California has more available seats than any other US state. Cirium schedule data shows that 32 airports in the Golden State have scheduled passenger service, which, of course, includes San Diego (SAN). In the second of 2026 (July-December), Cirium data shows that SAN has 19.10 million two-way seats. Compared to the same six months in […]
September 9, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Themes of the Week Air Canada filed six new routes starting in 2027. Delta is suspending five U.S. routes. Alaska added its 50th route from SAN. Allegiant is adding two new routes and more frequency from the FNT base. Porter is going to serve London, Ontario (YXU) with four routes. Capacity Update Aerus (ZV) […]
September 8, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
KLM’s UK operation is considerable. 19 airports are served, with recent additions including Exeter (2025) and Jersey (2026). In the full year 2026, the carrier has 3.09 million one-way seats to the UK, which is three-quarters more than for the second most-served nation, Germany. The UK accounts for 14% of KLM’s total capacity. The airline […]
Sydney is comfortably the busiest airport in Australia and the wider Oceania, with 42.5 million passengers in 2025. This was the fourth-best year to date, only exceeded by 2017, 2018 and 2019. The lack of recovery was because of the domestic market, which remains notably smaller than before the COVID-19 pandemic.This was influenced by the […]
September 7, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
On 25 August, United Airlines confirmed that it’ll launch 11 new routes to Europe in S27. Most significantly, it’ll begin flying from Newark to Ibiza, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Marselle, Toulouse and Valencia. United will also become the first US operator to fly to Terceira. Ibiza, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Marseille, Toulouse and Valencia do not currently have scheduled […]
September 2, 2026 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport retained its position as the world’s busiest airport in 2025, handling more than 106 million passengers while continuing to strengthen its global route network and invest in major infrastructure projects. Air Service One spoke with Rebecca Francosky, Director of Air Service Development at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, about the airport’s recent […]
September 1, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
In 2025, Berlin Brandenburg (IATA code BER) welcomed 26.1 million passengers, which cemented its position as Germany’s third-busiest airport. Throughput was at the highest level since BER opened in 2020. However, if the now-closed TXL and SXF are combined, traffic is down by nearly 27% compared to 2019, which is a drop of 9.5 million […]
August 31, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Wizz Air plays a critical role in serving Romania. The ULCC provides 43% of the nation’s flights and – thanks to many 239-seat A321neos – 51% of the seats for sale and 56% of the ASKs. 14 Romanian airports are served, including Sibiu, which is approximately in the centre of the country. Cirium schedule data […]
August 26, 2026 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Quebec City Jean Lesage International (IATA code: YQB) is Canada’s 11th-busiest airport. In 2025, the facility welcomed 1.82 million passengers, which was the highest figure to date. Most of YQB’s growth has been because of incumbent operators. However, the figures were helped by the arrival of Propair in 2025, initially with routes within Quebec but […]
August 25, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The Volaris Group has flights from Mexico and multiple countries in Central America to the US. Cirium schedule data shows that nine in ten departures are from Mexico, which is the subject of this article. The airline’s emphasis is on VFR demand. Between August and December 2026, Volaris plans 2.1 million one-way seats between Mexico […]
August 24, 2026 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Saudi Arabia’s extraordinarily ambitious Vision 2030 is in full swing. Designed in part to diversify the nation’s economy away from oil, the plan includes welcoming 300+ million air passengers by the end of the decade, of which 100 million will be tourists (including pilgrims). The country’s Air Connectivity Programme helps with funding route development. The […]
August 19, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
easyJet launched operations nearly 31 years ago, in November 1995. The LCC initially flew from London LTN to Glasgow and shortly thereafter to Edinburgh. Flights from LTN to Aberdeen began in January 1996, followed by those to Inverness in November 1996. All four routes remain served today. Scotland remains an important part of easyJet’s full […]
August 18, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story