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
Fort Lauderdale ended 2021 with 28.1 million passengers, according to the airport’s own statistics. This was 24% lower than 2019, when the Florida airport welcomed a record 36.8 million customers. Some 12 million additional passengers were added between 2014 and 2019 (+49%), the result of huge growth by Allegiant, American, JetBlue, Southwest and Spirit. While […]
December 21, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Some 25 US states have non-stop service to Europe this winter, according to Cirium schedule data. New York has more seat capacity than any other, followed by California, Florida, New Jersey and Illinois. Florida has 2.9 million two-way non-stop European seats, down by 16% versus W19. That is despite the launch of Virgin Atlantic’s new […]
November 10, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Melbourne Orlando International Airport (IATA code MLB) became the newest US airport to welcome transatlantic flights when a TUI Airways 787-8 arrived at 16:44 local time on 22 March after a flight of eight hours and 36 minutes from Manchester in the UK. This is the first of eight routes from the UK that the […]
March 23, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America