Canada’s Lynx Air introduced a new service between Calgary and Orlando MCO on Tuesday November 7. The 3,710-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The ULCC will compete directly against WestJet between the two cities. What they said Jim Sullivan, CEO of Lynx Air, said: “”As […]
November 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +
JetBlue inaugurated two new routes from Orlando MCO on Saturday 4 November, including to Punta Cana and Santiago, both in the Dominican Republic. The 1,710-kilometre service to Punta Cana and the 1,465-kilometre route to Santiago will be maintained daily. While JetBlue faces no competition on the latter, it will go head-to-head against daily Frontier Airlines […]
November 14, 2023 | Latest Route News +
US regional carrier Silver Airways launched flights from Greensboro to Nashville and Orlando MCO on Tuesday 25 July. Both the 605-kilometre service to Nashville and the 860-kiloemtre route to Orlando MCO will be operated daily with the carrier’s 72-seat ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on either route, marking its first flights out […]
July 31, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Frontier added seven new routes to the US territory of Puerto Rico during the first week of May. 4 May: Baltimore-San Juan (daily) 4 May: Chicago MDW-San Juan (6-weekly) 4 May: Cleveland-San Juan (4-weekly) 4 May: Dallas DFW-San Juan (daily) 4 May: Orlando MCO-Ponce (3-weekly) 4 May: Tampa-Aguadilla (3-weekly) 5 May: Detroit-San Juan (4-weekly) Flights are being maintained by the ULCC’s A320-famly fleet. Five of […]
May 12, 2023 | Latest Route News +
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 +
Breeze (IATA code MX) has expanded its operations out of Orlando MCO with the introduction of several routes during the first week of March. Four new destinations have been added by the ULCC, all of which are operated by the E195. 1 March: Akron-Canton, 2-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays 1 March: Tulsa, 2-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays 2 February: Huntsville, 2-weekly on […]
March 2, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Avelo has opened a base in Wilmington (IATA code ILG) in the state of Delaware with the introduction of several routes to Florida during the first week of February. Five new destinations have been added by the ULCC. 1 February: Orlando MCO, 3-weekly on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays 2 February: Tampa, 2-weekly on Thursdays and Sundays 2 February: Fort […]
February 6, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Avelo now connects Dayton in Ohio with Orlando MCO in Florida. The new service launched on Friday 13 January (so not superstitious then!). The 1,300-kilometre route will operate 2-weekly, on Mondays and Fridays and faces no direct competition. Avelo’s 737-800s will fly the route which is the airline’s first from Dayton. However, it already serves […]
January 19, 2023 | Latest Route News +
San Antonio in Texas is the latest US airport to welcome the bright yellow aircraft of Spirit (IATA code NK). Technically, Spirit has served San Antonio before, way back between April 2008 and March 2009 when it offered a single route to Fort Lauderdale. On Thursday 17 November the ULCC launched its first new routes […]
November 22, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Allegiant has flights to 125 airports in W22. It added Akron/Canton in March, building on eight that materialised in 2021: Orange County and Spokane in February, Portland (Oregon) in April, Key West in June, Minneapolis and Phoenix Sky Harbor in October and Orlando MLB and Washington IAD in November. Inevitably, not everything has gone smoothly. […]
November 16, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Some 25 US states have non-stop service to Europe this winter, according to Cirium schedule data. New York has more seat capacity than any other, followed by California, Florida, New Jersey and Illinois. Florida has 2.9 million two-way non-stop European seats, down by 16% versus W19. That is despite the launch of Virgin Atlantic’s new […]
November 10, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The Michigan city of Kalamazoo has never had scheduled flights to Florida, until now. Situated around 80 kilometres due south of Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo has always revolved around hub-feeding services. There’s American to Chicago (up to 2-daily) and Delta to Detroit (2-daily), both very short hops away. Avelo to Orlando On 26th October, Avelo lifted […]
November 3, 2022 | Latest Route News +