Routes 360 Headlines: Key Stories Of The Week (W/C January 13, 2025)
Aviation Week's Routes 360 Headlines on Wednesday 15 January 2025 covers the latest notable developments and key insights from Routes 360 members.
The Greek airline SKY Express will operate a series of charter flights between Groningen Airport Eelde and Heraklion in Summer 2025. These flights will be operated during the summer holiday period in July and August, with weekly departures on Wednesdays.
Phu Quoc Island (Vietnam) Expands Accessibility with New Direct Flights at the Year-End
Phu Quoc Island is set to end the year on a high note with the launch of two new direct flight routes, enhancing its connectivity and solidifying its status as a top-tier travel destination.
The first flight departed on January 4 and the service will operate weekly on Saturdays throughout January and February, providing passengers with the perfect opportunity to enjoy week-long trips during the ski season and over the school half-term break.
Münster/Osnabrück Airport can look back on an extremely successful year 2024. With a total of 1,285,541 passengers, FMO achieved a significant increase in passenger numbers of 30% compared to the previous year.
Malaysia Officially Launches Visit Malaysia 2026 Campaigns
The Visit Malaysia 2026 campaign focuses on high-yield and sustainable tourism. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing highlighted three main strategies: increasing tourist arrivals by converting short visits into extended stays, enriching cultural and eco-tourism experiences, and promoting niche tourism experiences to encourage higher spending.
London Stansted is set to expand its European network even further in 2025, offering passengers an exciting array of new routes to destinations in France, the Netherlands, Turkey, Greece, and Germany.
Last December, 1.94 million people travelled via Berlin Brandenburg Airport. That is about ten per cent more than the 1.77 million passengers in December 2023 according to preliminary figures in the Traffic Report.
If an algorithm was created to track the number of times premium was used in North American airline discourse over a couple of years, the results would be significantly higher than profits at some of the region's airlines.
Europe's airlines can look back on 2024 as the year when they finally completed the capacity recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Seat capacity is scheduled to be 100.0% of 2019 levels for 2024 as a whole, according to data from OAG and CAPA - Centre for Aviation.
The Asia Pacific airline industry is set to continue its international capacity growth in 2025 and finally move past the pre-pandemic benchmark, although the growth rate will be hindered by aircraft availability issues.
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