The “Biggest Little City In The World”, Reno welcomed 2.18 million passengers in the first half of 2023 – its highest number in 15 years. It was particularly driven by the arrival of Spirit and Sun Country and good growth by incumbent Southwest. The Nevada city is located near popular attractions including Lake Tahoe and […]
October 2, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
With Q3 almost done, Air Service One takes a look at the 15 biggest US states for each of the four largest US carriers; American, Delta, Southwest and United. We also compare this year’s Q3 capacity data with that of last year to reveal where each carrier is growing and where it has been cutting […]
September 29, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The capital of foodie Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy and one of Europe’s wealthiest areas, Bologna is the country’s sixth-busiest airport. Famous for manufacturing Lamborghinis, Bologna welcomed 1.07 million passengers in July, with traffic surpassing one million for the first time. Passenger numbers grew by 16.6% versus 2019, in contrast to the average +3.6% of the […]
September 28, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Located close to the Mexican border, San Diego welcomed 13.1 million passengers in the first seven months of this year. Based on the airport’s own data, about 96% flew domestically. Total passenger volume was 5% lower than in 2019, almost the same in July (4.9%). The recovery will be helped by multiple new and returning […]
September 26, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Iberia Express’ first commercial flight was in 2012. Some 11 years later, the low-cost subsidiary (LCS) has 28 A320ceos, A321ceos and A321neos, according to Planespotters.net. Its network remains almost entirely from the Spanish capital, Madrid. The only exceptions this summer are seasonal services from Asturias and Vigo to the Canary Islands. Iberia Express plays a […]
September 25, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Delta makes big changes to their Summer 2024 Transatlantic schedule Alaska announces new service SAN to ATL OGG capacity cuts continue with WestJet reducing capacity in the fall Southwest extends their schedule and adds a new route Breeze added a new destination that would make Abe Lincoln proud Still no SCASD […]
Spirit is the seventh largest airline serving the USA by flights in September. With a fleet of 199 A319s, A320s and A321s, it has 5,554 weekly services making it the country’s largest ULCC ahead of Frontier (4,040). Yet Spirit has just 3.2% of the domestic market, rising to 6.4% of the short-haul international market. While […]
September 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Vueling is Europe’s fourth largest (U)LCC, behind Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air. Vueling has 11.7 million seats in July-September 2023 (Q3), and about 3.4% of the European short-haul market. According to Cirium data, the carrier’s capacity has fallen by 1.7% versus the same three months last year, despite opening a base at London LGW in […]
September 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Located in southwest Ireland, Cork is the country’s second most populous city. It welcomed 2.24 million passengers in 2022, making it the Republic of Ireland’s second busiest airport. It accounted for almost 7% the nation’s traffic. While Cork’s passengers were 13.5% below 2019, it outperformed Dublin in the recovery (-14.7%). In August 2023, Cork had […]
September 20, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
French regional carrier Twin Jet rarely receives attention. According to the airline’s website, it has 13 Beech 1900s, each with 19 seats. The rare type is even less common in Europe. Cirium shows that 99% of the airline’s operations are on weekdays while 1% is on Sundays. There are no flights on Saturdays. This chimes […]
September 19, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Delta gets down to business adding new routes and resuming long-haul domestic routes from ATL OGG capacity cuts continue again this week with reductions and cancellations by Alaska and American Southwest extends their schedule and adds a new route Breeze added two new routes and a new destination that is also […]
September 18, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Minneapolis had 3.33 million two-way revenue passengers in July 2023, based on the most recent statistics report from the Metropolitan Airports Commission. There were about 111,000 passengers daily. Domestic traffic was enormous, accounting for about 93% of the total. While passengers rose by 15.9% year-on-year, they were 10.8% lower than in 2019; the recovery continues. […]