Themes of the Week Airlines continued to switch PBI to DJT this week. The only airlines that have not switched airport codes are: Allegiant, Avelo, Breeze and Southwest. Breeze extended their schedule through late May. Air India, Condor, Delta, Frontier, United and Volaris added new flights this week. Air Canada has their earnings call this […]
August 11, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
LOT Polish Airlines has celebrated eight decades of operations between Warsaw and Prague. The Polish flag carrier launched the route on 7 August 1946, making the Czech capital one of the first international destinations restored to its network following the Second World War. Early services were primarily operated by Douglas DC-3 aircraft, which accommodated only […]
August 10, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
US aviation consultancy Volaire Aviation, which helps airports and communities develop new air services and market their destinations to airlines, has appointed industry veteran David Doty as its new Director of Air Service Development. Doty brings more than twenty years of experience in commercial strategy and network planning, having previously held leadership positions at Southwest […]
Kuala Lumpur (IATA code KUL) is, of course, by far Malaysia’s busiest airport. In 2025, 63.3 million passengers were welcomed, which was the highest volume to date. The traffic achieved before COVID-19 in 2019 was exceeded for the first time. KUL ended last year as Asia’s 10th-busiest airport. It has jumped one place compared to […]
August 4, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Volotea will open a new base at Ancona’s Marche Airport in December 2026, strengthening its presence in Italy and preparing for further expansion from the region. Ancona will become the carrier’s eighth base in Italy and its 22nd across Europe. The base will house one Airbus A320 and create 30 direct jobs, alongside an estimated […]
Southampton Airport in southern England expects passenger numbers to increase by almost 10% during the summer season compared to last year. An estimated 147,000 passengers are forecast to depart from the airport between June and the end of August, representing an increase of 9.8% on summer 2025. The airport’s summer network includes flights to Amsterdam, […]
Themes of the Week Delta, Porter and United transition PBI routes to the new airport code, DJT, this week. American will suspend two LGA and one PHX routes from this winter onward and filed new service on one route. Allegiant has their earnings call this week on Tuesday. Capacity Update American (AA) Reduced October […]
August 3, 2026 | Airports, Latest Route News +, North America
Due to the considerable diaspora and American’s hub, Miami is, of course, by far the largest US gateway to South America. Excluding the US, Cirium schedule data shows that Miami is the world’s third-busiest airport to South America, after Panama City and Madrid. In 2026, Miami has 3.9 million one-way seats to South America, which […]
Amsterdam is Europe’s fourth-busiest airport for passenger traffic. In 2025, Schiphol had 68.8 million passengers, which was surpassed by only London LHR, Istanbul IST and Paris CDG. This was Amsterdam’s third-best year to date. Aptly, 10 million passengers have been added in the past 10 years. The airport’s recovery has been assisted by multiple new […]
July 29, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
With almost 61 million passengers in 2025, Hong Kong was Asia’s 12-busiest airport. While that was overwhelmingly the facility’s best year since 2019, throughput remains far lower than it was once. The record year was 2018, when 74.7 million passengers passed through the doors. It was Asia’s fourth-busiest airport. Cirium schedule information shows that Hong […]
July 28, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Luxembourg is renowned for being a tiny European country with one of the world’s highest GDPs per capita, which is influenced by its leading role for banking. More than 1.5 million people live within a one-hour drive, rising to nine million within two hours. Located within a few hours’ drive of many big cities, the […]
July 21, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Southwest added 25 new routes. Frontier added four new routes. United added four new EWR routes. Alaska added two new HNL routes. Breeze added two new TPA routes. Capacity Update Air Transat (TS) Removed two routes from future schedules: YHZ and YUL to FLL. Both were scheduled to operate this […]
July 20, 2026 | Airports, North America