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
Hannover is unusual in not having flights by (U)LCCs easyJet, Ryanair or Wizz Air. This is despite the airport’s 24/7 operation (which is unusual in Germany), no slot restrictions, 22 million people in the catchment area (one of Germany’s largest) and the incentive scheme. In 2025, 5.34 million passengers flew through Hannover’s doors. Traffic rose […]
July 14, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week Frontier extended their schedule through January 4. United pushed the start of new Venezuela service until October. In Other News The FY 2027 (October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027) City Pair Program has been announced. The City Pair Program offers reduced fares for federal government employees traveling on official […]
July 13, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
SalamAir is a LCC from Oman (IATA code OV). The first route commenced nine years ago, in January 2017, from Muscat to Salalah. The inaugural international market was in February 2017, from Muscat to Dubai DWC. Flights quickly shifted to DXB, but the carrier ceased flying there in 2025. While the airline is based at […]
The market between Anchorage (IATA code: ANC) and the US’s Lower 48 states is growing. In 2026, Cirium schedule data shows that 2.23 million one-way non-stop seats are available, which is the highest number to date. Capacity has exceeded the prior record, held last year, by 5%. While this growth is because of multiple operators, […]
July 9, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Nearly 3.3 million passengers travelled between Europe and Vietnam last year. Most people flew via a hub en route, especially Istanbul IST, Dubai, Doha, Shanghai PVG and Bangkok. The top country markets were Russia, Germany, the UK, France and Italy. The most popular nations without non-stop service were Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Czechia and Austria. […]
July 7, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week American added three new flights. Avelo will fly to a new airport near Dallas, TX. United has shifted the start of its new ORD routes from October to early November. Capacity Update Air Canada (AC) Will resume YUL to Algeria (ALG) in June 2027. It was last served in September […]
July 6, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier flyadeal has launched its first-ever services to Italy with the introduction of flights to Milan Bergamo Airport from Jeddah and Riyadh. The airline, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s national carrier, SAUDIA, inaugurated nonstop operations from Jeddah on 1 July, followed by the launch of flights from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on […]
July 2, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis
Indira Gandhi International Airport serves Delhi (IATA code: DEL). With 78.1 million passengers in 2025, DEL was comfortably India’s busiest airport last year. Approximately 72% of the traffic was international, while 28% was domestic. Compared to 2024, growth was less than half a percentage point.This was partly because one of its runways was out of […]
July 1, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Manchester (IATA code: MAN) is the UK’s third-busiest airport by traffic. A record 32.1 million passengers were handled in 2025, with this throughput up by 4% compared to the prior high held the year before. Traffic was 9% above what was achieved before the pandemic in 2019. MAN has benefited from the arrival or return […]
June 30, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Themes of the Week American is headed to Naples, FL. Delta added 11 flights for the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in LAS. They also added four new routes. Breeze added nine new routes and three new destinations. Avelo added six new routes and two new destinations. United is headed to Cartagena, Colombia (CTG). Small […]
June 29, 2026 | Airports, North America
Malta International Airport (IATA code: MLA) made history recently. On 8 June 2026, Delta Air Lines became the first North American operator to serve the island. It does so from New York JFK (3-weekly), which is MLA’s largest US market. Passengers may also connect elsewhere in the country via JFK. It is MLA’s new longest […]
June 24, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story