Routes 360 Headlines: Key Stories Of The Week (W/C April 21, 2025)

Aviation Week's Routes 360 Headlines on Wednesday 23 April 2025 covers the latest notable developments and key insights from Routes 360 members.
As of, April 13th 2025, Juneyao Airlines is strengthening even more their presence in the Athens market through the addition of their 4th weekly frequency on the Shanghai – Athens route.
The inaugural flights of the easyJet Basel-Rimini and London Gatwick-Rimini routes landed at Fellini Airport
It was a special welcome, based on Fellini music, typical Romagna food and even a real life fly, that welcomed last night at Federico Fellini International Airport the 173 passengers of the inaugural easyJet flight EZS1127 from Basel and in the afternoon the passengers of easyJet flight EZY8377 from London Gatwick.
In 2024 Europe's top dozen low cost airline brands further increased the lead in their collective passenger numbers to 128 million, over the top 12 non-LCCs. This compares with a lead of 113 million in 2023 (and only 23 million in 2019).
Around 460,000 passengers are set to travel through Dublin Airport over the coming Easter bank holiday weekend, including around 232,000 departing passengers.
For more than two decades a 'light touch' regulatory regime has existed in Australia (and New Zealand), which to all intents and purposes, allows airports to charge whatever they like to airlines that use their facilities.
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