San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is the sixth-busiest airport in Texas. It welcomed 10.7 million passengers in 2025, which was the second-best year on record. Traffic fell marginally year-over-year, which was partly influenced by Allegiant, Condor and JetBlue pulling out in 2024. However, passenger volume was 3% higher than before the pandemic in 2019. SAT […]
May 21, 2026 | Airports, North America, Top Story
Memphis International Airport is perhaps best known for being FedEx’s top hub. In the past, it was also a hub for Northwest and Delta, which is why the airport had significantly more passengers than it does now. That is just the reality of its non-hub status. Memphis welcomed 4.8 million passengers in 2025. The arrival […]
February 9, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Breeze’s first commercial flight took place in May 2021. Since then, Planespotters.net shows that its fleet has risen to 56 aircraft. It has 48 137-seat A220-300s and eight 108-seat E190-E1s. The last of its E195s were retired in mid-2025. In the past four and a half years, the airline has always operated domestically. According to […]
October 7, 2025 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Akron-Canton (IATA code CAK) is Ohio’s fourth-busiest airport based on 2024 traffic. According to its own statistics, it welcomed 760,000 two-way passengers, which was its best result since 2019. CAK’s recent growth was influenced by the arrival of Breeze in June 2021 – it was among its first airports – and its subsequent expansion. It […]
September 22, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Breeze is a fast-growing US operator. The fact that it is relatively new helps. According to Cirium schedule data for the second half of 2025 (July-December), Breeze has 4.55 million two-way seats, up by a considerable 46% year-on-year. It continues to only operate domestically. It is the country’s 11th-largest domestic carrier, but with less than […]
August 18, 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
Richmond is the second-busiest of eight airports with commercial flights in Virginia. In 2024, it had almost 4.9 million passengers, its highest volume to date. Traffic rose by 2% compared to its previous best year and by 11% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. While most of the growth was from incumbent airlines, it […]
June 18, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Nearly two and a half years have passed since Breeze’s first revenue service in May 2021. According to Planespotters.net, the airline now has 43 aircraft: 30 A220-300s (137 seats), 10 E190s (108 seats) and three 124-seat E195s (124 seats). In time, only the A220s will be used on scheduled routes. The Embraer aircraft will either […]
October 23, 2024 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Pensacola is situated in the Florida Panhandle, close to the Alabama border. The area is best known for its beaches (some of which are white, hence a popular nickname), naval air station and crawfish. The airport welcomed a record 2.73 million passengers in 2023, up by a strong 13% from its previous best year (2022) […]
July 3, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Breeze is the USA’s 12th-largest airline by available seats this winter. According to Cirium data, it has 1.85 million on an entirely domestic network. It provides one in 233 domestic seats. While it is fast growing, it remains relatively new and small, and its fleet comprises low-capacity aircraft. Planespotters.net shows that it has 34 aircraft […]
November 7, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Despite it being less than two years since Breeze Airways’ first commercial flight took off, the airline has 118 non-stop routes planned in Q2 (April-June). These include 22 announced in mid-February, which will see it fly to Portland, Maine for the first time. The airport is one of 35 to welcome the regional carrier, whose […]
February 16, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story