On 25 August, United Airlines confirmed that it’ll launch 11 new routes to Europe in S27. Most significantly, it’ll begin flying from Newark to Ibiza, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Marselle, Toulouse and Valencia. United will also become the first US operator to fly to Terceira. Ibiza, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Marseille, Toulouse and Valencia do not currently have scheduled […]
September 2, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport retained its position as the world’s busiest airport in 2025, handling more than 106 million passengers while continuing to strengthen its global route network and invest in major infrastructure projects. Air Service One spoke with Rebecca Francosky, Director of Air Service Development at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, about the airport’s recent […]
September 1, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Themes of the Week American and United both made big announcements of new summer international routes. Alaska made some cuts to California routes and added back one route. Avelo and Southwest extended their schedules. WestJet was the most on-time North American airline in July. Capacity Update Alaska (AS) Added back service between LAX and […]
In 2025, Berlin Brandenburg (IATA code BER) welcomed 26.1 million passengers, which cemented its position as Germany’s third-busiest airport. Throughput was at the highest level since BER opened in 2020. However, if the now-closed TXL and SXF are combined, traffic is down by nearly 27% compared to 2019, which is a drop of 9.5 million […]
August 31, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Wizz Air plays a critical role in serving Romania. The ULCC provides 43% of the nation’s flights and – thanks to many 239-seat A321neos – 51% of the seats for sale and 56% of the ASKs. 14 Romanian airports are served, including Sibiu, which is approximately in the centre of the country. Cirium schedule data […]
August 26, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Quebec City Jean Lesage International (IATA code: YQB) is Canada’s 11th-busiest airport. In 2025, the facility welcomed 1.82 million passengers, which was the highest figure to date. Most of YQB’s growth has been because of incumbent operators. However, the figures were helped by the arrival of Propair in 2025, initially with routes within Quebec but […]
August 25, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
American Airlines has unveiled seven new international routes for the 2027 summer season, including three destinations joining its network. The carrier will launch daily flights from Philadelphia to Vienna, Porto and Reykjavik, from New York JFK to Amsterdam and Nice, from Charlotte to Barcelona, and from Chicago ORD to Tokyo NRT. It will also reinstate […]
September 2, 2026 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America
Discover Airlines will launch flights from Glasgow to both Frankfurt and Munich in 2027, restoring nonstop links between Glasgow and the two German cities. Flights between Glasgow and Frankfurt will commence on 29 March and operate up to six times per week, while a seasonal summer service to Munich will launch on 16 May with […]
September 1, 2026 | Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Discover Airlines will launch flights between Frankfurt and Inverness next summer, marking the Lufthansa Group carrier’s entry onto the Scottish market. The seasonal service will commence on 19 June, 2027 and run weekly, every Saturday, until 11 September. It will represent the first-ever nonstop service between Frankfurt and Inverness. Flights will depart Frankfurt at 13.40 […]
August 31, 2026 | Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Newcastle Airport has recorded its busiest day on record for international travel, handling 21,751 international passengers on Sunday, 23 August. The milestone comes amid continued expansion by airlines at the airport and follows the opening of easyJet’s new base in March. The low-cost carrier now has 31 destinations on sale from Newcastle. Jet2.com has also […]
SkyUp Airlines will launch flights between Chisinau and Vienna with the start of the 2027 summer season, marking the carrier’s entry into the Austrian capital. The airline will maintain 2-weekly services on Thursdays and Sundays with a Boeing 737 aircraft. Vienna Airport said the new service will provide additional travel options between Austria and Moldova […]
United Airlines has unveiled the largest international network expansion in its history, adding ten new destinations and three additional routes across Europe and Asia in 2027, while also restoring its San Francisco – Tel Aviv service. The expansion will be supported by the carrier’s new Airbus A321XLR. The airline has added 58 international destinations to […]
August 27, 2026 | Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Themes of the Week Alaska announced two new European routes. Allegiant announced nine new routes and extended their schedule to May 18, 2027. Capital Airlines will resume service to YVR in October. United is adding new service to Santa Fe, NM (SAF). Capacity Update Air Canada (AC) Suspended YYZ to Martinique (FDF) from October […]
August 25, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
The Volaris Group has flights from Mexico and multiple countries in Central America to the US. Cirium schedule data shows that nine in ten departures are from Mexico, which is the subject of this article. The airline’s emphasis is on VFR demand. Between August and December 2026, Volaris plans 2.1 million one-way seats between Mexico […]
August 24, 2026 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac welcomed 7.63 million passengers in 2025 according to ACI EUROPE, down 3% compared with 2024 and down 21% compared with 2019 when the airport handled 9.62 million passengers. A decade ago Air France and easyJet accounted for around two-thirds of all annual passengers. According to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules their […]
July 2, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis, Top Story
SAS – Scandinavian Airlines is the national carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. A founding member of the Star Alliance in 1997 the carrier jumped ship to SkyTeam on 1 September 2024. AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data shows that pre-COVID Norway was the airline’s biggest market by seats, but in terms of […]
June 30, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Despite all sorts of network developments in the last decade, analysis by AIR SERVICE ONE of Cirium schedule data shows that easyJet’s top five country markets have almost the same market share of the airline’s total capacity, as they did in 2017. Surprising? The UK (34%) leads the way followed by France (13%), Italy (12%), […]
June 24, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
This summer KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched flights from Amsterdam to three new destinations according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data. They are Asturias and Santiago de Compostela in Spain, and the island of Jersey. In addition, Miami and San Jose in Costa Rica are now year-round destinations. The only route […]
June 18, 2026 | Bitesize Analysis
Discover Airlines will launch flights from Glasgow to both Frankfurt and Munich in 2027, restoring nonstop links between Glasgow and the two German cities. Flights between Glasgow and Frankfurt will commence on 29 March and operate up to six times per week, while a seasonal summer service to Munich will launch on 16 May with […]
September 1, 2026 | Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Discover Airlines will launch flights between Frankfurt and Inverness next summer, marking the Lufthansa Group carrier’s entry onto the Scottish market. The seasonal service will commence on 19 June, 2027 and run weekly, every Saturday, until 11 September. It will represent the first-ever nonstop service between Frankfurt and Inverness. Flights will depart Frankfurt at 13.40 […]
August 31, 2026 | Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Newcastle Airport has recorded its busiest day on record for international travel, handling 21,751 international passengers on Sunday, 23 August. The milestone comes amid continued expansion by airlines at the airport and follows the opening of easyJet’s new base in March. The low-cost carrier now has 31 destinations on sale from Newcastle. Jet2.com has also […]
SkyUp Airlines will launch flights between Chisinau and Vienna with the start of the 2027 summer season, marking the carrier’s entry into the Austrian capital. The airline will maintain 2-weekly services on Thursdays and Sundays with a Boeing 737 aircraft. Vienna Airport said the new service will provide additional travel options between Austria and Moldova […]
United Airlines has unveiled the largest international network expansion in its history, adding ten new destinations and three additional routes across Europe and Asia in 2027, while also restoring its San Francisco – Tel Aviv service. The expansion will be supported by the carrier’s new Airbus A321XLR. The airline has added 58 international destinations to […]
August 27, 2026 | Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Transavia has established a fully operational local crew base at Brussels BRU, further strengthening its presence in Belgium as it expands its locally based fleet to four aircraft and adds new destinations. The airline began operating from Brussels BRU in 2022, initially with a limited operation supported from the Netherlands. Since then, it has gradually […]
August 25, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Air Arabia will launch daily flights between Sharjah and Frankfurt this December, making the German city its second destination in the country after Munich. The new nonstop service between Sharjah and Frankfurt Airport will begin on 15 December. The route will further expand the carrier’s European network and strengthen connectivity between the United Arab Emirates […]
August 24, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Alaska Airlines will add Athens and Paris CDG to its growing long-haul network from Seattle next year, bringing the number of intercontinental destinations served by the carrier from its home hub to seven. The airline will launch flights between Seattle and Athens in May 2027, becoming the first carrier to connect the two cities. Alaska […]
Fraport has been named the Official Airport Partner of Routes World 2026, which will take place in Frankfurt this October. Fraport operates Frankfurt Airport, one of Europe’s leading international hubs, alongside a portfolio of airports spanning four continents. As Official Airport Partner, the company will have a prominent presence throughout Routes World 2026, engaging with […]
August 19, 2026 | Air Service Event News
Low-cost carrier and tour operator Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has announced the launch of flights and package holidays from Birmingham to Tunisia for the 2027 summer season, further expanding its leisure network from the UK’s second-largest regional airport. The new service will operate twice per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 1 May until 30 October […]
June 22, 2026 | Air Service Event News
Birmingham Airport handled more than 1.3 million passengers last month, marking the busiest May in the airport’s history and representing year-on-year growth of 3.2%. The record performance follows a strong 2025, during which the airport welcomed 13.7 million passengers, its highest annual total on record. The airport attributed the growth to sustained demand across both […]
June 17, 2026 | Air Service Event News, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
The travel industry has long relied on historical data to make strategic decisions. However, in an era defined by rapidly changing consumer behaviour and market volatility, historical trends alone are no longer enough. This is the challenge that ZYTLYN Technologies, the company behind the Vorsee brand, is aiming to solve. Founded in 2021 by Houman […]
More than 570 attendees converged upon Chicago June 8-9 for the 2026 JumpStart Air Service Development Conference. Known as North America’s premier air service development conference, the annual event began with a day of educational sessions, followed by two days of airport and airline meetings. Monday’s programming was kicked off by keynote speaker Scott McCartney […]
June 15, 2026 | Air Service Event News, Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Marsa Alam International Airport continues to strengthen its position as one of Egypt’s leading leisure gateways, supporting the rapid growth of tourism along the Southern Red Sea coast. Europe remains the airport’s largest source market, with Poland continuing to rank as the leading nationality, supported by the strong and long-standing operations of Enter Air. This […]
Bangkok played host to the global aviation scheduling community from 9 to 11 June, as the 158th IATA Slot Conference took place at the Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre. The three-day event brought together more than 1,300 delegates from over 250 airlines and 300 airports worldwide, making it one of the largest gatherings of […]
June 12, 2026 | Air Service Event News, News & Analysis
Rome Fiumicino enters summer 2026 after a record‑setting year, consolidating its position as a leading European hub and a key international gateway. In 2025 the airport handled 51.3 million passengers, exceeding the 50 million threshold for the first time (+4% increase vs 2024 and +18% compared with 2019) confirming the resilience of demand and the […]
June 9, 2026 | Air Service Event News
