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
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
American added a new route on Friday 3 February between Phoenix and Fayetteville, which is served by Northwest Arkansas National Airport (IATA code XNA). The 1,650-kilometre route is operated daily by the oneworld carrier’s partner airline Envoy Air and its E175 aircraft. Flight AA4193 departs the Arizona airport each day at 17:10 local time and arrives […]
February 8, 2023 | Latest Route News +
American has added a new route to Mexico. On Tuesday 10 January the oneworld carrier launched daily service on the 1,430-kilometre route between Phoenix and Monterrey. American is using Embraer E175s on the route, operated by its partner airline Envoy Air. Flight AA3832 departs the Arizona airport at 20:00 local time and arrives in Mexico […]
January 13, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Brazil is the United States’ second biggest South American market by seat capacity after Colombia, according to Cirium schedules information data. In the first quarter of 2023 there are 23 non-stop routes encompassing 11 US airports and eight in Brazil. Washington IAD is expected to return in March and Los Angeles in July, but Detroit […]
January 5, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Located just 100 kilometres from the border with Mexico, Tucson is the second biggest city in Arizona (after Phoenix) with a population of over 500,000. The airport serving the city is located around 13 kilometres south of the city centre and is a joint civil-military facility. Between 2009 and 2019 annual passenger numbers had been […]
December 13, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
American on Thursday 3 November began daily service between New York LGA and Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. The 1,750-kilometre route will be flown using 76-seat E175s operated by Republic Airways. Little Rock last had non-stop service to New York with American between April 2014 and March 2015, and before that with Continental […]
November 15, 2022 | Latest Route News +
On Friday 4 November, Tulsa International Airport celebrated the first departure of an American Airlines flight to New York LGA. The new, daily service means that the Oklahoma airport is now connected to what was its biggest unserved market. The 1,980-kilometre route is flown on American’s behalf by Republic Airlines using its E170s. This became […]
November 10, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
American Airlines returned to New Zealand at the end of October with a new, daily service between its main base at Dallas/Fort Worth and Auckland. The 11,970-kilomete route will be served using the oneworld carrier’s 787-9s. Prior to the pandemic American served Auckland non-stop from Los Angeles. This is the second new route to have […]
November 9, 2022 | Latest Route News +
American added non-stop service to San Jose in California from its major hub in Charlotte on Thursday 6 October. The 3,660-kilometre route will be flown daily using the oneworld carrier’s A321s and faces no direct competition. American previously served this market with seasonal, summer flights in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Given that it has resumed […]
October 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +
New York is by far the biggest US market from the UK, as confirmed in our recent story looking at the London-Boston market. The market welcomed a new carrier on 12 August when Norse Atlantic Airways began daily service between London LGW and New York JFK using 787-9s, formerly operated by Norwegian. Between 2004 and […]
August 19, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
New Mexico is the fifth largest state in the US, behind only Alaska, Texas, California and Montana. It is roughly the same size as Poland. However, with a total population of only just over two million people, it has one of the lowest population density values of any US state, beaten only by Alaska, Montana, […]
August 8, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America