Nordic Aviation - 2019

marcogr12 · Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:45 pm

Well they could lease some 738NGs for intraeuropean travel..There are plenty around so far..

QuawerAir · Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:17 am

Finnair expands in Norway: In cooperation with Widerøe, Finnair opens a new route to Trondheim in June 2019. The route will be operated 5x weekly all year-round. Additionally, a number of weekly flights to Tromsø will be increased from 1 to 3 weekly.

news.cision.com

Blerg · Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:27 am

I noticed that yesterday's HEL-VIE was operated by Wideroe's E2. Are they leasing it on a regular basis?

QuawerAir · Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:55 am

Blerg wrote:
I noticed that yesterday's HEL-VIE was operated by Wideroe's E2. Are they leasing it on a regular basis?

Yeah, they wet-leased the aircraft on 15 December 2018 for routes to TXL and VIE. The leasing contract will end on 30 March 2019.

See: Lentoposti.fi

Someone83 · Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:03 am

Blerg wrote:
I noticed that yesterday's HEL-VIE was operated by Wideroe's E2. Are they leasing it on a regular basis?

Yes, in addition to BGO-HEL, Finnair uses them a lot on HEL-VIE and HEL-TXL

Blerg · Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:24 am

So what happens after March? Is AY getting a new aircraft or..

QuawerAir · Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:53 am

Blerg wrote:
So what happens after March? Is AY getting a new aircraft or..

With the contract, they filled the gap caused by the "temporary shortage of aircraft", which probably means that AY did some maintenance work. They are receiving a new Airbus A350 in April but no narrow-bodies this year.

QuawerAir · Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:27 am

Air India to decrease CPH service from 4 to 3 weekly on 3 May 2019. I wonder whether this is only a seasonal change and the service would be 4x weekly again during the winter season.

Routesonline

Someone83 · Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:03 am

QuawerAir wrote:
Air India to decrease CPH service from 4 to 3 weekly on 3 May 2019. I wonder whether this is only a seasonal change and the service would be 4x weekly again during the winter season.

Routesonline

While loads are OK, Air India is apparently struggling with the yield on their Scandinavian flights

Someone83 · Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:40 am

Laudamotion is starting 2x weekly VIE-TRF from October 28th

in Norwegian:
https://www.torp.no/aktuelt/nye-rute-ar ... 9-281.html

Someone83 · Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:47 pm

Someone83 wrote:
Laudamotion is starting 2x weekly VIE-TRF from October 28th

in Norwegian:
https://www.torp.no/aktuelt/nye-rute-ar ... 9-281.html

They will also start VIE-GOT. Not sure about the frequency

Blerg · Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:30 am

Soon enough they will create competition for OS on almost all Vienna-Nordic routes.

QuawerAir · Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:48 pm

For the 4th year in a row, Finnair has been selected as the Best European Airline (serving China) at the TTG China Travel Awards. Congratulations!

QuawerAir · Wed Mar 27, 2019 7:17 pm

Great news! Ryanair nearly doubles their capacity to Lappeenranta. Budapest returns as a year-round service while SXF and BGY will be expanded from seasonal to year-round services. BUD route will be operated twice a week from Oct 2019. However, they will withdraw from Tampere leaving LPP as the only airport they serve in Finland.

Lentoposti.fi

a350lover · Wed Mar 27, 2019 10:00 pm

Do you see Norwegian returning to any coastal port in Thailand like Krabi next W19-20? Krabi hasn't been confirmed to return although I guess it has seen good loads during its first season flown by Norwegian.

Someone83 · Thu Mar 28, 2019 5:58 am

As more A320neo comes is, SAS is scheduled to retire 4 737-700 this year, in addition to the remaining 5 737-600

okobjorn · Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:19 am

WOW Air is now bankrupt. See separate thread for more details: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1407771&start=600

Blerg · Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:10 pm

How big was WOW in the Nordic region? I guess their bankruptcy comes as good news for Norwegian and others.

Someone83 · Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:49 pm

Blerg wrote:
How big was WOW in the Nordic region? I guess their bankruptcy comes as good news for Norwegian and others.

Outside of KEF, they only flew to CPH and ARN, so their presence wasn't that significant

QuawerAir · Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:19 pm

okobjorn wrote:
WOW Air is now bankrupt. See separate thread for more details: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1407771&start=600

Well, that's bad news for our Icelandic friends, yet expected. How big was WOW air's share of total traffic at KEF?

minilinde · Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:59 pm

QuawerAir wrote:
okobjorn wrote:
WOW Air is now bankrupt. See separate thread for more details: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1407771&start=600

Well, that's bad news for our Icelandic friends, yet expected. How big was WOW air's share of total traffic at KEF?

From the WOW Financial thread, WOW had about 3,5 million PAX in 2018, and the total for KEF was about 10 million, so about 30-35% of KEF traffic

ilari · Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:17 pm

QuawerAir wrote:
Great news! Ryanair nearly doubles their capacity to Lappeenranta. Budapest returns as a year-round service while SXF and BGY will be expanded from seasonal to year-round services. BUD route will be operated twice a week from Oct 2019. However, they will withdraw from Tampere leaving LPP as the only airport they serve in Finland.

Lentoposti.fi

It's a shame that TMP will slowly die. Finavia keeps telling they're negotiating with multiple airlines to start Tampere and so many are interested but nothing happens...

sailas · Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:02 am

Just a thought, are any of those WOW airbuses going on sale? Could be some frames for AY there in terms of the a320-321neo.

SASViking · Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:07 am

A war on domestic routes in Denmark could soon be reality. According to Danish media check-in.dk, SAS are currently planning to open CPH-RNN (Rønne/Bornholm) with 3 daily flights. If that happens DAT, who currently have monopoly on the route, will open CPH-AAR to compete with SAS' monopoly (with the exception of Nordic Seaplanes) on that route. Currently CPH-AAL is the only route with competition, with both SAS and Norwegian Air International operating. It will be the first time since the Cimber Air/Sterling days, that there'll be so much competition on domestic routes in Denmark.
The relationship between SAS and DAT is bad enough already, after SAS announced scheduled flights to RNN during "Folkemødet" (a political festival taking place on the island of Bornholm each year), once again a thing DAT had monopoly on and SAS even took over the sponsorship of the event from DAT.

Link in Danish: https://www.check-in.dk/sas-overvejer-r ... -bornholm/

Someone83 · Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:57 am

sailas wrote:
Just a thought, are any of those WOW airbuses going on sale? Could be some frames for AY there in terms of the a320-321neo.

They are all leasing, so I guess up for grabs. But most of them are A321ceo

QuawerAir · Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:07 am

A couple of days ago, SWISS Airbus A220-100 visited HEL to introduce the aircraft to Finnair. In September 2016, the larger A220-300 visited HEL for the same purpose. As Lentoposti says, A220 could replace the current fleet operated by Norra.

Blerg · Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:53 am

SASViking wrote:
A war on domestic routes in Denmark could soon be reality. According to Danish media check-in.dk, SAS are currently planning to open CPH-RNN (Rønne/Bornholm) with 3 daily flights. If that happens DAT, who currently have monopoly on the route, will open CPH-AAR to compete with SAS' monopoly (with the exception of Nordic Seaplanes) on that route. Currently CPH-AAL is the only route with competition, with both SAS and Norwegian Air International operating. It will be the first time since the Cimber Air/Sterling days, that there'll be so much competition on domestic routes in Denmark.
The relationship between SAS and DAT is bad enough already, after SAS announced scheduled flights to RNN during "Folkemødet" (a political festival taking place on the island of Bornholm each year), once again a thing DAT had monopoly on and SAS even took over the sponsorship of the event from DAT.

Link in Danish: https://www.check-in.dk/sas-overvejer-r ... -bornholm/

Can DAT survive in such a competitive environment?

SASViking · Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:13 pm

Blerg wrote:
SASViking wrote:
A war on domestic routes in Denmark could soon be reality. According to Danish media check-in.dk, SAS are currently planning to open CPH-RNN (Rønne/Bornholm) with 3 daily flights. If that happens DAT, who currently have monopoly on the route, will open CPH-AAR to compete with SAS' monopoly (with the exception of Nordic Seaplanes) on that route. Currently CPH-AAL is the only route with competition, with both SAS and Norwegian Air International operating. It will be the first time since the Cimber Air/Sterling days, that there'll be so much competition on domestic routes in Denmark.
The relationship between SAS and DAT is bad enough already, after SAS announced scheduled flights to RNN during "Folkemødet" (a political festival taking place on the island of Bornholm each year), once again a thing DAT had monopoly on and SAS even took over the sponsorship of the event from DAT.

Link in Danish: https://www.check-in.dk/sas-overvejer-r ... -bornholm/

Can DAT survive in such a competitive environment?

In the short term, yes, without a doubt. In the long term however, I'm a bit more sceptical. DAT have a loyal costumer base, because of the things they do for the local community. However if SAS' timings and prices are right, they might win some of the business travellers over, also because of the EuroBonus programme. That could be costly for DAT. During the summer and some of the other holidays, there's room enough for 2, but not in the winter.

SASViking · Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:00 am

SAS have fitted a new special panda-sticker on one of their A340s (LN-RKG) to celebrate that they have been announced as the airline of choice for transporting two giant pandas to Copenhagen Zoo. The pandas are a gift from the Chinese President to the Danish Queen Margrethe II.
The special panda flight will be SK996 PEK-CPH on April 4th and the pandas be transported inside the cabin.

Pictures from Copenhagen Airports Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/10833548255700 ... 930069807/

Bostrom · Sat Mar 30, 2019 6:28 pm

The future of ARN is causing disagreement in the Swedish government. The minister for infrastructure and the social democrats want to expand Arlanda and double the current traffic, while their coalition partner the greens and the minister for environment are against it. Further reading: https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/spric ... a-arlanda/ (In Swedish)

sailas · Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:48 am

QuawerAir wrote:
A couple of days ago, SWISS Airbus A220-100 visited HEL to introduce the aircraft to Finnair. In September 2016, the larger A220-300 visited HEL for the same purpose. As Lentoposti says, A220 could replace the current fleet operated by Norra.

Actually i thought that this would be the only viable option to replace the Embs. :lol:

One question only remains, what about the turbo props?

Kikko19 · Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:57 am

Easyjet cancelled all flts MXP TLL from July till September. Too low LF is the reason /excuse.

teme82 · Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:23 am

sailas wrote:
QuawerAir wrote:
A couple of days ago, SWISS Airbus A220-100 visited HEL to introduce the aircraft to Finnair. In September 2016, the larger A220-300 visited HEL for the same purpose. As Lentoposti says, A220 could replace the current fleet operated by Norra.

Actually i thought that this would be the only viable option to replace the Embs. One question only remains, what about the turbo props?

I would think they continue with the ATR's

QuawerAir · Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:45 am

Satakunnan Kansa newspaper revealed ambitious plans of Pori Airport. A Chinese company Conglomerate Ltd will invest up to 40 million euros in Pori Airport while the company's own airline, China Wings, will open three daily services to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou – all with Airbus A380s! The city of Pori and the Chinese company are going to sign a MoU today at 2.00 pm. The main purpose is to transport students to Pori from China.

The CEO of Conglomerate says the runway of the airport will be extended by 800 meters enabling the usage of A380s at the airport. Also, the terminal will become eight times as big as it's currently, to which up to 10 jetbridges will be installed. Flights are scheduled to begin on April 1, 2020. Furthermore, flights to North America will commence in 2021 at the latest and thus the airport will become a hub between the Far East and North America.

According to plans, the airport will be connected to Pori Metro (construction works are scheduled to begin in 2025).

davidjohnson6 · Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:36 am

I call April Fool...

ilari · Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:40 am

QuawerAir wrote:
Satakunnan Kansa newspaper revealed ambitious plans of Pori Airport. A Chinese company Conglomerate Ltd will invest up to 40 million euros in Pori Airport while the company's own airline, China Wings, will open three daily services to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou – all with Airbus A380s! The city of Pori and the Chinese company are going to sign a MoU today at 2.00 pm. The main purpose is to transport students to Pori from China.

The CEO of Conglomerate says the runway of the airport will be extended by 800 meters enabling the usage of A380s at the airport. Also, the terminal will become eight times as big as it's currently, to which up to 10 jetbridges will be installed. Flights are scheduled to begin on April 1, 2020. Furthermore, flights to North America will commence in 2021 at the latest and thus the airport will become a hub between the Far East and North America.

According to plans, the airport will be connected to Pori Metro (construction works are scheduled to begin in 2025).

And HEL will build a new Snow Castle Terminal.

QuawerAir · Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:13 am

davidjohnson6 wrote:
I call April Fool...

Yes, it is.

ilari wrote:
QuawerAir wrote:
Satakunnan Kansa newspaper revealed ambitious plans of Pori Airport. A Chinese company Conglomerate Ltd will invest up to 40 million euros in Pori Airport while the company's own airline, China Wings, will open three daily services to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou – all with Airbus A380s! The city of Pori and the Chinese company are going to sign a MoU today at 2.00 pm. The main purpose is to transport students to Pori from China.

The CEO of Conglomerate says the runway of the airport will be extended by 800 meters enabling the usage of A380s at the airport. Also, the terminal will become eight times as big as it's currently, to which up to 10 jetbridges will be installed. Flights are scheduled to begin on April 1, 2020. Furthermore, flights to North America will commence in 2021 at the latest and thus the airport will become a hub between the Far East and North America.

According to plans, the airport will be connected to Pori Metro (construction works are scheduled to begin in 2025).

And HEL will build a new Snow Castle Terminal.

SRQKEF · Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:34 am

https://www.mbl.is/vidskipti/frettir/20 ... eidthotur/

FI will lease 2 additional 767s until September to cover for the MAX groundings, and has its eyes on a 3rd one as well. Not sure from where they're sourcing the aircraft and if what kind of lease deal it is, but good to hear they have the situation under control.

SRQKEF · Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:38 am

SRQKEF wrote:
https://www.mbl.is/vidskipti/frettir/2019/04/01/icelandair_leigir_tvaer_767_breidthotur/

FI will lease 2 additional 767s until September to cover for the MAX groundings, and has its eyes on a 3rd one as well. Not sure from where they're sourcing the aircraft and if what kind of lease deal it is, but good to hear they have the situation under control.

According to visir.is, the other main Icelandic media outlet, FI still hopes the MAX comes online as soon as possible due to the increased demand WOW's demise has caused. If the MAX comes online before high summer, FI will take the opportunity and use the additional lift the 767s provide to beef up its flight schedules during that period.

B777LRF · Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:45 am

SRQKEF wrote:
... but good to hear they have the situation under control.

Don't know if I'd label involuntarily replacing brand new, fuel-efficient, 90 ton narrow-bodies with 30-year old, 185 ton, wide-bodies 'under control'. A better phrase might have been 'we only have lemons, let's make some lemonade'.

SRQKEF · Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:26 am

B777LRF wrote:
SRQKEF wrote:
... but good to hear they have the situation under control.

Don't know if I'd label involuntarily replacing brand new, fuel-efficient, 90 ton narrow-bodies with 30-year old, 185 ton, wide-bodies 'under control'. A better phrase might have been 'we only have lemons, let's make some lemonade'.

Better to at least have a solution if the grounding goes longer than expected, they've probably looked for 757s as well but those are very hard to get due to the demand from the freight companies. But I see your point.

Someone83 · Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:12 am

SAS will be flying 2x weekly ARN-BEY from June 30th to September 6th

CPH-R · Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:07 pm

The SAS Pilot Group, which represents the scandinavian pilots, has warned of a possible strike action from April 26th, as negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement has failed. Next step is mediation.

Northpole · Thu Apr 04, 2019 6:38 am

Bostrom wrote:
The future of ARN is causing disagreement in the Swedish government. The minister for infrastructure and the social democrats want to expand Arlanda and double the current traffic, while their coalition partner the greens and the minister for environment are against it. Further reading: https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/spric ... a-arlanda/ (In Swedish)

Clowns !

JetBuddy · Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:47 pm

Rickard Gustafson (SAS) says in an interview with Bloomberg that SAS is looking to lease more A321LR in addition to the 3 aircraft announced in January - if the flights are successful. SAS is planning on using the A321LR from secondary cities to larger markets, or the other way around.

Article in Norwegian:

https://e24.no/boers-og-finans/sas/sas- ... y/24595627

Kikko19 · Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:57 pm

If TP orders 12 LR why shouldn't SK do the same? Having more than one hub is even more justified.

Someone83 · Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:13 pm

Traffic number Norwegian March 2019

Passengers: 2.961.840 +5%
ASK: +11%
RPK: +9%
Load factor: 85,4% -1,3pp
Yield: 0,33 -4%
RASK: 0,30 -6%

JCCLAG · Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:42 am

Kikko19 wrote:
If TP orders 12 LR why shouldn't SK do the same? Having more than one hub is even more justified.

Why do you think that is justified and what other network airlines have succeeded with 2-3 hubs on a home market with 20 millions?

SRQKEF · Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:45 am

BT have announced they're adding a 3rd weekly KEF-RIX flight and extending their seasonal service until late October. This comes on the back of W6 adding frequency on multiple routes in the last week and HV adding year-round AMS service. Seems like European airlines are showing interest in filling the void WOW left behind.

ilari · Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:57 pm

Does anyone know what kind of loads has AY had this season from TMP and TKU to KTT?

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