Australia has a new airport. It is Western Sydney International (IATA code: WSI). Construction began in 2018, with the first passenger-carrying scheduled flight due to take place in October 2026. When writing, two airlines have confirmed scheduled service: Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines. WSI is located 44 kilometres from Sydney’s Central Business District. Unlike […]
April 20, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Top Story
Air New Zealand plays a critical role in the country’s domestic and international operations. According to Cirium schedule data, the Star Alliance operator has nearly 4.9 million two-way seats in Q2 2026 (April-June). It provides 80% of the domestic market and 43% internationally. The same source shows that ANZ’s capacity has grown by 3% year-over-year, […]
February 25, 2026 | Airlines, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, 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
Similar to last month, it was a relatively quiet period for new route launches in North America. Without the growing number of new services to the new Mexico City NLU airport it would have been even quieter. Air Service One has identified and confirmed 30 new routes that launched in North America during the last […]
October 4, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air New Zealand has launched its longest ever route with the introduction on Saturday 17 September of a 3-weekly non-stop service between Auckland and New York JFK. The 14,180-kilometre route will be operated using the airline’s 787-9s. The inaugural service, NZ 2 operated by ZK-NZN, departed Auckland at 16:23 local time. It arrived in New […]
September 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The pandemic has certainly been challenging for airlines for a number of reasons, and the session titled ‘Winter 2021 – Not the New Normal’ at the 148th IATA Slot Conference brought together some of the industry’s experts to discuss why these times are still challenging, and that the sector has a number of factors to […]
June 15, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis