Themes of the Week Canadian airlines reduced capacity to the United States and Cuba. Volaris is adding new routes to the United States. Air Canada and Frontier will have their earnings calls this week. Capacity Update Aerus (ZV) Filed new service from Monterrey, Mexico (MTY) to MFE starting on March 27 with once daily […]
February 10, 2026 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Knoxville is the third-busiest Tennessee airport. The airport’s own statistics show it had 3.34 million two-way passengers in 2024. Throughput was up by a considerable 18% compared to the prior peak and by 30% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. Avelo’s arrival in 2024 helped. The most significant change to Knoxville’s airline portfolio is […]
September 1, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Worcester Regional Airport (IATA code ORH) is the fifth busiest of eight Massachusetts airports with scheduled flights in Q3 2025. Boston, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and Hyannis surpassed it. Analysis of peak summer data somewhat influences the results. Cirium schedule data shows Worcester has 33,200 one-way seats in the third quarter. Excluding the worst of the […]
July 10, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Themes of the Week Airlines gave us the gift of minimal schedule changes. Happy New Year! Capacity Update For a summary of market adds and cancels, click here. Alaska (AS) Filed the previously announced once-daily route DCA to SAN starting March 18. Caribbean Airlines (BW) Resumed FLL to Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ) from […]
December 30, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Phoenix welcomed almost 49 million passengers in 2023. It smashed its previous record, held in the pre-pandemic 2019, by nearly 6%. It is among the USA’s best-recovered major airports. It ended the year as the world’s 33rd busiest airport. It will not be long until Phoenix reaches the 50 millionth passenger milestone. Its growth was […]
May 13, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Mexico is an ever-popular destination from Canada, particularly in winter for snowbirds. Indeed, examining Cirium data shows that December 2023 had more available seats than June, July and August combined. Mexico’s location, many destinations, and the extent of service mean it is Canada’s second-largest international market, behind the US. There were 3.4 million departing seats […]
February 21, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story