San Juan is the capital of the US territory of Puerto Rico. In 2025, the airport welcomed 13.6 million two-way passengers, which was comfortably its best year to date. Traffic rose by 3% year-over-year and by a very strong 45% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. The US mainland accounted for most of this […]
March 2, 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
North American countries – Canada, the US and Mexico – have a record 32.2 million one-way seats to the Caribbean in 2024. According to Cirium schedules information, capacity is up 8% compared to 2023, the previous best year, and 17% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. The US accounts for 86% of available seats. While […]
October 6, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Service One talks with… has been a popular series of interviews over the last 3 years delivering a mixture of serious and fun insight into the lives of familiar faces within the air service development sector. Jo-Anne Meaux Arends, Aviation Business Development Executive Aruba Airport Authority, has been one of those familiar faces within […]
March 18, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The international market is a growing part of JetBlue’s network. According to Cirium schedules information, the carrier has a record 1.71 million departing non-US seats in October-December 2023 (Q4), up by more than a fifth versus 2022 and well above the pre-pandemic period. In contrast, domestic capacity remains down by 9% year-on-year. About 15% of […]
October 31, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
A new route development forum focused on the Americas and Caribbean is now less than two months away. CONNECT New World promises the usual opportunity to network and share industry insights, but like a Caribbean cocktail there is a twist. “This event promises to deliver exceptional networking in a more personal and curated format, which […]
April 24, 2023 | Air Service Event News, News & Analysis
This April-June, Southwest is the USA’s second-biggest airline – and number one if only domestic is considered. According to Cirium schedules information data, it has 57.8 million total seats available, relegating Delta, with 54.9 million, to third place. Southwest’s Q2 2023 total capacity has increased by 8.7% versus Q2 2019. It is because domestic seats […]
March 16, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
With the promise of warm temperatures, there are an average of 50 daily departures from Europe to the Caribbean this winter, according to Cirium schedules data. In total, the market has just under 2.8 million departing seats, 2% smaller than in the high of W21 (and 10% below W19). The year-on-year (YOY) change is primarily […]
February 1, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America
KLM chose Saturday 16 October as the launch date for its newest long-haul service from Amsterdam. It now serves Grantley Adams International Airport in Bridgetown on the island of Barbados and Piarco International Airport, around 30 kilometres east of Port Of Spain on the island of Trinidad, with 2-weekly service using a mix of A330-200s […]
October 22, 2021 | Latest Route News +
