North America
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
Canada’s air travel market has been much slower to recover than those in either Mexico or the US. Passenger data from the country’s eight biggest airports (which account for around 75% of traffic across all Canadian airports) reveals that last summer demand peaked at between 10% and 20% of the demand recorded in 2019. Calgary […]
Recent new route announcements from US carriers have made it clear that underserved destinations along America’s east coast are proving particularly popular with network planners. The ANKER Report has analysed weekly schedule data for the last week of April 2021 to see which airports have seen the biggest increase (in absolute terms rather than percentage […]
On 31 March 2021, Alaska Airlines became the 14th member (and second in the US after American Airlines) of the global oneworld alliance. This was a historic day for the airline, which can trace its origins back 89 years and is the only major US carrier based on the west coast, with its corporate headquarters […]
Avelo Airlines (IATA code XP), the first new US airline to announce operations since the start of the pandemic, recently revealed that Hollywood Burbank Airport in northern Los Angeles would be its first base. It also revealed its initial 11 routes, the first of which is set to begin flying on 28 April. The airline’s […]
Canadian ULCC Flair Airlines (IATA code F8) can trace its origins back to 2005, but the airline as it is known today, with its acid green and black branding, came into being in 2019. Its current fleet of just three 189-seat 737-800s are set to be joined in the coming months by 13 737 MAX […]