Memphis welcomed 4.36 million passengers in 2022, down by 6% versus 2019. Yet it was still the third best year in the last decade, and it coincided with the opening of its new concourse. Passenger traffic was aided by the arrival of ULCC Spirit, while Avelo has confirmed that it is starting this summer. However, […]
March 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
This April-June, Southwest is the USA’s second-biggest airline – and number one if only domestic is considered. According to Cirium schedules information data, it has 57.8 million total seats available, relegating Delta, with 54.9 million, to third place. Southwest’s Q2 2023 total capacity has increased by 8.7% versus Q2 2019. It is because domestic seats […]
March 16, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Over half of all passengers flying between Scotland and North America flew indirectly last year, a proportion common in most years. It will not be much different this summer, with Cirium schedules information data indicating that available non-stop seats are still a quarter lower than they were at their peak in S17. In a reversal […]
March 14, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
WestJet celebrated its 27th birthday at the end of February having taken to the sky on 29 February 1996 (yes, a leap day!). The carrier has undertaken a huge network transformation. Most recently, it ended all long-haul routes except from Calgary, its original and biggest airport – a real retreat-to-core. Over the past few years, […]
March 9, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Nearly two years after Avelo’s first revenue-generating flight (on 28 April 2021 from Burbank to Santa Rosa), the carrier (IATA code XP) is the USA’s 13th largest domestic airline. With a fleet of 15 737-700s and -800s, all between 10 and 20 years old (according to planespotters.net), it has 620,000 one-way summer domestic seats planned […]
March 8, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
History was made on 28 February when Kansas City opened its brand-new airport terminal. The first departure was Southwest to Chicago MDW, which took off at 05:07. A single facility, it replaces the airport’s three ‘horseshoe’ terminals, which opened in 1972. The new terminal provides much more space and a higher quality modern experience, which […]
March 2, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Pennsylvania’s third most populous city, Allentown (best known in popular culture as the title of the lead track on Billy Joel’s 1982 US Top 10 album The Nylon Curtain) ended 2022 with 912,256 passengers. It exceeded its 2019 volume by just 286 passengers, based on the airport’s own figures. It was its highest traffic since […]
February 28, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Mexico ended 2022 with 107 million passengers, making it Latin America’s biggest aviation market – even beating Brazil. It was helped by the fast growth of ULCC Volaris, which had 31 million passengers last year (at a load factor of over 85%), according to the carrier’s own figures. Traffic grew by six million year-on-year, smashing […]
February 22, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Despite it being less than two years since Breeze Airways’ first commercial flight took off, the airline has 118 non-stop routes planned in Q2 (April-June). These include 22 announced in mid-February, which will see it fly to Portland, Maine for the first time. The airport is one of 35 to welcome the regional carrier, whose […]
February 16, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Ottawa ended 2022 with just shy of three million passengers, according to the airport’s own statistics. Traffic at Canada’s capital airport was 41% lower than in 2019, with US and non-US international down by 72% and 79% respectively. It was not helped by the exit of American and Delta, nor the loss of eight US, […]
February 15, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Some 22 European countries have non-stop flights to the US in Q2 (April-June) of this year, according to Cirium schedules information data. Four of these are Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the Nordics. They collectively have 402,000 of the 12.1 million one-way seats – just 3%. Denmark ranks 12th out of the 22, Finland […]
February 14, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Miami ended 2022 with 50.6 million passengers. It surpassed its previous best, held in 2019, by more than 10%. Some 4.7 million passengers were added, which meant that it overtook its long-time rival, Orlando MCO, to again become Florida’s busiest airport. By changing to the preference gate model, which effectively financially incentivises airlines to expand, […]
February 9, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story