Nigel 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: Frankfurt - San Diego

Data

Carrier
Aircraft	A340-300
Frequency	5
Start Date	Summer 2018
Distance	9,398
O&D Traffic Demand (2016)	25,826
Growth % YOY	5.9%
Average Fare $ (one way)	$883

Insight

This additional route into Frankfurt is converse to Lufthansa switching some capacity from Frankfurt to Munich - a reaction to Fraport's support for Ryanair. Lufthansa already serves four points in California: LAX, SFO and SJC, from Munich LAX and SFO are served. The route will compete with twice-weekly Condor service.

Route 2: Shanghai Pudong - Tel Aviv

Data

Carrier
Aircraft	Boeing 787-9
Frequency	3
Start Date	12th September
Distance	15,940
O&D Traffic Demand (2016)	55,539
Growth % YOY	16.2%
Average Fare $ (one way)	$1,012

Insight

Hainan Airlines started PEK - TLV last year which has been a huge success, with both Chinese tourists and the increasing business community travelling between the two countries. As a result Hainan has moved quickly to add this route, which will help block additional carriers given China's one carrier - one city policy

Route 3: Bangkok Don Mueang - Velana

Data

Carrier
Aircraft	A320
Frequency	6
Start Date	11th August 2017
Distance	6,343 km
O&D Traffic Demand (2016)	134,492
Growth % YOY	51.5 percent
Average Fare $ (one way)	$492

Insight

AirAsia already serves the maldives from KUL. The carrier will compete with Bangkok Airways which is daily and Maldivian which is six-times per week. Both carriers offer on average 287 seats per day in June

Source: Sabre Market Intelligence