Ontario is one of a handful of airports with scheduled passenger flights in the expansive and highly populated Los Angeles Basin. In 2025, Ontario welcomed 7.12 million passengers, which was its highest volume since 2007 and its third-best result in 33 years. Its throughput smashed what was achieved before the pandemic in 2019. In January […]
February 23, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Taipei Taoyuan International (TPE) is Taiwan’s primary international airport. According to the country’s civil aviation authority, 47.8 million passengers were welcomed in 2025. While traffic was up 6% year-over-year, it was still down from before the pandemic in 2019. It won’t be too long until it is fully recovered. TPE ended last year as Asia’s […]
February 11, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Welcome to 2026! And your first client newsletter of the year. We hope you had a relaxing break and have come back refreshed and ready to take your aviation connections and aspirations to new highs in the year ahead. And 2026 may be the year where we finally see a full recovery in capacity & […]
February 4, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Singapore is Asia’s 6th-busiest airport, excluding those in the Middle East. However, those that rank higher all have substantial domestic operations, while SIN is obviously entirely international. Consequently, it is Asia’s second-busiest facility for international services. According to the airport’s own statistics, just shy of 70 million passengers were welcomed in 2025. This was the […]
February 3, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Perth Airport has recorded its strongest ever year, surpassing the 18-million-passenger mark for the first time in its history. The result highlights the continued momentum of aviation growth in Western Australia. Total passenger traffic in 2025 reached 18.026 million, up 6.6% on the previous record of 16.9 million set in 2024. International and domestic segments […]
January 20, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
On 20 December, Oman Air introduced its first service from Muscat to Copenhagen, with 2-weekly 737 MAX 8 flights. Unusually, the route stops in Baghdad in both directions, with fifth freedom traffic rights. The Iraq-Denmark market is an important reason why the route started. It is the oneworld airline’s only one-stop operation to Europe. Despite […]
January 7, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
The long market between the US and Australia has seen significant changes. The most notable development recently was the 11 December 2025 launch of non-stop flights to Adelaide, with United operating from San Francisco (3-weekly). It marked the first time the capital of South Australia had flights from North America. Two other routes have started. […]
December 29, 2025 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Tahiti Nui (IATA code TN) is the flag carrier of the French overseas collectivity of French Polynesia. Launched in the late 1990s, it is French Polynesia’s first long-haul carrier. According to Planespotters.net, Air Tahiti Nui has four 294-seat Boeing 787-9s, which average 6.8 years. They replaced the A340-300, the last of which was withdrawn […]
December 15, 2025 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Situated on New Zealand’s South Island, Christchurch is the nation’s second most populous city by urban area. Between January and October 2025, the airport welcomed nearly 5.4 million passengers. It was the country’s second-busiest facility after Auckland. Compared to the same 10 months in 2024, Christchurch’s traffic rose by 5%. Three-quarters of its throughput was […]
December 10, 2025 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Festive season’s greetings, for what is our last client newsletter of 2025! In retrospect, November was an eventful month. A software upgrade in a number of A320 family aircraft more recently put networks in a spin, and geo-political maneuverings has oil futures pointing to lower prices. Only recently did the IMF revise down ever so […]
December 3, 2025 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
Due to the end of Jetstar Asia, the Jetstar Group now consists of Jetstar Airways (Australia and New Zealand) and Jetstar Japan. This article only examines Jetstar Airways’ network. According to Planespotters.net, it has 99 aircraft: 56 A320ceos, 21 A321LRs, 11 787-8s, six A321ceos and five A320neos. A321XLRs are on order. Cirium’s schedule information for […]
November 26, 2025 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Melbourne Avalon (IATA code AVV) is located approximately 56 kilometres from the centre of Victoria’s capital. It is the second-busiest commercial airport serving the Greater Melbourne area, which is home to approximately 5.4 million people. AVV has confirmed the start of Jetstar flights to the ever-popular Bali/Denpasar. Bali is to Australians what Malaga is to […]
November 24, 2025 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story