Euro ANNIEs: DUS, Malta, WAW share big prize | Wizz Air's 25 route droppings | Mahan's Guangzhou is Route of Week

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	Top Story | 23rd May 2013 Düsseldorf Airport, Malta Airport, Warsaw Airport share big Euro ANNIE award for airline growth; Turkish airports also win big There's no voting for these awards, it all boils down to cold, hard facts and figures. Yes, the Euro ANNIEs are back for their fourth annual outing, and there are some fascinating winners. Nine awards, 11 winners (we can explain), spread across eight different countries. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Top Story | 23rd May 2013 Wizz Air shrinking in Poland and Czech Republic, but growing in Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine Wizz Air's capacity is up 9% this summer, but 25 routes have left the network completely to help make room for over 60 new ones. A further 26 routes have relocated to nearby airports. Most of Wizz Air's network growth is coming from markets where Ryanair does not have much of a presence, if any, though Budapest is a notable exception. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Take-offs & Landings | 23rd May 2013 Darwin Airline selects Cambridge Airport as first UK base Lugano-based regional carrier Darwin Airline has chosen Cambridge as its first base in the UK, operating four international routes from the beginning of September with Saab 2000s. We have the details and an exclusive interview with the airline's CCO. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Route News | 23rd May 2013 Mahan Air's Tehran to Guangzhou Blossoming economic and social exchange between Iran and China wins Mahan Air the anna.aero Route of the Week prize, as the carrier launches its second Chinese route from Tehran. easyJet's London Gatwick to Bergen Bergen becomes Norway's first airport to appear on easyJet's route map and does so in style, taking this week's Cake Prize. Route News | 23rd May 2013 New airline routes launched (14 – 20 May 2013) 28 airlines launched a total of 53 new services last week, including a fair portion of seasonal services, like Lufthansa's summer link between Munich and Vancouver. Other highlights include Pegasus Airlines' maiden route to Spain, Batik Air's and Garuda Indonesia's expansion in Jakarta and Etihad Airways' entry into the Amsterdam market. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Country Feature | 23rd May 2013 Denmark's double celebration in 2014 – Eurovision hosts and airports to break 30m Denmark will be hosting Eurovision 2014 after Emmelie de Forest won the 2013 contest in Malmö at the weekend. The influx of foreign visitors expected for the 39-country, Europe-wide song contest may well be the additional traffic boost that sees Denmark's airports top 30 million annual passengers for the first time next year. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Airport Analysis | 23rd May 2013 Vancouver set for record-breaking year in 2013 With more than half of Vancouver's residents speaking English as a second language only, the city's airport, Canada's second largest and serving the country's third most populous metropolitan area, boasts an impressive network of services to China, with most routes seeing growth this summer. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Airline Analysis | 23rd May 2013 Mahan Air looks to China for future growth Mahan Air, has grown-up in the shadow of Iran Air and is not afraid of going toe-to-toe against the MEB3, yet still after 20 years of flying and having carried over 30 million passengers, Iran's first privately owned carrier continues to post some enviable growth statistics. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Airport Analysis | 23rd May 2013 Novosibirsk Airport: International traffic doubles in just two years; Chinese and European routes wanted With annual growth of 20% and international passengers doubling in numbers in just two years, Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport's remote location seems to be benefiting its ongoing traffic development — anna.aero examines the airport's success. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » Network Planning Community News | 23rd May 2013 Jet2.com inaugurates Lanzarote base, Qatar Airways' 787 returns to Heathrow; Ryanair hits downtown Manchester with low fares In this week's Network Planning Community News, anna.aero reports from the Canary Islands where Jet2.com opened its latest base. We also have news from Manchester and London. Read the rest of this story » Comment on this story » European Airport Traffic Trends Last updated: 23/05/2013 We now have April data for over 200 European airports. Since last week we have added data for all airports in Sweden and Turkey, and many in Croatia, France and the UK. Plus the latest figures from Amsterdam, Cork, Dublin, Kaunas, Riga, Vienna and Vilnius. 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     Bristol Airport   Niagara Falls International Airport   Buffalo Niagara 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 (NEW) Baltimore/Washington International Airport 3601 Bournemouth Airport Nizhny Novgorod International Airport Samara Kurumoch International Airport Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen   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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