Route rundown: KEF - TLV, MEX - YUL, SZX - MEL

Nigel MayesNigel Mayes is the senior vice president, consulting & product development at ASM. Nigel has over 15 years’ experience in route development and is responsible for product development at ASM.

The sister company to Routes, ASM is the world‘s leading route development consultancy and has supported the creation of new air services since 1993.

Route 1: KEF – TLV

Wow air plane

Data

Carrier

WOW air

Aircraft

A321

Frequency

4

Start Date

12th September 2017

Distance

5,298 km

O&D Traffic Demand (2016)

13,956

Growth % YOY

48 percent

Average Fare $ (one way)

$287

Insight

Wow is targeting the huge 2.7 million Israel - North America passenger market. A secondary objective with be providing the 280,000 people that live in Iceland another winter sun destination in addition to Tenerife which it also serves.


Route 2: MEX - YUL

Interjet A320

Data

Carrier Interjet
Aircraft A320
Frequency 3
Start Date 13th July
Distance 3,777 km
O&D Traffic Demand (2016) 68,534
Growth % YOY 1 percent
Average Fare $ (one way) $255

Insight

Interjet is targeting a market dominated by Full Service Carriers with two daily from Aeromexico and three weekly from Air Canada. The carrier has scheduled to serve the route until January 12.


Route 3: SZX - MEL

Air China A330

Data

Carrier Air China
Aircraft A330
Frequency 3
Start Date 20th June 2017
Distance 7,501 km
O&D Traffic Demand (2016) 484,554 (CAN, SZX & HKG)
Growth % YOY 7 percent
Average Fare $ (one way) $515

Insight

Air China (Star Alliance) is targeting a nearly half-million passenger market between the Pearl River Delta and Melbourne. This is a market currently captured by oneworld in HKG and SkyTeam in Guangzhou.


Source: Sabre Market Intelligence