The Burgeoning Battle for Travelers to Central and Eastern Europe

Abstract

"The Burgeoning Battle for Travelers to Central and Eastern Europe" report examines the nonstop flight options between the United States and 10 Central and Eastern European countries: Austria, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine, Russia, and the Czech Republic (where direct traffic is the sum of arrivals and departures between those countries and the United States). The quantitative analysis includes the seasonality of travel by month, nationality of passengers, and volume of traffic per airline.

Beyond looking at existing flight offerings, the report predicts how the menu of options to fly to Central and Eastern Europe will change in 2005. One prominent example is Continental Airlines, which is due to begin nonstop flights between Newark and Moscows newly-renovated Domodedovo airport in May 2005.

The report also examines the measures CEE airlines are taking to modernize their operations and image, steps that help groom them for membership in alliances such as Star, OneWorld, and SkyTeam. LOT Polish Airlines and Austrian Airlines are part of the Star Alliance, and will be joined by CEE neighbors Adria Airways (Slovenia) and Croatia Airways in 2005. CSA Czech Airlines is a member of the SkyTeam, an alliance that will likely be welcoming two new CEE airline partners in 2005: Russias Aeroflot and Hungarys Mal?v.

Special in-depth research sections include "The Race to Capture the U.S.-Russia Direct Flight Market," "AeroSvits Successful Launch of Nonstop Flight Services to the United States," and "The Underserved Balkan Region."