What has been the impact of losing WOW for Icelandair? Not too much news about it, though Bloomberg had a very insightful story. The impact has been significant, and perhaps more serious than has been considered. The news about Icelandair…
Icelandair in its most recent first quarter presentation indicated that it is now reviewing its current fleet strategy and examining three options. Those options include maintaining an unchanged fleet strategy that trades out the Boeing 757 for the 737 MAX, …
Almost seven years since starting its first flight, Iceland’s long-haul low-cost airline WOW Air has thrown the towel. The airline announced on March 28 that it has ceased all operations, following months of uncertainty over its future. WOW failed to…