Porter Airlines introduced its latest route to the US with the launch of daily flights between Toronto YYZ and Fort Myers. The 1,910-kilometre service will be maintained by the 132-seat E195 E2 aircraft. The airline will compete directly against 14-weekly Air Canada flights and 10-weekly WestJet services. Flight PD535 departs Toronto YYZ at 16:45 local […]
November 17, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Avelo introduced new routes from Raleigh-Durham (IATA code RDU) in North Carolina recently, becoming the ULCC’s latest base. Four new routes, all to Florida, have been added: 16 February: Fort Lauderdale, 4-weekly on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays 16 February: Fort Myers, 3-weekly on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays 17 February: Sarasota/Bradenton, 3-weekly on Mondays, Fridays […]
February 20, 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 +
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
Sun Country has added Rochester International Airport (IATA code RST) in Minnesota (not to be confused with Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport in the state of New York – IATA code ROC) to its network, when it began 2-weekly (Thursdays and Sundays) service to Fort Myers in Florida on 3 February and 2-weekly (Mondays […]
February 9, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Sun Country launched not one, but two new routes from Duluth (IATA code DLH) in Minnesota on 17 December. Flights to Phoenix in Arizona (sector length 2,240 kilometres) and Fort Myers in Florida (sector length 2,430 kilometres) began on that day with both routes set to operate 2-weekly (Mondays and Fridays) using the LCC’s 737-800s. […]
January 3, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Sun Country chose Thursday 16 December as the launch date for its new 2-weekly service between Green Bay (IATA code GRB) in Wisconsin and Fort Myers (IATA code RSW) in Florida. The 2,070-kilometre route faces no direct competition and will be flown using the airline’s 737-800s. This is Sun Country’s first route from Green Bay, […]
December 29, 2021 | Latest Route News +
For almost two decades, Fort Lauderdale has been Spirit Airlines’s biggest base of operations, sometimes welcoming more than twice as many flights as its nearest rival. That may be set to change in 2022 now that Spirit has launched its first flights (to nine destinations) from nearby Miami on Wednesday 6 October. As a result, […]
October 19, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
Latest daily figures provided by the US TSA show that average weekly passenger numbers passing through US airports are now at around 80% of the level they were back in 2019. With Independence Day falling on a Sunday this year, passenger numbers peaked on 4 July at 85% of the level reported in 2019. However, while […]
July 27, 2021 | News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Analysis of Cirium Data and Analytics schedule information for June 2021 and June 2019 shows, for the second month running, that six of the top 12 airports with the biggest increase in the number of flights compared with two years ago are all in Florida. Fort Myers (or Southwest Florida International Airport as it brands […]
June 16, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story