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EASY DOES IT IN LISBON
LCC easyJet has revealed plans to base up to seven A319 aircraft in Lisbon from winter 2011, allowing the carrier to develop a number of new routes. The Portuguese capital will be the airline’s 20th base and its fi rst in the country. After TAP, the LCC is already the second biggest operator in the Lisbon market, which is largely dominated by fl ag carriers. TAP dominates the Lisbon market by operating 66% of scheduled weekly fl ights, while easyJet trails with 8%, according to Flightbase. With fl ag carriers dominating the market at Lisbon, there is limited low-cost presence at the airport. Vueling does, however, operate twice-daily from Barcelona, Germanwings fl ies six times a week from Cologne and Blue Air operates twice a week from Bucharest Baneasa.
NEW POINTS FOR AIR FRANCE–KLM
Air France-KLM has grown capacity across its network by 3.3% compared with last winter, with long-haul fl ights increasing by 4.1% and medium-haul routes being held steady with 0.5% growth. Two new African destinations – one for each carrier – have also been added to the respective networks and capacity to Asia and Latin America has grown. Air France has added a new route to Bata in Equatorial Guinea, which will be served twice weekly via Malabo, the country’s capital. KLM has grown its Africa network to include Kigali, Rwanda. Tokyo is proving to be a key market this winter, with Air France offering daily
fl ights to both Haneda and Narita. Bangkok has also been increased to daily, while there will now be fi ve weekly fl ights to Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi. KLM has also strengthened its position in Japan by upping frequency to 10 weekly services. It has up-gauged Delhi by deploying a B777-300 on the route, while Seoul has got one additional weekly frequency, with six fl ights a week. Another growth region for the group is Latin America. Air France is now operating two daily fl ights to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, while KLM has upped service to São Paulo to seven a week, and a B777-300 will be deployed on the route in March 2011. The Dutch airline is also increasing its presence in Panama by serving Panama City six times a week.
From March 27, KLM will operate a four times weekly service to Miami – a route that has been suspended since September 2004.
fi ve fl ights a week bringing it to a total of 12, with the new additions being operated by an A380.
Lufthansa has resumed service to Bogotá in Colombia from Frankfurt after it was discontinued in 2002 and will serve the city fi ve times a week. Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo will also be served three times a week with a stopover in Libreville, Gabon.
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Shanghai based China Eastern plans to begin services from Shanghai Pudong to Rome, its fi fth destination in Europe in summer 2011. The route
will be
operated three times a week with A340-300 equipment.
SkyTeam has fi nally landed its fi rst Latin American member, Aerolineas Argentinas, which is set to join the global grouping during 2012.
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