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
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
Similar to last month, it was a relatively quiet period for new route launches in North America. Without the growing number of new services to the new Mexico City NLU airport it would have been even quieter. Air Service One has identified and confirmed 30 new routes that launched in North America during the last […]
October 4, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Alaska Airlines resumed service to Miami on Thursday 16 June after a gap of almost 10 years. The return of services from Seattle also marked the airline’s 100th non-stop destination from Seattle. The oneworld carrier will utilise its 737-800s and -900s to serve passengers. Competition on the 4,384-kilometre route comes from fellow oneworld alliance member, […]
June 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
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
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
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
Despite the pandemic, it was a busy year for airline route planners working for airlines in the US. As traffic recovered more quickly (compared with Europe) to reach around 80% of 2019 demand by the end of the year, US carriers in particular used the opportunity to try out many new routes. The ANKER Report […]
January 7, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
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
American Airlines launched its first ever service to the Caribbean island of Dominica, which is part of the Windward Islands chain located in the Lesser Antilles archipelago, with Guadeloupe to the north and Martinique to the south. The island covers 75 square kilometres, has a population of just over 70,000 and the capital is Roseau. […]
December 10, 2021 | Latest Route News +
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 resumed non-stop service between Tulsa and Miami after a break of over three years. The 1,880-kilometre route will operate every Saturday, with the first flight having taken place on 6 November. Embraer E175s operated by Envoy Air Inc. will be used on the route. American last connected the two airports in August […]
November 9, 2021 | Latest Route News +