Following a 20-year suspension, Qantas resumed its regular services to Paris Charles de Gaulle on Saturday, July 13th.
The Australian airline will operate four weekly flights on the Sydney – Perth – Paris route with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, which are configured for 236 passengers in three seating classes (Business, Premium Economy and Economy).
Paris becomes Qantas’ third destination in Europe, after London LHR and Rome.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- QF 33 Sydney SYD 13:55 · 17:00 PER Perth
- QF 33 Perth PER 19:35 · 06:55+1 CDG Paris
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- QF 34 Paris CDG 10:00 · 08:30+1 PER Perth
- QF 34 Perth PER 10:00 · 16:05 SYD Sydney
The last Qantas operations to the French capital had been in October 2004.
At that time, it offered flights between Perth and CDG by Boeing 747-400s with a stopover in Singapore.
Iberia, the global launch customer for the Airbus A321XLRs, has confirmed the first destinations from Madrid’s Barajas airport for these jets, which will enter service in November.
The airline’s A321XLRs will be configured for 182 passengers (14 Business and 168 Economy).
Boston · November 14th
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- IB 347 Madrid MAD 12:35 · 15:00 BOS Boston
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- IB 348 Boston BOS 16:35 · 05:40+1 MAD Madrid
Washington DC · January 15th, 2025
Daily except Saturday
- IB 361 Madrid MAD 13:00 · 16:20 IAD Washington
- IB 362 Washington IAD 17:50 · 07:35+1 MAD Madrid
Lufthansa City Airlines began services last June 26th, with the first operation between Munich and Birmingham. The aircraft, registered D-AIJI, departed at 09:32 local time for BHX, where it arrived at 10:02 local time following a 90-minute flight.
Birmingham, Bremen, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Hannover are its current destinations from Munich, and Berlin, Hamburg and Bordeaux will be added as of July 23rd, with the introduction of the second Airbus A319.
In the long term, Lufthansa City plans to add Airbus A220-300s, of which it has already placed an order for a total of 40, to be delivered from 2026.
At 14:10 local time on July 1st, the first scheduled Qatar Airways operation from Doha landed in Hamburg. The company, in accordance with our database, will offer a daily flight on this route using Boeing 787-8s.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- QR 89 Doha DOH 08:35 · 14:10 HAM Hamburg
- QR 90 Hamburg HAM 15:40 · 22:40 DOH Doha
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- QR 91 Doha DOH 02:15 · 07:50 HAM Hamburg
- QR 92 Hamburg HAM 09:20 · 16:20 DOH Doha
Qatar’s fifth destination in Germany after Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich, all from/to Doha.
We review other highlights of the European market during June and July
- airBaltic adds three routes from Riga.
- Air Greenland will fly between Aasiaat and Nuuk.
- Air India will start services to London with Airbus A350s.
- BA CityFlyer and BA EuroFlyer updates for winter.
- beOnd inaugurated flights on the Male – Dubai – Milan route.
- Brussels, Copenhagen and Warsaw, new connections from Innsbruck by Austrian.
- Cyprus Airways began operations to Barcelona.
- easyJet will be the third airline with flights in City of Derry.
- EgyptAir commenced services between Cairo and Prague.
- Etihad Airways expands operations to Lisbon.
- Jerez (Spain) will enter Jet2’s regular schedule.
- Norwegian adds two new destinations from Evenes.
- Ryanair confirms its new base in Reggio Calabria.
- TAP continues to expand services to Brazil.
- Transavia to open a new base in Bordeaux, and Volotea increases flights in response.
- United Airlines will have operations between Newark and Faro.
- Vueling to fly to Turkey.
- Wizz Air announces several new routes starting in September.
airBaltic
Hurghada, Innsbruck and Sharm el-Sheikh, new airBaltic routes for winter 2024/25 from Riga.
The flights, according to its website, will be operated on Airbus A220-300 planes until early March 2025.
- Sharm el-Sheikh (SSH): 2 weekly · October 25th
- Hurghada (HRG): 2 weekly · October 26th
- Innsbruck (INN): 1 weekly · December 22nd
Currently, airBaltic has more than 70 connections to/from Riga, between Europe and the Middle East.
Air France
Starting September 17th, the company plans to increase flights between Paris and Tokyo Haneda, which currently operates two daily frequencies.
Air France will offer 17 services per week, in line with its website.
Daily
Daily
New flight
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
With respect to other Japanese airports, the airline has 4 and 3 weekly flights to Osaka and Tokyo Narita, in both cases from Paris CDG.
Air Greenland
The airline is scheduled to commence services between Nuuk and Aasiaat beginning November 28th, to be operated with Dash 8 aircraft configured for 37 passengers.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- GL 271 Aasiaat JEG 09:35 · 10:55 GOH Nuuk
- GL 272 Nuuk GOH 11:50 · 13:10 JEG Aasiaat
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- GL 275 Aasiaat JEG 12:00/12:15 · 13:20/13:35 GOH Nuuk
- GL 274 Nuuk GOH 14:20/14:30 · 15:40/15:50 JEG Aasiaat
Current routes from/to Aasiaat
- Ilulissat (JAV): 6 weekly · Dash 8
- Kangerlussuaq (SFJ): 5 weekly · Dash 8 (will be replaced by Nuuk – Aasiaat)
Air India
Airbus A350s to London LHR.
Air India will launch flights from Delhi with these jets effective September 1st. As shown on its website, the carrier will have the following schedule using the A350s:
Daily
- AI 161 Delhi DEL 02:45 · 07:30 LHR London
- AI 162 London LHR 09:45 · 22:50 DEL Delhi
Daily
- AI 111 Delhi DEL 06:45 · 11:30 LHR London
- AI 112 London LHR 13:15 · 02:05+1 DEL Delhi
London will be the first destination for Air India’s Airbus A350s in Europe.
Air Montenegro
On June 18th, the airline began services between Podgorica and Ostrava. Air Montenegro will operate by Embraer 190s with 116 seats, which will be available until the end of summer season.
Tuesday
- 4O 390 Podgorica TGD 15:45 · 17:05 OSR Ostrava
- 4O 391 Ostrava OSR 17:55 · 19:15 TGD Podgorica
Tivat – Baku and Podgorica – Munich were, in June, other new Air Montenegro routes.
Austrian
The Austrian company schedules the addition of three new destinations from Innsbruck as of December. Operations will be conducted with Airbus A320 and Embraer 195 airplanes.
Warsaw · December 7th
Saturday
- OS 622 Warsaw WAW 12:10 · 13:35 INN Innsbruck
- OS 629 Innsbruck INN 14:40 · 16:00 WAW Warsaw
Brussels · December 21st
Saturday
- OS 361 Brussels BRU 13:20 · 14:55 INN Innsbruck
- OS 362 Innsbruck INN 15:55 · 17:30 BRU Brussels
Copenhagen · December 21st
Saturday
- OS 322 Copenhagen CPH 12:10 · 13:50 INN Innsbruck
- OS 323 Innsbruck INN 15:15 · 16:50 CPH Copenhagen
BA CityFlyer
Chambéry – London Gatwick, the airline’s new seasonal route.
Services will commence next December 14th and will be once a week.
Saturday
- BA 3274 Chambéry CMF 11:25 · 12:05 LGW London
- BA 3275 London LGW 12:50 · 15:30 CMF Chambéry
BA EuroFlyer
For winter season, BA EuroFlyer will increase flights on part of its international connections. This schedule will start from December 2024:
London Gatwick
- Alicante (ALC): from 7 to 8
- Faro (FAO): from 11 to 12
- Funchal (FNC): from 6 to 9
- Gran Canaria (LPA): from 6 to 7
- Grenoble (GNB): from 1 to 2
- Innsbruck (INN): from 8 to 9
- Lanzarote (ACE): from 7 to 8
- Verona (VRN): from 7 to 8
beOnd
Last July 3rd, beOnd’s first service arrived in Milan from Male (Maldives) via Dubai World Central Airport.
beOnd will operate with its Airbus A319 “all business” jet, configured for 44 passengers.
Wednesday and Saturday
The Airbus A319-111 8Q-FBA is its only operational aircraft.
Bulgaria Air
Varna – Prague, Bulgaria Air’s new route.
The first flight between the two cities took place last June 23rd on the Embraer 190 with registration LZ-SOF.
Two weekly frequencies will be offered by the airline with these planes, under the following schedule:
Wednesday
- FB 201 Varna VAR 14:05 · 15:10 PRG Prague
- FB 202 Prague PRG 16:00 · 19:15 VAR Varna
Sunday
- FB 202 Prague PRG 11:25 · 14:35 VAR Varna
- FB 201 Varna VAR 15:20 · 16:25 PRG Prague
Bulgaria Air operates flights to Prague from Burgas, Sofia and Varna.
Cyprus Airways
The company launched operations between Larnaca and Barcelona on July 3rd. Cyprus Airways will perform two flights per week on this route with Airbus A220 and Airbus A320 aircraft, seating 127 and 180 passengers respectively.
Wednesday
- CY 322 Larnaca LCA 16:00 · 19:30 BCN Barcelona
- CY 323 Barcelona BCN 20:30 · 01:20+1 LCA Larnaca
Saturday
- CY 322 Larnaca LCA 07:00 · 10:30 BCN Barcelona
- CY 323 Barcelona BCN 11:30 · 16:20 LCA Larnaca
easyJet
Effective November 4th, the ultra low cost will add two new routes from City of Derry.
easyJet will become the third airline with operations in LDY after Loganair and Ryanair, in addition to Air Charters Europe’s charter flights.
Edinburgh
Monday/Friday
- EZY 307 Edinburgh EDI 09:00/15:25 · 09:50/16:15 LDY City of Derry
- EZY 308 City of Derry LDY 10:20/16:45 · 11:10/17:35 EDI Edinburgh
Liverpool
Monday/Friday
- EZY 513 Liverpool LPL 09:35/13:55 · 10:40/15:00 LDY City of Derry
- EZY 514 City of Derry LDY 11:10/15:30 · 12:15/16:35 LPL Liverpool
EgyptAir
At 15:37 on July 9th EgyptAir’s inaugural flight from Cairo landed in Prague. The company will provide three weekly services on 154-seat Boeing 737-800s.
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- MS 789 Cairo CAI 12:20 · 15:20 PRG Prague
- MS 790 Prague PRG 16:20 · 20:55 CAI Cairo
Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Larnaca, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Vienna and Zurich are its destinations in Europe to/from Cairo.
Etihad
From November 5th, Etihad Airways will expand its operations between Abu Dhabi and Lisbon, with an increase from four to six flights a week (daily except Saturday).
Current schedule
Abu Dhabi AUH – Lisbon LIS
- EY 63 AUH 02:30 · 07:35 LIS (Tuesday)
- EY 63 AUH 02:25 · 07:30 LIS (Wednesday)
- EY 63 AUH 02:20 · 07:25 LIS (Thursday)
- EY 63 AUH 01:50 · 06:55 LIS (Sunday)
Lisbon LIS – Abu Dhabi AUH
- EY 64 LIS 09:05 · 19:35 AUH (Tuesday)
- EY 64 LIS 09:00 · 19:30 AUH (Wednesday)
- EY 64 LIS 08:55 · 19:25 AUH (Thursday)
- EY 64 LIS 08:55 · 19:25 AUH (Sunday)
Etihad is the only carrier with services on this route.
Jet2
Jerez will enter Jet2’s regular schedule for 2025 summer season.
At the time of publication, the company will offer three routes from the UK using Boeing 737-800s and Boeing 757-200s:
- Birmingham (BHX): 1 weekly · May 2nd, 2025
- Manchester (MAN): 1 weekly · May 3rd, 2025
- Leeds (LBA): 1 weekly · May 6th, 2025
Its current destinations in Spain are Alicante, Almería, Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Girona, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Málaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Reus and Tenerife.
Norwegian
The airline will begin two new connections from Evenes (EVE).
According to its website, services to London Gatwick will start next November 2nd, and on December 23rd to Milan Bergamo, in both cases with Boeing 737-800.
London
Saturday
- DY 1330 Evenes EVE 08:40 · 10:55 LGW London
- DY 1331 London LGW 12:10 · 16:25 EVE Evenes
Milan
Monday
- DY 1832 Evenes EVE 11:20 · 15:05 BGY Milan
- DY 1833 Milan BGY 15:50 · 19:35 EVE Evenes
Ryanair
As of October 27th, the low cost carrier will add a new base in Reggio Calabria and introduce eight new destinations:
- Brussels (CRL): 2 weekly
- Dublin (DUB): 2 weekly
- Frankfurt (HHN): 2 weekly
- Katowice (KTW): 2 weekly
- London (STN): 2 weekly
- Milan (MXP): 7 weekly
- Paris (BVA): 2 weekly
- Pisa (PSA): 3 weekly
SAS
More seasonal operations to Seville in 2025.
The flights will commence on March 1st, and will be performed from Stockholm and Copenhagen.
- Stockholm (ARN): 1 weekly · Airbus A320neo (Saturday)
- Copenhagen (CPH): 1 weekly · Airbus A320neo (Saturday)
Copenhagen will join Stockholm, SAS’ traditional seasonal destination to the Spanish city.
TAP
Florianópolis and Manaus, new connections for TAP Air Portugal from Lisbon.
Services will begin between September and November, and will operate with Airbus A330-200 and Airbus A321neo jets.
Florianópolis · September 3rd (A330)
Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday
- TP 109 Lisbon LIS 10:10/10:20/10:50 · 17:15/17:25/17:55 FLN Florianópolis
- TP 110 Florianópolis FLN 19:35/19:40/20:40 · 09:50/09:55/10:55 LIS Lisbon (+1)
Manaus · November 4th (A321)
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- TP 51 Lisbon LIS 10:35 · 15:50 BEL Belém
- TP 51 Belém BEL 16:50 · 18:20 MAO Manaus
- TP 52 Manaus MAO 19:50 · 23:20 BEL Belém
- TP 52 Belém BEL 00:20+1 · 11:10+1 LIS Lisbon
TAP will reach 13 routes in the Portugal – Brazil market.
Trade Air
On July 11th, at 08:11 local time, Trade Air’s inaugural operation from Pristina (Kosovo) arrived at Frankfurt-Hahn airport. The airline will serve twice-weekly flights between the two cities using Airbus A320s.
Thursday and Sunday
- C3 7700 Pristina PRN 06:10 · 08:20 HHN Frankfurt
- C3 7701 Frankfurt HHN 09:30 · 11:30 PRN Pristina
Trade Air is the only company operating this route.
Transavia
Starting in December, the carrier will add a new base in Bordeaux (BOD).
Transavia will have six destinations from the French city, four of which will be in Europe and the other two in Africa.
- Agadir (AGA): 2 weekly
- Istanbul (IST): 2 weekly
- Marrakesh (RAK): 4 weekly
- Marseille (MRS): 4 weekly
- Porto (OPO): 2 weekly
- Seville (SVQ): 2 weekly
United
The airline plans to launch flights to Faro, Portugal, effective May 23rd, 2025.
Operations will be carried out four times per week with 169-seat Boeing 757-200 aircraft.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- UA 281 Newark EWR 21:40 · 09:50+1 FAO Faro
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- UA 282 Faro FAO 11:45 · 15:05 EWR Newark
Lisbon, Ponta Delgada and Porto are United’s current destinations in Portugal.
Volotea
Following Transavia’s announcement of its new base in Bordeaux, the Spanish carrier will commence two new routes as of November.
From Bordeaux, Ajaccio, Algiers, Athens, Bastia, Calvi, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Figari, Florence, Heraklion, Málaga, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Oran, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Santorini, Split and Strasbourg are its current connections.
Vueling
Beginning October 29th, the Spanish airline will start operations between Barcelona and Istanbul (IST). Vueling will have three weekly services on this route by Airbus A320s, in accordance with its website.
Tuesday and Thursday
- VY 7850 Barcelona BCN 12:00 · 17:35 IST Istanbul
- VY 7851 Istanbul IST 18:25 · 20:05 BCN Barcelona
Saturday
- VY 7850 Barcelona BCN 14:30 · 20:05 IST Istanbul
- VY 7851 Istanbul IST 20:55 · 22:35 BCN Barcelona
Barcelona – Istanbul will be Vueling’s first route to Türkiye.
Currently, Turkish Airlines is the only operator between both cities (25 flights a week with Airbus A321, Airbus A330 and Boeing 737-900).
Wizz Air
The carrier schedules the addition of several new routes:
- Milan (MXP) – Larnaca (LCA): 3 weekly · September 9th
- Milan (MXP) – Warsaw (WAW): 4 weekly · September 9th
- Milan (MXP) – Málaga (AGP): 4 weekly · September 10th
- Milan (MXP) – Rzeszów (RZE): 2 weekly · September 10th
- Vienna (VIE) – Chișinău (RMO): 4 weekly · September 30th
- Warsaw (WAW) – Chișinău (RMO): 3 weekly · September 30th
- Milan (MXP) – Gdańsk (GDN): 4 weekly · October 1st
- Budapest (BUD) – Gran Canaria (LPA): 2 weekly · October 22nd
- Chișinău (RMO) – Abu Dhabi (AUH): 3 weekly · October 27th
- Funchal (FNC) – Gdańsk (GDN): 2 weekly · October 27th
- Milan (MXP) – Valencia (VLC): 4 weekly · October 27th
- Rome (FCO) – Bacau (BCM): 4 weekly · October 27th
- Rome (FCO) – Lisbon (LIS): 7 weekly · October 27th
- Rome (FCO) – Poznań (POZ): 3 weekly · October 28th
- Rome (FCO) – Sarajevo (SJJ): 3 weekly · October 29th
During June and July, these were the new aircraft incorporated by different airlines in Europe:
- Aer Lingus
- Air Europa
- Air France (x4)
- British Airways (x4)
- Brussels Airlines
- Condor
- ITA (x5)
- MSC Air Cargo
- Lufthansa
- Ryanair
- SAS (x2)
- SKY express
- TAP
- Transavia
- TUI
- Turkish Airlines (x2)
- Wizz Air (x2)
| Aircraft | Airline | Registration | Ferry flight | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-251N | British Airways | G-TTNW | TLS-LHR | June 14th |
| Airbus A220-300 | Air France | F-HPNJ | YMX-CDG | June 15th |
| Airbus A350-941 | Turkish Airlines | TC-LGU | TLS-IST | June 15th |
| Airbus A321-271NX | Condor | D-ANMZ | XFW-FRA | June 19th |
| Airbus A220-100 | ITA | I-ADVA | YMX-FCO | June 19th |
| Airbus A220-300 | Air France | F-HPNK | YMX-CDG | June 20th |
| Airbus A350-941 | Air France | F-HUVM | TLS-CDG | June 20th |
| Airbus A320-251N | Aer Lingus | EI-NSF | TLS-DUB | June 21st |
| Airbus A320-251N | TAP | CS-TVM | TLS-LIS | June 21st |
| Boeing 787-9 | Air Europa | EC-OFO* | PAE-MAD | June 22nd |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | TUI | G-TUMY | PAE-MAN | June 24th |
| Airbus A320-251N | SAS | SE-RZD | TLS-OSL | June 27th |
| Airbus A320-251N | SKY express | SX-IOB | TLS-ATH | June 27th |
| Airbus A320-251N | British Airways | G-TTNZ | TLS-LHR | June 28th |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 | Ryanair | EI-IJW | BFI-DUB | June 28th |
| Airbus A321-252NX | Transavia | PH-YHB | XFW-AMS | June 28th |
| Airbus A320-251N | British Airways | G-TTNV | TLS-LHR | June 29th |
| Airbus A220-100 | ITA | I-ADVB | YMX-FCO | June 29th |
| Boeing 777-F | MSC Air Cargo | I-MSCA | PAE-MXP | June 30th |
| Airbus A321-271NX | Wizz Air | HA-LGN | XFW-BUD | July 2nd |
| Airbus A350-941 | Air France | F-HUVL | TLS-CDG | July 4th |
| Airbus A350-941 | Lufthansa | D-AIXR* | TLS-MUC | July 5th |
| Airbus A350-941 | Turkish Airlines | TC-LGV | TLS-IST | July 5th |
| Airbus A320-251N | British Airways | G-TTNX | TLS-LHR | July 6th |
| Airbus A320-272N | ITA | EI-HOM | TLS-FCO | July 8th |
| Airbus A320-251N | Brussels Airlines | OO-SBE | TLS-BRU | July 10th |
| Airbus A321-271NX | ITA | EI-HXF | XFW-FCO | July 11th |
| Airbus A321-271NX | Wizz Air | 9H-WNM | XFW-BUD | July 11th |
| Airbus A330-941 | ITA | EI-HJS | TLS-FCO | July 12th |
| Airbus A320-251N | SAS | SE-RZE | TLS-OSL | July 13th |
*It’s not new from the factory.
Other reports we have published:
- Asia and Oceania
- Africa and Middle East
- United States and Canada
- Latin America
- Lufthansa sending the A380 to Washington
- Holidaymaker express: Delta starting London-Orlando flights
Cover photo: Olivier Landes – JetPhotos (Paris Charles de Gaulle, France).
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