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Cebu’s rapid growth calls for new terminal; Qatar Airways pulls out after over eight years

The second-largest airport in the Philippines has seen rapid growth in the last decade, but which airlines are leading the development? How is the airport coping with the capacity constraints? From which international market are five foreign airlines serving the airport? And which Gulf carrier is about to drop its route to Cebu after serving the airport since 2003? Mactan-Cebu International Airport is at 6.2 million passengers in 2011 the second-largest airport in the Philippines, although it only has a quarter of Manila’s passenger turnover. The airport, which serves Cebu in central Philippines, has seen passenger numbers quadruple over the [...]

London Luton: easyJet cuts back, Wizz Air expands; Ryanair undecided

London Luton has greatly benefited from the low-cost boom across Europe, but is easyJet soon to be replaced as the airport’s biggest airline? Which full-service carrier will shortly be moving to London Luton? And how does the airport’s network change with the seasons? At just above 9.5 million passengers in 2011, London Luton Airport is the fourth busiest “London” airport and, although traffic stands at half that of its closest rival, Stansted (which is still declining), last year it managed to grow by 8.9%. Historically a low-cost stronghold among London’s airports, the airport has long been trying to shake this [...]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport nears one million annual passengers; Spirit Airlines soon to add to Allegiant’s 31 route network

One of North America’s fastest growing airports has an unusual seasonality profile thanks to its base carrier. When did Allegiant start all of its routes? On which day of the week should aircraft spotters not bother turning up and what new services will Spirit Airlines soon be offering? Located around 30 kilometres south-east of Phoenix, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona has seen traffic boom since Allegiant decided to make the airport a focus city and began jet operations from the airport in October 2007. Since then, the airline has launched over 30 routes and seen passenger numbers grow from 357,000 [...]

Chengdu rises to #5 in Mainland China as Etihad arrives

Chengdu in China’s Sichuan Province may be famous as the home of the Great Panda, but which market dominates the airport’s traffic? Which major domestic routes stick out? And which long-haul routes serve the airport? As Chinese communities across world currently celebrate the Lunar New Year, air travel booms in an already expansive region. Meanwhile, Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport has climbed to fifth place in the rankings of Mainland China’s largest airports by passenger throughput for the last year, falling behind only Beijing, Guangzhou and the two Shanghai airports; but now also ranking ahead of Shenzhen. The airport, which serves [...]

Santander, Spain’s fastest-growing airport, breaks the million mark; traffic up 21% thanks to Ryanair’s 38% growth

The name may be synonymous with banking these days but how has Santander’s airport traffic varied in the last decade? Which new routes have been started since 2010 and which were the leading routes in terms of passenger numbers in 2011? According to the latest traffic data published by AENA, Santander airport in northern Spain can justifiably claim to be Spain’s fastest-growing airport in 2011, with passenger numbers up 21.4% (the average across all Spanish airports was 6.0%) to 1.12 million, the first time the airport has handled over one million passengers in a year. The driver of this growth [...]