Who are the Airlines of Eurovision 2025?
Flights to the annual song contest showcase the international nature of European aviation
Yes, it’s Eurovision weekend! The annual jamboree of sparkly costumes, flashy lights and whacky performances is finally here once more. I have my national flag ready to wave. Do you?
As is now traditional, your favourite airline revenue economist has analysed all the airlines flying to the contest’s nearest airport. We will see who has the most flights and so wins the coveted “douze points” as the completely unofficial Airline Revenue Economics airline of Eurovision 2025.
This article was written with OAG Schedules Analyser. Visit oag.com. Thanks OAG!
Last year Scandinavian flag SAS carrier scooped the trophy. Not a surprise as the contest was held at Malmo in Sweden, less than 30 miles away from SAS’s hub at Copenhagen in Denmark, just over a convenient bridge for easy access.
Read this article to see how each European airline group either hit the leaderboard or languished down in the non-scoring diadora league. And read this article to discover what airlines can learn from Eurovision, to the beat of flight-themed Euro-pop classics.
Here are the rules:
1. Airlines flying to any airport within 30 miles of the contest’s closest airport
2. Only flights from countries participating in Eurovision 2025 count
3. Flights in from Wed to Sat as the contest is held on Sat night – flights must arrive before 3pm on Sat to be counted so fans have a chance to get to the venues
4. Schedules published in OAG flight schedules when I write the article some time in the week before the Grand Final
5. The winner is the airline operating the most flights, with number of seats as a tie-breaker.
This year the contest is held in Basel, Switzerland. Just like last year, the main airport for the contest is in another country. It is Euro Airport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (pictured), situated at the tri-point where France, Germany and Switzerland meet.
There are 340 flights and 57,989 seats into Euro Airport in the run-up to the contest, summarised in the maps below.
And who lifts the trophy? It is easyJet, with a whopping 172 flights and 31,189 seats. That wins them “douze-points” and, in the “all-time” stakes from 2024 puts them neck-and-neck with Greather Lufthansa. Congratulations easyJet!
Some of the airlines who do not fly from Eurovision countries are still likely to be carrying Eurovision fans.
Flydubai, a subsidiary of Mid-East mega carrier Emirates (see article) may come in from Dubai, which is not a Eurovision participant. But they offer connections to their two flights from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, who do.
It is also possible that Australian fans will connect in Dubai. Despite being on the other side of the world, there are apparently many Aussie fans of the contest thanks to affection for the old world.
It is interesting to consider flights to Basel from some other countries. There are 29 flights in from Turkey, whose last Eurovision appearance was 2012. Romania and Bulgaria last participated in 2023 and 2022 respectively, so fans might be arriving on the seven and six flights in from these countries.
Despite an impressive 30 flights and 5,241 seats into Basel the UK is certainly not going to win. I reckon we will be in the bottom half of the table. But our group Remember Monday should do better than last year, when the public gave us “nul-points”. Go on Remember Monday!
Don’t forget to tune in to the Grand Final at 7pm GMT on Saturday 17-May. YOU KNOW YOU LOVE IT!!
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