Air France's 29 dropped routes | JetBlue's BOS-Philly is Route of Week | Shannon's US Airways rings-up Cake of Week

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	Top Story | 30th May 2013 Air France's latest network strategy sees creation of HOP!, growth at transavia.com France, and axing of 29 routes This week's "route droppings" analysis focuses on Air France. We pick our way through the complexities of airline codes to reveal which 29 routes have been dumped, and how the loss of one of these routes has had an unexpected impact at one of the airports involved. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Route News | 30th May 2013 JetBlue Airways' Boston to Philadelphia JetBlue Airways adds Philadelphia as its 78th city to the tune of Mummers All Stars Band and takes this week's Route Prize. US Airways' Shannon to Philadelphia The monumental Liberty Bell cake prepared in Shannon to mark the return of US Airways' service from Philadelphia is this week's Cake of the Week. Route News | 30th May 2013 New airline routes launched (21 – 27 May 2013) 51 routes were launched by a total of 29 airlines worldwide last week and while both our weekly prizes involve routes by US carriers, other highlights include flydubai's and Qatar Airways' launches to Salalah in Oman, Turkish Airlines' arrival in Malta – the carrier's 100th country market, and Jet2.com's cake-rich expansion in Spain. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Country Feature | 30th May 2013 Myanmar: International capacity up 50%; new regional points include Hong Kong, Seoul Incheon and Tokyo Narita As the political climate improves for the country, Myanmar's aviation market is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the on-going change with overall capacity growing in excess of 30% in the last 12 months. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Airport Analysis | 30th May 2013 East Midlands Airport rebuilds after demise of bmibaby; Ryanair still #1, but flybe and Monarch Airlines establish bases Located in the heart of England, East Midlands Airport has had more than its fair share of airline comings and goings in recent years. But last year's closure of bmibaby has resulted in almost 30 new services launching in less than a year, though Ryanair remains the dominant carrier with almost half of all seats. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Airline Analysis | 30th May 2013 Mesa Airlines affected by changes to the network philosophy of US majors; Capacity cuts give better LFs Mesa Airlines, one of the largest US regional airlines, has certainly been affected by the volatile economic conditions in the last decade. Just over a year after its emergence from Chapter 11, anna.aero examines the airline's network. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Market Trends | 30th May 2013 Russia's airlines (Aeroflot, Transaero, UTair) and airports (Moscow DME, SVO, VKO and St Petersburg) growing fast in 2013 Our look at the Russian market reveals just how quickly the country's leading airports and airlines are growing this year, and provides a handy summary of new international services started by non-Russian/CIS airlines in 2013, including easyJet's first routes to Moscow. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Airport Analysis | 30th May 2013 Muscat International Airport on course to pass 8 million passengers in 2013 With 26 serving airlines other than national carrier Oman Air, clearly there is more to Muscat International Airport than being just the home-based carrier's hub. Doubling in size in five years, a new 12 million annual passenger terminal will open next year to cater for its continued rapid growth. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Airline Analysis | 30th May 2013 Danish Air Transport doubles seats in five years DAT Dreamteam. These three people, husband and wife Kirsten (centre) and Jesper (right) Rungholm, who created the airline in 1989, along with MD, and now co-owner, Lars Høeg (left), have plotted a path for Danish Air Transport which has gradually seen it focus its scheduled activity on its home market of Denmark. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Network Planning Community News | 30th May 2013 Last week's winners showcase their certificates; Dublin and Barcelona celebrate service anniversaries; TAV Airports welcome new sevices; CityJet grows in London City In this week's batch of Network Planning Community News, anna.aero presents the latest news from Barcelona, Dublin, London, Reykjavik, Tehran, Warsaw and more. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » European Airport Traffic Trends Last updated: 30/05/2013 Since last week we have added April data for all German, Greek and Italian airports, plus several airports in Poland, the remaining UK airports, Belgrade and Moscow Vnukovo. Next week we should have the first indications of how airports performed in May. Download the spreadsheet » European Airline Traffic Trends Last updated: 23/05/2013 We have now added April passenger numbers and load factors for most of Europe's leading airlines / airline groups that publish these figures. Turkish Airlines and Norwegian both grew by more than 25% in April, while easyJet reported the highest load factor. Download the spreadsheet » American Airport Traffic Trends Last updated: 23/05/2013 In this week's update to the American Airports database, we include the latest traffic figures for airports in Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, the US and many more. Download the spreadsheet » NEW Airports Just In The Route Shop     Gibraltar International Airport   Bristol Airport   Niagara Falls International Airport (NEW) Gibraltar International Airport (NEW) Bristol Airport (NEW) Niagara Falls International Airport (NEW) Buffalo Niagara International Airport (NEW) Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (NEW) Novosibirsk Tolmachevo International Airport (NEW) City Airport Bremen (NEW) Keflavík Airport (NEW) Aéroports de Montréal (NEW) Ancona Airport 3653 (NEW) Baltimore/Washington International Airport Bournemouth Airport Nizhny Novgorod International Airport Samara Kurumoch International Airport   Should someone else be reading this newsletter? If you know someone who will benefit from receiving our FREE airline network news and analysis, then please forward this email to a friend.   Home | About Us | Contact Us | Subscribe to anna.aero © 2007-2013 PPS Publications Ltd

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