George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA code IAH) is the second-busiest airport in Texas and ranks 15th within the US. In 2025, 48.1 million passengers passed through its doors, which was the second-highest volume to date. It is up by 6% compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019. ZIPAIR joined IAH’s portfolio in 2025, followed […]
October 7, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Avelo is the 22nd-largest airline (domestic or foreign) serving the US by September flights. Cirium schedule data shows the ULCC has 332-weekly round-trip flights, which has risen from 316 (+5%) compared to the same week in 2024. Virtually all are domestic, although its international operation gathers pace later in the year. Planespotters.net shows that Avelo […]
September 8, 2025 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Wilmington (IATA code ILM) is the fifth-busiest airport in North Carolina. According to Cirium schedule information, it has 671,000 one-way seats in the second half of 2025 (July-December). Capacity rose by 31% year-on-year and nearly doubled compared to 2019. The airport has particularly benefited from the arrival of Avelo in 2022, Sun Country in 2023 […]
August 27, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Savannah is the second busiest airport in the US state of Georgia. It had 4.1 million passengers in 2024, marking the first time its traffic exceeded the four-million milestone. Throughput was approximately 6% higher than the previous record and increased by 37% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. The arrival of Avelo and Breeze […]
August 20, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Florida is the USA’s second most-served state, behind California. According to Cirium schedule information, the Sunshine State has 134 million one-way seats in 2025, unchanged year-on-year. However, capacity is up by 17% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. Florida has grown by more than double the US average over the past six years, which […]
June 30, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
According to MWAA statistics, Washington IAD had a record 27.3 million passengers in 2024. Traffic rose by 10% compared to before the pandemic in 2019 to its highest level yet. IAD is very much the region’s international gateway. Compared to 2019, international traffic has risen by nearly a quarter. While the domestic market also increased, […]
June 2, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Grand Rapids is Michigan’s second most populous city. Its airport – officially called Gerald R. Ford International – is the state’s second busiest facility. According to its own data, it had a record 4.17 million two-way passengers in 2024, the first time it had surpassed four million. Traffic rose by a tenth compared to the […]
March 20, 2025 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Sarasota is one of more than 20 Florida airports with commercial flights. Despite being located between Tampa and Fort Myers, Sarasota’s traffic has grown strongly. According to the airport’s own statistics, it welcomed 4.25 million passengers in 2024. That was more than double its traffic before the pandemic in 2019, making it one of the […]
February 26, 2025 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Daytona Beach is located 140 kilometers south of Jacksonville and about 90 kilometers northeast of Orlando. In 2023, it welcomed 687,000 two-way passengers, up 2.5% from before the pandemic in 2019. However, traffic was 5.4% below the 726,000 passengers recorded in 2017. Two new airlines in two years The 22 June 2023 arrival of Avelo […]
November 25, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Salt Lake City’s major infrastructure development continues apace. Expected to finish in 2026, the ‘new SLC’ will transform the airport’s product and offering and position it for future expansion and development. SLC welcomed 27 million passengers in 2023. Traffic rose by around 0.5% compared to before the pandemic in 2019, against -0.7% for the country’s […]
September 18, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Albany is the capital of New York State. The arrival of the fast-growing LCC Avelo on 10 May 2024 was its biggest airline development recently. Avelo’s first route was to Raleigh Durham (2-weekly), which previously had Albany flights by Delta in 2011 and ULCC Frontier in 2019 and 2022. Avelo’s second route, to Concord, begins […]
August 26, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Manchester-Boston is by far the busiest of three New Hampshire airports with scheduled airline flights. Situated approximately 84 kilometres north of Boston, it was once a lower-cost and far less congested alternative to Boston for Southwest. Southwest has served Manchester-Boston since 1998, and it first flew to Boston itself in 2009. The immediate impact on […]
July 8, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story