Savannah is the second busiest airport in the US state of Georgia. It had 4.1 million passengers in 2024, marking the first time its traffic exceeded the four-million milestone. Throughput was approximately 6% higher than the previous record and increased by 37% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. The arrival of Avelo and Breeze […]
August 20, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Nashville is the USA’s 23rd busiest airport in Q3 2025 (July-September) based on available capacity. According to Cirium schedule information, its airlines plan 4.6 million one-way seats, up 12% year-on-year and 59% compared to the pre-pandemic Q3 2019. Nashville is among the USA’s fastest-growing cities and airports. The arrival of two new long-haul carriers has […]
April 23, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Spirit has exited bankruptcy protection. It cut much debt and received fresh investment, making it a stronger, more focused, and more competitive operator. It has stated it wishes to become a more premium operator. While its changes will increase costs, Spirit’s refocus is to generate much more revenue per passenger. It is quite a change […]
April 16, 2025 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Las Vegas is the USA’s eighth-busiest airport. It welcomed 57.6 million passengers in 2023, more than Charlotte and Miami. Traffic rose by a very strong 11.8% compared to the pre-pandemic 2019, against -0.3% for the country’s 20 busiest airports. Las Vegas was the top 20’s third-fastest-growing airport, which helped it to jump one place up […]
September 25, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Salt Lake City’s major infrastructure development continues apace. Expected to finish in 2026, the ‘new SLC’ will transform the airport’s product and offering and position it for future expansion and development. SLC welcomed 27 million passengers in 2023. Traffic rose by around 0.5% compared to before the pandemic in 2019, against -0.7% for the country’s […]
September 18, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
San Antonio welcomed 1,032,610 passengers in July 2024, its highest traffic figure to date. It was its second month with more than a million passengers, the last being 12 months earlier. On an annual basis, the Texas airport welcomed 10.7 million passengers in 2023. While that was its best year thus far, it expects to […]
August 28, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Pensacola is situated in the Florida Panhandle, close to the Alabama border. The area is best known for its beaches (some of which are white, hence a popular nickname), naval air station and crawfish. The airport welcomed a record 2.73 million passengers in 2023, up by a strong 13% from its previous best year (2022) […]
July 3, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Pittsburgh is Pennsylvania’s second most populous city The airport’s biggest development recently was the 16 May 2024 launch of Icelandair from its Keflavik hub. It is not a new airport pair: defunct WOW Air served it until 2019. But it is great that it has returned and with another new operator. It means that Pittsburgh […]
May 29, 2024 | Airlines, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
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
Baltimore plays a vital air travel role in Maryland, Virginia and the DC area. It had 26.2 million passengers last year, only about 3% lower than its previous record held in 2018. While Baltimore is best known for being a major airport for Southwest, it is much more than this. It has passenger service by […]
April 30, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
After the launch of over 200 new routes last week (coinciding with the start of the Northern Hemisphere summer season – S24), things were considerably quieter in Europe this week, though there was more activity in the US. Airlines began around 25 new routes involving European airports and over 30 in North America. For full […]
April 12, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
John Wayne, Orange County, Santa Ana. They’re all names used for the slot-constrained airport in the enormous LA Basin. The airport, which will hereafter be referred to as John Wayne, had 11.7 million passengers in 2023, up by one million passengers over 2019. It added more additional traffic than any other airport in the LA […]
March 7, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story