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
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
Air Canada inaugurated a 3-weekly service from Montreal to New Orleans on Sunday 12 February. Using CRJ900s operated by the Star Alliance member’s partner carrier Jazz Aviation under the Air Canada Express brand, the 2,240-kilometre route is served each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday out of Montreal, and every Monday, Thursday and Saturday from New Orleans. […]
February 14, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Renowned for winter warmth, Cuba is Canada’s second largest winter sun market behind Mexico. With 3,326 non-stop one-way flights in winter 2022, Cuba is only one-third the size of the Mexico market (9,557 flights) but slightly larger than the Dominican Republic (3,058). However, with 12% fewer flights than in winter 2019, Canada-Cuba hasn’t fully recovered […]
January 3, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Last week saw Air Canada launch service between Vancouver and Bangkok, making it currently the only non-stop service between anywhere in North America and the Thai capital. The 11,820-kilometre route will be served 4-weekly by the Star Alliance carrier using its 787-9s. A few days later, local rival WestJet revealed that it plans to launch […]
December 7, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air Service One talks with Vancouver International Airports President and Chief Executive Officer, Tamara Vrooman about the challenges that YVR has faced in rebuilding its traffic back to 80% of pre pandemic levels, its longstanding airline relationships and plans for the future. Q: What have been the particular challenges faced by Vancouver International Airport (YVR) […]
October 13, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
The number of airline seats available on US-Canada routes is still down 20% in August (compared with 2019) according to analysis of Cirium schedule data. The number of weekly flights is down 28%. Air Canada remains the dominant carrier in the market accounting for almost 47% of seats. WestJet, American and United each have between […]
July 29, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Air Canada chose Tuesday 31 May as the launch date for its new international service from Montreal to Seattle. Flights on the 3,680-kilometre route will operate daily using the Canadian carrier’s 137-seat A220-300s. Flight AC515 departs Canada’s second-largest city at 19:55 local time arriving in Seattle at 22:57 local time the same day, after a […]
June 9, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Air Canada launched its first new European route since the start of the pandemic when it began service on Saturday 21 May between Montreal and Milan MXP. The 6,130-kilometre route will be served 5-weekly for the rest of the summer, with Cirium schedule data showing frequency dropping to 4-weekly in November. The Star Alliance carrier […]
June 1, 2022 | Latest Route News +
John Wayne Airport Orange County (IATA code SNA) serving Santa Ana in California welcomed its first service from Air Canada on Saturday 2 October, when 4-weekly flights from Vancouver began. Choosing Saturday as the launch day could explain the apparent lack of interest by the airline and the airports involved in celebrating this new service. […]
October 15, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Passenger demand in Canada, which saw a significant recovery in August, appears to have stalled in September. During last month passenger numbers through the country’s eight busiest airports were consistently between 40% and 45% of the figures from 2019, when adjusted on a rolling week basis. Capacity at 58% of 2019 levels in October Analysis […]
Passenger demand in Canada is finally starting to recover. Latest passenger figures collected by CATSA at Canada’s eight busiest airports shows a rapid improvement since early June. At that time demand was only at 10% of the 2019 figure. However, by the end of August, demand was up to around 45% of the pre-pandemic figure, […]
September 17, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America