Mabrian: Increased costs, inflation and high demand affect the final price paid by the customer

Mabrian has analyzed in a new study the global evolution of average flight prices in the last two years. The results take into account the average monthly prices of flights from July 1, 2021, where there were still post-pandemic restrictions, until June 1, 2023. The study looks at flights from up to 157 countries, inbound […]

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Is the end of ‘surprise’ airline and hotel fees good or bad for the travel industry?

“Focus instead on where you can add value to the customer’s trip” is consensus view from experts for airlines and hotels following new potential rule set to challenge ‘surprise’ and ‘resort’ fees. Recently two US senators introduced the Junk Fee Prevention Act, specifically targeting airline and hotel resort fees. This will require airlines and hotels […]

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Mabrian: Low-cost incoming flights make up 36% of scheduled seats worldwide

Mabrian analyzes the global presence and distribution of low-cost airlines throughout 2023. To do this, she has analyzed the air schedule of 698 companies around the world, classifying them into two categories: regular and low-cost. As part of this, Mabrian has classified as low-cost those companies that offer reduced prices by not including certain services […]

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Second phase of runway construction works at Corfu Airport “Ioannis Kapodistrias”

As part of the project for further multi-level upgrading of the regional airports and having already completed the first phase of restructuring and reconstruction of the runway at Corfu Airport “Ioannis Kapodistrias,” Fraport Greece, the operator of the 14 regional airports in Greece, will proceed to the second phase of the construction works, in this […]

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ACI Europe: Passenger traffic on a steady rebound in the first half of 2023

Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +28.3% in H1 2023 compared to the same period last year -with international traffic (+32.2%) growing at twice the rate of domestic traffic (+16.6%). The pace of growth eased in Q2 (+16.3%) compared to Q1 (+49%), reflecting the fact that COVID-19 restrictions on intra-European travel had […]

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Mabrian: Europe could save 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year by switching domestic flights for rail

Potential replacement of over 550 domestic air routes of 500km or less with more efficient high-speed trains.  CO2 savings and reduced pollution over short distances carrying 44 million passengers this year. Spain, Germany, and France are the countries with the greatest opportunity for CO2 emissions savings in Europe. 1 million tonnes of C02 is a […]

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AIA: The airport’s passenger traffic amounted to 2.92 million, i.e. 19.8% above June 2022

During June 2023, the airport’s passenger traffic amounted to 2.92 million, i.e. 19.8% above June 2022, but also 11.7% higher than the pre-COVID June 2019. Domestic and international passengers surpassed the 2022 levels by 16.9% and 21.2% and the 2019 levels by 16.3% and 9.7%, respectively. Overall, during the first six months of 2023, the […]

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The European air connectivity report reveals incomplete and imbalanced recovery, pointing to systemic changes in aviation market

On the eve of its 33rd Annual Congress and General Assembly, ACI EUROPE is today publishing the latest edition of the Airport Industry Connectivity Report, the definitive barometer of air connectivity. The report is based on the connectivity indexes developed by SEO Amsterdam Economics – the most comprehensive and complete tool for measuring and ranking […]

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ACI Europe: Passenger traffic comes closest yet to full recovery

-Demand remains bullish – despite airlines setting fares more than 6 times higher than consumer inflation rate The air traffic report for April 2023 released today by European airport trade body ACI EUROPE shows passenger traffic made further gains towards a full recovery, but with wide performance divergence across the continent. Passenger traffic in the […]

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