Spirit Airlines added another domestic service to its network on Thursday 14 August by introducing seasonal flights between San Diego and Reno. The 1,260-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with the A320 aircraft. The ULCC competes directly against Southwest Airlines’ 18-weekly rotations. Flight NK2563 departs San Diego at 08:20 local […]
August 26, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Southwest Airlines introduced two new routes from Austin on Thursday 6 March. Milwaukee (5-weekly) Reno (3-weekly) The carrier faces no competition on either route, both of which will be maintained with the 737-family aircraft. Southwest will operate the 1,660-kilometre service to Milwaukee every workday, while the 2,260-kilometre Reno rotation will run on Mondays, Thursdays and […]
March 12, 2025 | Latest Route News +
The “Biggest Little City In The World”, Reno welcomed 2.18 million passengers in the first half of 2023 – its highest number in 15 years. It was particularly driven by the arrival of Spirit and Sun Country and good growth by incumbent Southwest. The Nevada city is located near popular attractions including Lake Tahoe and […]
October 2, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
US regional aha! has added another route from its home base in Reno, Nevada. On Thursday 11 August the carrier began 2-weekly service on the 780-kilometre route to Idaho Falls in Idaho. The service will be flown every Thursday and Sunday using the airline’s ERJ-145s. No other carrier connects these two airports. According to flightradar24.com, […]
August 18, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Spirit has begun 2-daily service on the 555-kilometre, intra-Nevada route between Las Vegas and Reno. The inaugural flight took place on 10 August. The route is already served by four other carriers: Southwest: 54-weekly JSX: 5-weekly Allegiant: 4-weekly Frontier: 3-weekly Reno becomes the newest airport to be served by Spirit for the first time. In […]
The greater Reno-Sparks-Tahoe region is one of the nation’s strongest and fastest growing economies as it has become a major hub for technology, manufacturing, logistics and innovation. Companies including Tesla, Switch, Apple, Amazon, and Panasonic are now operating some of their most crucial business functions in Northern Nevada. Like every other airport across the country […]
June 14, 2022 | Air Service Event News, Airports, North America
Ahead of next month’s ACI-NA JumpStart® Conference taking place in Reno (Nevada), Air Service One spoke with Kevin Burke, President and CEO ACI-NA, about the event and how it is positioned as a key air service development opportunity for airports and airlines in the North American region. In your opinion what are the main challenges […]
May 9, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
When ExpressJet Airlines (IATA code EV) lost its contract to operate feeder flights for United Airlines last September its future was uncertain. The carrier first began operating in 1987 and since then operated flights on behalf of American, Delta and United and was at one time the world’s largest operator of Embraer ERJ-145s. Now the […]
October 27, 2021 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America