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Germanwings increased passengers by 70% Airlines

Germanwings A319 together with Air Belin and Lufthansa in December 2012 / Aero Icarus

Aena published the official airport statistics for August. The overall figures are totally different from what they were in September 2013. Between January and August 2014 the airlines have increased traffic by 4.52% with regard to the same period last year. Among the most significant increases, Germanwings gained passengers by 69.35%. You may remember our analysis for the period Jan-Aug 2013 vs Jan-Aug 2012, when IAG had lost 1.6 million passengers and Ryanair 2.3 million. Within that period of 2013, the Spanish airports had lost passengers by 5.09%. Hence, the above mention increase is doubly significant. Going through the figures in detail, we find some…

Flight Consulting 2.0 FC Tools

Sunrise at Barcelona airport / Flickr - Juanedc

We are delighted to share our brand new web site with you. On 10 April, 2013 we informed you that a dynamic web site was born. The target was to keep you easily up-to-date on the Spanish Aviation Industry, aiming to introduce our company – Flight Consulting – to everyone who does not know about us yet. Precisely, focused on making it easier, we have incorporated a new web design where the blog posts are spread in categories and tags in order to improve the user experience. The information you like is much easier to follow now. Hence, we have…

Canary Islands expect strong grows for winter 2014 Airports,FC Tools

Aircraft connected to airbridge at Adolfo Suárez Madrid Barajas airport / daniele paccaloni

According to the data we have just uploaded to our Customized Airport Statistics Canary Islands expect strong grows for winter 2014. If we compare the actual offered seats in winter 2013 with the current offered seats in winter 2014 based on the coordinated slots, we find heavy increases of 15-20% in most of the Canary Islands airports.Canary Islands airports are the most congested Spanish airports for next winter 2014 season. Please find below some highlights. For further information you can go into our application (only for registered clients) and make your own inquires (who operates which route, etcetera).All the figures below refer…

EasyJet finalising a plan to open routes in Spain in 2015 Airlines,Airports

Easyjet takeoff in Madrid airport / Javier Pedreira

The Spanish airports are increasing passengers in AprilAena published data for the April operations and confirmed the good trend so far in 2014. Only in April, the Spanish airports gained passengers by 9.3% with regard to April 2013. Comparing figures between January and April, the Spanish airports increased passengers by 4.1% so far this year.It is worth noting that Madrid increased passengers by 7.5% in April, experiencing an aggregate growth of 2.5%; Barcelona keeps the good numbers increasing by 10.8% in April (7.5% between January and April); Málaga met the expectations we had anticipated and grew by 14.4% in April (accumulating 9.5%); Alicante is…

Flight Consulting interview by ATC supervisor FC Tools

Flight Conssulting Interview in ATC Magazine

We are proud to share the Flight Consulting interview by Mr. Cayetano de Martí – ATC supervisor from the Canary Island ACC – for USCA Magazine. Please find below our free translation:   The aviation Industry is not just aircrafts and airlines. There are hundreds of activities around. Without them there would not be air transport. This is the case of Flight Consulting, a small Spanish company operating since more than twenty years ago which provides advice about all the problems behind each operation.   We think it is dramatic that a flight has to be cancelled because there is no way…

The Canary Islands increase offer to the UK and Germany respectively by over 34% Airports,FC Tools

Photo: Condor aircraft landing at Lanzarote airport

One more season starts and, as usual, we have updated our data base with fresh details, both for the just finished season – winter 2013 – and for the new season which now starts – summer 2014 – for you to be able to use our Airport Statistics web tool. We have also spent some time using this tool and, going through the Canary Islands in particular, reached some conclusions which may be of your interest: The Canary Islands increase offer to their main destinations. Lanzarote The number of seats offered by the airlines from Lanzarote airport increased by 22% in…

Foreign airlines will continue to grow in Málaga Airlines,Airports,FC Tools

Málaga Airport Terminal - © Leoncio J / Flickr

Official data from Aena says eight out of the first ten operators in Málaga airport are not Spanish airlines. Malagahoy.es made contact with the management of four foreign airlines. They highlight the importance of Málaga for their companies although they showed their concern about the future, considering the doubts on the Aena’s privatisation process and the airport prices that will have to be paid in the medium and long term. This is a key to analyse the returns and decide the investments. Ryanair The leading company in Málaga is Ryanair. Last year they served nearly three million passengers, about double its closest competitor. This means…

Low Cost airlines lost market in November 2013 Airlines,Airports

Ryanair flight-Low Cost airlines lost market

According to hosteltur , if we compare November 2012 and 2013, Low Cost airlines lost market for first time to a total international arrivals of 48.6% versus traditional airlines which hold 51.4% of international arrivals in November. Despite a 7.7% international traffic increase scenario, low cost airlines lost market . November Low Cost airlines factor is a 72.9% while traditional airlines have a load factor of 71.3% which indicates a reduction in the gap among the two groups of airlines which usually is over 3 points.The Touristic Studies Institute highlights for November that Low Cost airlines lost market in Madrid by 18% and the increase in…

Summer 2014 available through our Airport Stats Airlines,Airports,FC Tools,Startups

Aiirport Statistics by Flight Consulting-Summer 2014-Summer 2013-Winter 2013-Winter 2014

The Summer 2014 has already started slot wise. If you want to check the new operators, who increased or decreased traffic, who opened new routes or closed some others, please visit our Customized Airport Statistics where we have just uploaded data on the Summer 2014 flights scheduled in all the Spanish airports. Should you are interested in using this tool you can create your account through this form. The Flight Consulting airport statistics are a really powerful and sophisticated tool which is capable of producing reports, as accurate as you wish, to analyse the Spanish airport data. Airlines operating, destinations where they operate, traffic volume of an airline to a…

Final data on Summer 2013 for the Airport Stats FC Tools

Aiirport Statistics by Flight Consulting-Summer 2014-Summer 2013-Winter 2013-Winter 2014

Summer 2013: Once the summer 2013 season is over we have collected the up-to-date information of every airport for that period and it is all available at our customized airport statistic online tool.For those who have an upgraded account you can get the information you wish at any time. If you find any difficulty please do not hesitate and let us know.Also, be informed that we have fixed a bug there was when a query showed one day of the week only. In these cases, an insignificant amount of flights for other days was added to the report too.New users can…