Spirit Airlines added Louisville in Kentucky to its ever-expanding US network when it launched four routes from the airport on 27 May. Fort Lauderdale and Orlando MCO in Florida, as well as Las Vegas and Los Angeles, will all be served daily. The Los Angeles connection is a new destination for the airport. The other […]
June 4, 2021 | Airlines, North America, Top Story
You wait years for a significant new airline to launch operations in the US and then two come along in quick succession. First it was Avelo, with its network of leisure oriented routes from Hollywood Burbank Airport and now we have Breeze Airways (IATA code MX, last used by Mexicana), the latest endeavour from serial […]
Analysis of Cirium Data and Analytics schedule information for May 2021 and May 2019 shows that six of the top 12 airports with the biggest increase in the number of flights compared with two years ago are all in Florida. Whereas Sarasota/Bradenton led the way in April, it has slipped to second in May, as […]
May 24, 2021 | Airports, North America, Top Story
Since our first look at the North American market four weeks ago, there have been plenty of developments worthy of note. With Easter occurring at the beginning of April, passenger numbers relative to the same dates in 2019 saw a new post-pandemic peak of 60% being reached on 31 March and staying at over 60% […]
May 18, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, North America, Top Story
When The ANKER Report launched in September 2017 I made the decision to make my content available purely as a free, downloadable pdf that could be easily printed off or viewed on-line. Although it would have been nice to have all the stories available as separate stories on my website (www.anker-report.com), I did not have […]
May 17, 2021 | Europe, North America
Traffic trends and route development in North America, defined here as encompassing Canada, the US and Mexico. Although the US domestic market recovered relatively slowly last summer, at least compared with some European markets, its recovery has continued through the winter season and into spring. As passenger data from TSA makes clear, US domestic passenger […]
May 7, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, North America, Top Story
Compared with many countries across the globe, Mexico’s domestic air travel market recovered relatively quickly in 2020. After being more than 90% down on 2019 demand in April and May of last year, by December passenger numbers were down only 35% compared with the previous year. However, early indications for 2021 suggest that the recovery […]
May 6, 2021 | North America
