Instead of keeping crossing out airports on the old post, i'm starting a new one.
Kaitak server:
All the airports listed have green status on slots and more than five bars in demands.
Update for European countries: http://community.airlinesim.aero/topic/9852-the-big-thread-of-opportunities/?p=90247
Airports without competitor:
Africa:
Egypt:
Egypt is very interesting: no player stays for long in this market. Hoping to see someone playing longer time in the market.
Sharm el Sheikh (SSH) 88% 86%
Hurghada (HRG) 86% 84% 83%
Ethiopia:
Addis Ababa (ADD) 87% 83% 86%
Spain:
No airline currently has the non-EU traffic right in Spain, but Madrid and Barcelona were taken as a regional hub for some large airlines in the EU market.
Lanzarote (ACE) 63%
Fuerteventura (FUE) 60%
Tenerife North (TFN) 72%
Tenerife South (TFS) 72%
Central America:
Mexico:
With Mexicowings gone, Maxair is the only long-running airline in the market, but it doesn't grow even when it has the chance. Three new airlines started at MEX.
Monterrey (MTY) 82%
Cancun (CUN) 78% 76% 78%
Europe: (See later post)
France:
One airline is based in the market, Fly France, with its international hub at Charles de Gaulle.
Bordeaux (BOD) 79%
Lyon St. Exupery (LYS) 76%
Marseille (MRS) 74%
Spain:
Ibiza (IBZ) 83%
Sevilla (SVQ) 71%
UK:
One airline is based in the market, TXL, based in Stansted and Gatwick.
Belfast International (BFS) 76% 78%
Birmingham, GB (BHX) 66% 69%
Bristol, GB (BRS) 68% 71%
Glasgow International (GLA) 65% 67%
Newcastle (NCL) 68% 71%
Liverpool (LPL) 77% 81%
Cyprus - Republic of (greek):
Larnaca (LCA) 84%
Greece:
Heraklion (HER) 77% 73% 68%
Rhodos (RHO) 86%
Italy:
Two airlines are based in this market, Swift and Blue Arrow. Most of the Swift flights are out of Fiumicino, while Blue Arrow has multiple small hubs across the Europe. Blue Arrow is now focusing on Venice Marco Polo. Might not be a good place to put your airline based at since you need to compete with two airlines on the international routes with the same traffic right.
Bari (BRI) 79%
Bologna (BLQ) 71%
Catania (CTA) 69% 67%
Naples (NAP) 67%
Palermo (PMO) 85%
Latvia:
Riga (RIX) 78%
Portugal:
No one is really based in Portugal. Even though Lisbon only has a 49% availability, slots are taken by several airlines.
Faro (FAO) 75% 71%
Porto (OPO) 72%
Romania:
Bucharest Henri Coanda (OTP) 79%
Turkey:
Galata Airlines (used to be Turkish Star) based at Istanbul Ataturk is the second largest airline by PAX in Europe. It's possible to start an airline like Jump to Turkey does, but definitely will face resistance when starting international long haul.
Dalaman (DLM) 91%
Izmir (ADB) 86%
Near East:
Israel:
Tel Aviv Ben Gurion (TLV) 81% 87%
Saudi-Arabia (KSA):
There's one airline based in KSA market, but not growing rapidly.
Riyadh (RUH) 77%
Dammam (DMM) 83% 79% 74%
UAE:
not suggested. Even though there’s no airline based in UAE, the slot condition is horrible in Dubai and Sharjah, mostly because cargo airlines and highly frequent flights operated by airlines in the nearby markets
Abu Dhabi (AUH) 74% 75%
Bahrain:
7 slots per 5 minutes with 68% availability, and it's the only airport in the country, even though there's no airline based in Bahrain, it might not be a good idea to start an airline there.
Bahrain (BAH) 68% 69%
Sri Lanka:
Used to be an open market, but now no one is based there.
Colombo Bandaranaike (CMB) 76% 79%
Syria:
Damascus (DAM) 92% 91%
Bangladesh:
Dhaka (DAC) 87% 88%
North America:
Canada:
With one old and large airline and two growing new carriers in the market. The slot condition is still pretty fine in most of the large airports. Window for starting a new Canadian airline is pretty much closed due to airlines in the market.
Edmonton International (YEG) 81% 82%
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(ignore the following section if you are not interested in USA)
USA:
The main competitor you will face in the USA is Fly to Miami by audi. He has the significantly large amount of departure in all the airports. I saw a topic about whether he’s killing off new airlines, but I saw a lot of players survive and became a main player in the market, so it’s a market with potential if you know how to cooperate and benefit each other. I never played in the U.S., but nearly all the new airlines doing great have ILs with other airlines in the same market.
St. Louis (STL): 82% 81%
Tucson (TUS) 85%
Ontario (ONT) 71% 70%
Hartford (BDL) 72% 71%
West Palm Beach (PBI) 78% 56%
Fort Myers (RSW) 75% 73%
Jacksonville International (JAX) 78% 75%
Kahului (OGG) 80%
Cincinnati (CVG) 81% 80%
New Orleans (MSY) 71% 72%
Kansas City (MCI) 71% 70%
Omaha (OMA) 86%
Buffalo (BUF) 76%
Raleigh/Durham (RDU) 75% 60%
Cleveland Hopkins International (CLE) 71% 68%
Port Columbus International (CMH) 76% 75%
Providence (PVD) 81% 80%
Nashville (BNA) 80%
Austin (AUS) 79% 78%
Dallas Love Field (DAL) 81% 80%
Houston Hobby (HOU) 81% 80%
San Antonio, TX, US (SAT) 72%
Milwaukee (MKE) 69% 67%
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East Asia:
Macao:
Macao International (MFM) 90%
Japan:
There's two airlines in the market, and both of them have more than 1,000,000 PAX per week
Kagoshima (KOJ) 83%
Osaka Itami (ITM) 69% 68%
Sapporo Chitose (CTS) 61% 60%
Philippines:
Not suggested, based on MNL is not available, but fine if you just want to run small
Cebu (CEB) 86% 82%
China (PRC):
I won’t suggest starting in China since Andy’s China North is taking up most of the slots in the country. There’re multiple airports with around 50% slots, but they will be running out quick if you want to start an airline there. Also, most of the mega airports have extremely bad slot condition. It will be a scheduling nightmare, but you can still try if you want to run small. A size of Zhonghua Airlines ran by helios is still possible to reach.
Fuzhou (FOC) 78%
Lanzhou (LHW) 84%
Guilin (KWL) 68%
Guiyang (KWE) 68%
Changchun (CGQ) 72% 73%
Shenyang (SHE) 63%
Wenzhou (WNZ) 82%
South Korea:
This is a complicated market. After Korean Sprit’s owner had left the game, there are three new airlines in the country (no need to worry about Air Namhan, team member pugnacity didn’t check the airline for nearly a year). All the main airports in the country are pretty empty, with a small amount of departures from three new airlines. I don’t know whether it’s because no one wants to be large or it’s not possible to be large.
Jeju (CJU) 68% 70%
Taiwan:
Pretty empty after Taiwan Express left the game. The only competitor is grupo de empresas ilha formosa, but I don’t think infinity wants to grow large.
Taipei Sung Shan (TSA) 88%
South America:
Brazil:
There are three airlines in the market, Air Brazil, HanningWays, and ZAZ. The first two are with the 3N alliance, while the last one is the only one still growing and now with Aeolus.
Fortaleza (FOR) 76% 77%
Recife (REC) 73% 75%
Airports with competitor:
Africa:
Algeria:
*Algiers (ALG) 80%
Egypt:
*Cairo (CAI) 83% 79% 76%
Nigeria:
Largest African airline by PAX, Air Blongkor, is based in Lagos.
Lagos (LOS) 71%
South Africa:
Three airlines based in the market, but have to say none of them is growing.
**Cape Town (CPT) 70% 75% 71%
**Durban King Shaka International (DUR) 63% 65% 60%
**Johannesburg International (JNB) 66% 57%
Morocco:
One competitor: Al Maghrib Air, now nearly as large as Air Blongkor
Casablanca Mohamed V (CMN) 71% 72%
Tunisia:
Monastir (MIR) 94% 92%
Tunis (TUN) 90% 84% 82%
Central America:
Dominican Republic:
One airline group is based in this open market, and it's home country, not just a subsidiary from another country.
** Punta Cana (PUJ) 70%
Mexico:
Guadalajara (GDL) 79% 68%
Panama:
Panama City Tocumen (PTY) 60%
North America:
USA:
** Sacramento (SMF) 65%
** San Jose, CA, US (SJC) 65%
** Honolulu (HNL) 71% 68% 71%
Canada:
Montreal Trudeau (YUL) 63% 55%
Ottawa (YOW) 84% 71%67% 60%
Asia:
Vietnam:
One airline is based in the market, but not large.
** Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) 74% 71%
* Hanoi (HAN) 85% 81%
South Korea:
**Busan (PUS) 75%
Taiwan:
** Kaohsiung (KHH) 76% 75%
Thailand:
Bad place to start, Asian Smile is taking over all the airports in Bangkok. Phuket is your only chance. Might be okay if you just want a small airline.
**Phuket (HKT) 67%
Oceania:
Australia:
One large airline group and some new carriers.
Perth (PER): 68%
**Cairns (CNS): 79%
** Coolangatta / Gold Coast (OOL) 71%
Adelaide (ADL) 75%
New Zealand:
Four airlines in the open market, and all of them are foreign companies' subsidiaries.
**Christchurch (CHC) 77%
Europe: (See later post)
Turkey:
** Antalya (AYT) 69%
** Ankara Esenboga (ESB) 76%
*Adana (ADA) 77% 65%
Spain:
**Alicante (ALC) 65%
** Bilbao (BIO) 73%
** Valencia (VLC) 64%
Russia:
There are three airlines in Russia at this point. Two common things for all three airlines:
- All of them have been in the market for a quite long time.
- None of them is growing for a quite long time.
**Saint Petersburg (LED) 71%
Belgium:
No airline has non-EU international traffic right in this market, but slot condition in Brussels Zaventem is not much better than other mega-airports in the Europe. One small airline based in Brussels South Charleroi, and not growing.
**Brussels South Charleroi (CRL) 66% 70%
Italy:
**Milan Orio al Serio (BGY) 68%
**Rome Ciampino (CIA) 63%
Norway:
Nordic Sky is based in this market. It has hub in Oslo, and another airline is using Trondheim as a stopping point for its Norwegian flights. Finnmarken Air Service is also based in Norway, but less in development. Might not be a country you want to have its international traffic right.
**Bergen (BGO) 65%
**Stavanger (SVG) 74%
Greece:
**Thessaloniki (SKG) 77%
Near East:
India:
Not suggest. with one old and large airline and one new airline with a pretty fast growth in the market, it might be too late to start in this country
* Ahmedabad (AMD) 75%
Iran:
One airline based in this country, and not growing.
**Mashad (MHD) 84% 85%
** Tehran Khomeini International (IKA) 83%
South America:
Chile:
One competitor is in the market: Inca Air
Santiago de Chile (SCL) 74% 65%
Peru:
One new airline is based in this market after Aymara Wings left, but no too much growth so far.
* **Lima (LIM) 79% 74%
Ecuador:
Quito was taken by Ecuador Spirit, and Guayaquil is its secondary hub. There's another smaller airline based in Quito: Aero Ecuador.
Guayaquil (GYE) 77%
Quito (UIO) 61%
Brazil:
**Salvador (SSA) 66% 67%
** Porto Alegre (POA) 67% 68%
**Curitiba (CWB) 66%
** Belo Horizonte International (CNF) 64%
** Campinas (VCP) 75%
*relatively new airlines as competitor
**competitor doesn’t seem to grow for a long period
17/08/2016: update. Allowing +/- 3% difference
24/09/2016: update
28/09/2016: update on South Africa
03/12/2016: Update
