Since the start of the pandemic, domestic air travel in many countries has recovered more quickly than international air travel, as many countries put in place severe travel restrictions aimed at reducing the number of imported cases of Covid. Countries with large domestic markets (such as the US, Turkey and Mexico), or where domestic air […]
June 13, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Analysis of Cirium schedule data for August 2019 and August 2022 reveals that while scheduled seat capacity across over 650 US airports in 2022 is currently expected to be at least 4% lower than in 2019, the number of non-stop routes being offered has actually risen during that period by 3.2%, up from 7,993 to […]
Virgin Atlantic has launched its first new US route since 2017 with the introduction of a 4-weekly service between London LHR and Austin in Texas. The inaugural flight on the 7,910-kilometre route departed the UK on Wednesday 25 May using the airline’s 258-seat 787-9s. Other services depart the UK capital on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays. […]
June 2, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Southwest now connects Austin in Texas with Tulsa in Oklahoma. The new daily service on the 690-kilometre route between the two airports was introduced on Sunday 3 April and will be flown by the carrier’s 737-800s. Prior to the pandemic the route had been served between May 2018 and May 2019 by Via Airlines with […]
April 12, 2022 | Latest Route News +
KLM has finally added Austin in Texas to its US network from its base at Amsterdam. This route was originally announced in 2019 with flights set to start in 2020. However, due to the pandemic the introduction of the service was delayed until Monday 28 March. The inaugural flight (KL 667) departed the Dutch hub […]
March 31, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The latest TSA passenger statistics reveal that US demand for air travel last week was between 85% and 90% of the level achieved during the same period in 2019. Until now, the only time US air travel demand has reached 90% of the pre-pandemic level was during the Thanksgiving holiday period last November. Miami and […]
March 8, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Analysis of Cirium data for scheduled air services from US airports in February 2022 (and pre-pandemic February 2020) shows that while the number of weekly departures from US airports is still down 13% compared with two years ago, seat capacity is down only 6%. Most impressively, the number of non-stop routes on offer from over […]
February 4, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
American continues to expand its network from Austin in Texas. On 4 January the carrier launched daily service to Albuquerque in New Mexico using E175s operated by Envoy Air. Year-round competition on the 1,000-kilometre route comes from Southwest, which also operates a daily service between the two airports. In addition, Allegiant offers 2-weekly service (Mondays […]
January 17, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Allegiant surprised many industry observers last week by announcing an order with Boeing for brand new aircraft. It will purchase 50 737 MAX aircraft (a mix of 737-7s and 737-8-200s) and has an option to purchase 50 more. This marks an evolution of the airline’s fleet policy which has previously been based around using older, […]
January 11, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The latest daily figures provided by the US TSA show that average weekly passenger numbers passing through US airports have stabilised at just under 85% of the level they were back in 2019. Compared with this time last year, passenger numbers are virtually doubled at around two million per day. Airlines launch 196 new routes […]
December 20, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
The latest daily figures provided by the US TSA show that average weekly passenger numbers passing through US airports have stabilised at around 75%-80% of the level they were back in 2019, with that figure rising to around 85% on national holidays such as Independence Day (4 July) and Labor Day (6 September). Airlines launch […]
November 18, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
American Airlines has expanded its international network from Austin with the addition on 2 November of new routes to Guanacaste in Costa Rica and Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. Both will be served 3-weekly (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) using the airline’s 737-800s. Neither route currently faces direct competition. American already serves both of these international destinations […]
November 9, 2021 | Latest Route News +