California has more available seats than any other US state. Cirium schedule data shows that 32 airports in the Golden State have scheduled passenger service, which, of course, includes San Diego (SAN). In the second of 2026 (July-December), Cirium data shows that SAN has 19.10 million two-way seats. Compared to the same six months in […]
September 9, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Themes of the Week Air Canada filed six new routes starting in 2027. Delta is suspending five U.S. routes. Alaska added its 50th route from SAN. Allegiant is adding two new routes and more frequency from the FNT base. Porter is going to serve London, Ontario (YXU) with four routes. Capacity Update Aerus (ZV) […]
September 8, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
KLM’s UK operation is considerable. 19 airports are served, with recent additions including Exeter (2025) and Jersey (2026). In the full year 2026, the carrier has 3.09 million one-way seats to the UK, which is three-quarters more than for the second most-served nation, Germany. The UK accounts for 14% of KLM’s total capacity. The airline […]
Sydney is comfortably the busiest airport in Australia and the wider Oceania, with 42.5 million passengers in 2025. This was the fourth-best year to date, only exceeded by 2017, 2018 and 2019. The lack of recovery was because of the domestic market, which remains notably smaller than before the COVID-19 pandemic.This was influenced by the […]
September 7, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
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
Air Canada has announced its largest intercontinental expansion to date for summer 2027, adding five new international destinations and seven new routes across Europe and Asia, alongside frequency increases and extensions of several seasonal services to year-round operations. The carrier plans to operate more than 125 international routes next summer, offering up to 169,000 weekly […]
September 8, 2026 | Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Starlux Airlines operated its distinctive AIRSORAYAMA Gold Airbus A350-1000 to Prague for the first time on 1 September, as the Taiwanese carrier upgraded capacity on its recently launched route from Taipei. The aircraft, registered B-58554, features a special metallic gold livery created in collaboration with renowned Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama. Starlux, Airbus and paint manufacturer […]
September 7, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
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
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 […]
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 […]
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
United Airlines introduced a new transpacific service between New York EWR and Seoul ICN on Friday 4 September. The 11,100-kilometre journey will be maintained daily with the 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The Star Alliance member will compete against a daily Air Premia rotation. Flight UA285 departs New York EWR at 10:35 local time, arriving in Seoul […]
September 9, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Air China commenced flights between Beijing PEK and Zagreb, operating via Bucharest on Friday 4 September. The new service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the 265-seat A330-200 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route and becomes the sole carrier between Bucharest and Zagreb as the Star Alliance member […]
Air Canada has announced its largest intercontinental expansion to date for summer 2027, adding five new international destinations and seven new routes across Europe and Asia, alongside frequency increases and extensions of several seasonal services to year-round operations. The carrier plans to operate more than 125 international routes next summer, offering up to 169,000 weekly […]
September 8, 2026 | Latest Route News +, News & Analysis
Aegean Airlines inaugurated flights between Athens and Rotterdam on Thursday 3 September. The 2,175-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, with the A320neo aircraft. The Star Alliance member faces no competition between the two cities. Flight A3634 departs Athens at 13:40 local time, arriving in Rotterdam at 16:10 local time. The return […]
LEAV Aviation inaugurated flights between Cologne Bonn and Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria on Tuesday 1 September. The new route will be maintained weekly with the A320 aircraft. The carrier is the sole operator between the two cities. Flight KK480 departs Cologne Bonn at 04:30 local time, arriving in Deir ez-Zor at 09:45 local time. The return service, operating […]
Ryanair commenced flights between Venice and Budapest on Tuesday 1 September. The 575-kilometre route will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with the 737 fleet. The ULCC competes directly against Wizz Air which runs 3-weekly rotations between the two cities. Ryanair last maintained the route in October 2017. Ryanair with 83 routes […]
September 7, 2026 | Latest Route News +
German carrier LEAV Aviation introduced flights between Rhodes and Erfurt on Tuesday 1 September. The 2,120-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays, with the A320 aircraft. The service will operate until the end of October. Flight KK1221 departs Rhodes at 12:20 local time, arriving in Erfurt at 14:40 local time. The return […]
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
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
