JetBlue is the seventh largest airline serving the US this April-June (Q2) by available seats, and fifth biggest internationally. According to Cirium schedules information data, JetBlue has 12.2 million one-way seats this Q2, its highest in any April-June period and 3.1% above its previous record (Q2 2018). As shown below, international capacity is at its […]
March 29, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Spirit is continuing to grow its presence in San Antonio in Texas with the introduction of daily flights to Baltimore/Washington and Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday 8 March. Services on both routes are being maintained with the 182-seat A320. The ULCC faces competition from Southwest which offers a daily alternative from Baltimore/Washington and a weekly service […]
March 9, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Avelo introduced new routes from Raleigh-Durham (IATA code RDU) in North Carolina recently, becoming the ULCC’s latest base. Four new routes, all to Florida, have been added: 16 February: Fort Lauderdale, 4-weekly on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays 16 February: Fort Myers, 3-weekly on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays 17 February: Sarasota/Bradenton, 3-weekly on Mondays, Fridays […]
February 20, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Avelo has opened a base in Wilmington (IATA code ILG) in the state of Delaware with the introduction of several routes to Florida during the first week of February. Five new destinations have been added by the ULCC. 1 February: Orlando MCO, 3-weekly on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays 2 February: Tampa, 2-weekly on Thursdays and Sundays 2 February: Fort […]
February 6, 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
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
Avelo Airlines (IATA code XP) has added Newport News/Williamsburg Airport in Virginia to its route network with the launch of two routes to Florida. A 4-weekly service on the 1,065-kilometre route to Orlando MCO began on Wednesday 19 October, while 3-weekly service on the 1,275-kilometre route to Fort Lauderdale began on Thursday 20 October. There […]
October 25, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Last Thursday it was announced that JetBlue and Spirit had agreed a merger under which JetBlue will acquire Spirit to create an airline with over 450 aircraft. Cirium schedule data for August 2022 shows that JetBlue is the sixth biggest airline operating from US airports, with Spirit just behind in seventh. As it stands, combining […]
August 2, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Frontier returned to Fort Lauderdale in a big way when it launched 10 new routes and resumed two others starting on 17 February. The ULCC had suspended flights to the Florida airport in April 2020, not long after the pandemic struck. Now, after nearly two years, the carrier has returned. Routes to Islip and Trenton, […]
February 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Spirit this week announced its first ever flights to Salt Lake City (and also the state of Utah) starting on 26 May. It will operate daily service to Los Angeles and Orlando and 2-daily service to Las Vegas. It will face significant competition on each route. The US ULCC has been growing its footprint in […]
January 28, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, North America
For almost two decades, Fort Lauderdale has been Spirit Airlines’s biggest base of operations, sometimes welcoming more than twice as many flights as its nearest rival. That may be set to change in 2022 now that Spirit has launched its first flights (to nine destinations) from nearby Miami on Wednesday 6 October. As a result, […]
October 19, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America