Themes of the Week Avelo goes back to Bozeman and adds RDM to STS, giving aha! vibes Silver is adding a North Carolina market Our next Airport Roundtable is two weeks away in MSO; 8 airlines and great opportunities to connect Allegiant and Frontier have their earnings calls this Wednesday Capacity Update To see a detailed list […]
May 1, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
While not the capital of Delaware, the USA’s second-smallest state by geographic area, Wilmington is the largest city. Located fewer than 34 kilometres from Philadelphia’s airport, it is Wilmington’s location which has historically hindered the airport’s development. But now it has a record number of routes and seats. Avelo launched in February 2023 Wilmington is […]
Themes of the Week Avelo goes big in Wilmington, DE (ILG). United wants to be THE airline between the U.S. and Australia and New Zealand by adding new service and capacity this winter; Bring on the Bluey partnership! Frontier reduced capacity in September 15% week over week with big reductions in international markets Airlines are […]
April 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The capital and largest city in Nova Scotia, Halifax welcomed 3.10 passengers in 2022. As shown below, the airport’s traffic in 2022 versus 2019 was, of course, dragged down by the domestic market, mainly because of reductions by Air Canada and WestJet. The transborder US market was the least recovered percentagewise (-78.1%), not helped by […]
Jackson Hole enjoys a world-class location. Situated in Grand Teton National Park and not too far from Yellowstone, Jackson Hole is Wyoming’s busiest airport. Well placed to capitalise on the pandemic-driven desire for outdoor activities, including skiing, Jackson Hole welcomed more than one million passengers in 2021. As the following figure shows, it was the […]
April 19, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Themes of the Week We’ve added international changes to/from the U.S. in our summary! Please feel free to send feedback on whether you find this useful and any other suggestions for this newsletter. Alaska and United tweaked their schedules in the fall. Alaska and United both have their earnings calls this week. Do a push […]
April 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The market between the El Salvadorian capital San Salvador and the US has grown considerably. According to Cirium schedules information data, there are 1.12 million one-way seats in S23, as shown in the following figure. It has exceeded the one million milestone for the first time. It has surpassed the previous summer record – held […]
Charleston, the largest city in South Carolina, welcomed 5.32 million passengers in 2022, according to the airport’s own figures. It far outperformed pre-pandemic 2019, with traffic up by a strong +9.3% from 4.87 million, as shown in the figure below. It was partly thanks to securing new entrants Breeze (June 2021), Sun Country (April 2022) […]
April 12, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Themes of the Week: Airlines are still trimming their summer schedules where needed and to help with the ATC shortage in NYC. Avelo expanded their footprint in FL with the adds of DAB and MLB. Breeze added CRW and another California add for PIT; also made significant changes across its network post-Labor Day. Frontier added new routes […]
April 11, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Some 43 US airports have non-stop Europe flights this summer, according to Cirium schedules information data. When each airport’s network is examined, they have a median of four Europe routes. With 37, it is perhaps surprising that New York JFK does not have the most – Newark does (39), as shown in the following figure. […]
April 3, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Some 47 European airports have non-stop flights to New York JFK and/or Newark this summer. Between them, they have 8.8 million one-way seats for sale, according to Cirium schedules information data. That is 14.0% more than in S22 and 1.3% more than in S19. Of the 47 airports, Paris CDG ranks second while Paris ORY […]
March 30, 2023 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
According to Cirium schedule data, the UK-US market is set to be almost exactly the same size this summer (April to October) as it was in the summer of S19, with around 8.5 million one-way seats. British Airways accounts for just one-third of all seats. During that time the market has seen the disappearance of […]
March 29, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story