Saturday, June 7, 2014

Mistral Air Routes - Summer 2014

A well known so far charter carrier connecting Italy to RHO tries for the first time if not mistaken to sell seats directly and that's good as they open two underserved markets, Bari and Naples. Hope they do well and multiply flights next season.


BARI (BRI) - RHODES (valid 24/7 - 4/9)*
Outward Flight: BRI-RHO
Flight Nr
Dep.
Arr.
A/C
Frequency
Remarks
7M1003
12:40
15:35
*
Th

Return Flight: RHO-BRI
Flight Nr
Dep.
Arr.
A/C
Frequency
Remarks
7M1002
11:00
11:55
*
Th


NAPLES (NAP) - RHODES (valid 24/7 - 4/9)*
Outward Flight: NAP-RHO
Flight Nr
Dep.
Arr.
A/C
Frequency
Remarks
7M1001
07:00
10:10
*
Th

Return Flight: RHO-NAP
Flight Nr
Dep.
Arr.
A/C
Frequency
Remarks
7M1004
16:20
17:30
*
Th


* Mistral Air flies B733s and a single 734, usually 733s were used so far to RHO.

For more information and/or reservations, please visit Mistral's website.

* Based on Mistral Air official website on 7 June 2014.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Astra Airlines Routes - Summer 2014

Thes/ki based Astra Airlines returns after 3 years with scheduled service to RHO,  all this time we saw them execute few international charters only. Thes/ki-RHO route will be twice weekly and just for the high season, prices seem attracting so we hope the route will work out for them.



THESSALONIKI (SKG) - RHODES (valid 4/7 – 31/8)*
Outward Flight: SKG-RHO
Flight Nr
Dep.
Arr.
A/C
Frequency
Remarks
A23440
16:30
17:45
BAe143
Fr

A23440
16:25
17:40
BAe143
Su

Return Flight: RHO-SKG
Flight Nr
Dep.
Arr.
A/C
Frequency
Remarks
A23450
18:15
19:30
BAe143
Fr-Su



Astra's 112-seater BAe 146-300 which will serve RHO. Pic taken from Astra's website.

For more information and/or reservations, please visit Astra's website.

* Based on Astra official website on 5 June 2014.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

May 2014 Traffic

May stats were released by airport authority, some comments:
- Impressive comeback for Germany, Finland
- Numbers keep increasing for Sweden, Israel as well for most of the rest countries
- Oustanding performance for 1st flight from Ireland included in May arrivals, gave a stunning 96% load factor.
- Russia and Ukraine decreases were pretty much expected, fortunately loses were covered from other markets.



Arrivals Summary

2014
2013
+/- %
Domestic Arrivals
27.438
30.190
-9
International Arrivals
237.873
213.564
+11
Total
265.311
243.754
+9

International Arrivals by Country
Country
2014
2013
+/-%
UK
45.716
41.132
+11.1
Germany
41.872
31.285
+33.8
Russia
30.603
34.045
-10.1
Sweden
21.045
17.799
+18.2
France
13.306
12.676
+5
Israel
12.292
7.859
+56.4
Norway
11.189
10.413
+7.4
Netherlands
9.626
8.823
+9.1
Finland
9.491
7.090
+33.9
Belgium
8.400
8.144
+3.1
Denmark
7.169
6.664
+7.6
Poland
5.661
4.778
+18.5
Switzerland
4.071
3.098
+31.4
Italy
3.652
4.723
-22.7
Austria
3.476
3.543
-1.9
Ukraine
2.699
5.348
-49.5
Czech Rep.
2.310
2.141
+7.9
Lithuania
1.511
1.261
+18.5
Luxembourg
1.490
1.356
+9.9
Estonia
1.178
0
+
Romania
467
746
-37.4
Belarus
292
293
-0.3
Ireland
181
0
+
Egypt
80
0
+
Slovenia
57
0
+
Georgia
39
0
+