Norfolk in Virginia is the latest US airport to welcome Spirit (IATA code NK). On Tuesday 7 March the ULCC launched daily flights from Orlando MCO, followed by a daily service from Fort Lauderdale on 8 March. The first service from Norfolk to Orlando MCO took place on 8 March. Competition on the 1,055-kilometre route to Orlando is […]
March 9, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Norfolk International Airport (IATA code ORF) in Virginia welcomed almost four million passengers in 2019. Despite the airport’s name, its scheduled service are currently only to US destinations. The latest passenger figures show that the airport handled a record 433,723 passengers in July 2022, the airport’s busiest ever month. This is 8% more than in […]
September 15, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Breeze launched its first ever flights to Long Island MacArthur Airport, also known as Islip (ISP) on Thursday 17 February. The 4-weekly service from Norfolk (ORF) in Virginia will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays using the airline’s 108-seat E190s. The 510-kilometre route faces no direct competition. However, from Norfolk, American serves New York […]
February 21, 2022 | Latest Route News +
US newcomer Breeze launched two routes from Rhode Island TF Green International Airport on Thursday 29 July. The new destinations are Norfolk in Virginia and Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Both routes will be served 4-weekly, on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Neither the 680-kilometre route to Norfolk, nor the 750-kilometre route to Pittsburgh faces any direct […]
July 30, 2021 | Latest Route News +
You wait years for a significant new airline to launch operations in the US and then two come along in quick succession. First it was Avelo, with its network of leisure oriented routes from Hollywood Burbank Airport and now we have Breeze Airways (IATA code MX, last used by Mexicana), the latest endeavour from serial […]
June 2, 2021 | Airlines, North America