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: Wroclaw – Zurich
Data
|
Carrier |
 |
|
Aircraft |
CS100 |
|
Frequency |
3 |
|
Start Date |
30th October 2017 |
|
Distance |
713 km |
|
O&D Traffic Demand (2016) |
19,405 |
|
Growth % YOY |
-19 percent |
|
Average Fare $ (one way) |
$172 |
Insight
Swiss is adding Wroclaw to their existing Polish cities of Warsaw and Krakow. The 4th largest city after Warsaw, Krakow and Lodz it is a logically next step as Wroclaw has its own catchment and a strong business market. Although the schedule is a mixed of timing more suitable for the leisure traveller.
Route 2: Montreal – San Juan
Data
| Carrier |  |
| Aircraft | 737-800 |
| Frequency | 1 |
| Start Date | 24th December 2017 |
| Distance | 3,112 |
| O&D Traffic Demand (2016) | 19,911 |
| Growth % YOY | -7 percent |
| Average Fare $ (one way) | $228 |
Insight
The Canadian San Juan market is currently served by WestJet and Air Canada. Montreal was re-introduced by Air Canada in Winter 2016/17 after being cancelled in 2013. The Canadian – San Juan market is predominantly a winter market and Air Transat will be aggressively targeting the cruise traffic potential with San Juan being the largest cruise port in the Caribbean
Route 3: Queretaro – Chicago Midway
Data
| Carrier |  |
| Aircraft | A320 |
| Frequency | 2 |
| Start Date | 19th May 2017 |
| Distance | 2,669 km |
| O&D Traffic Demand (2016) |
13,152 (ORD & MDW) |
| Growth % YOY | 24 percent |
| Average Fare $ (one way) | $257 |
Insight
Volaris has announced two new services from Queretaro to Los Angeles and Chicago Midway for the summer peak only (May to July) targeting the VFR traffic during the summer months. Queretaro has suffered from a lack of direct service to the USA with only an AA service to Dallas Fort Worth and UA to Houston, although Atlanta with AM was also announced this week. Currently traffic leaks by surface to Mexico City, but is three hours away. Volaris already serve Mexico – Chicago O’Hare 10 weekly.
Source: Sabre Market Intelligence
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