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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
easyJet launched operations nearly 31 years ago, in November 1995. The LCC initially flew from London LTN to Glasgow and shortly thereafter to Edinburgh. Flights from LTN to Aberdeen began in January 1996, followed by those to Inverness in November 1996. All four routes remain served today. Scotland remains an important part of easyJet’s full […]
August 18, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week All airlines have now converted Palm Beach airport codes from PBI to DJT. Delta continues to grow in AUS with two new routes. Airport Roundtable – SOLD OUT Our next Airport Roundtable hosted by South Bend International Airport (SBN) is officially sold out! We will announce our next 2027 Airport […]
August 17, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
The market between Europe and mainland China has record capacity. In 2026, Cirium schedule data shows that 8.9 million one-way seats are available (excluding Russia to avoid Asian cities). This volume has exceeded the prior high by 15%. Nearly 1.2 million additional seats have been added in a year. Things have changed in many ways. […]