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 +
After revealing which airports in Europe were seeing the slowest recovery in traffic (using passenger data for June 2022 and June 2019), this week we conduct a similar analysis on airports in the US. However, this time airline capacity data provided by Cirium is used for August 2022 and August 2019. As airlines are still […]
September 2, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Analysis of Cirium schedule data for August 2019 and August 2022 reveals that while scheduled seat capacity across over 650 US airports in 2022 is currently expected to be at least 4% lower than in 2019, the number of non-stop routes being offered has actually risen during that period by 3.2%, up from 7,993 to […]
June 13, 2022 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America
The latest TSA passenger statistics reveal that US demand for air travel last week was between 85% and 90% of the level achieved during the same period in 2019. Until now, the only time US air travel demand has reached 90% of the pre-pandemic level was during the Thanksgiving holiday period last November. Miami and […]
March 8, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Avelo made Sarasota/Bradenton in Florida its latest route from its east coast base at New Haven in Connecticut when it launched 3-weekly flights on 13 January. The 1,775-kilometre route will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays using the airline’s 737-700s. This becomes the airline’s sixth route to Florida from New Haven having already launched flights […]
January 24, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Allegiant Air on Wednesday 15 December launched year-round service from Tulsa in Oklahoma to Sarasota/Bradenton on the southwestern coast of Florida, between Tampa (to the north) and Fort Myers (to the south). Flights will operate 2-weekly (Wednesdays and Sundays) on the 1,590-kilometre route using the airline’s A320s. This is now Tulsa’s fourth year-round route to […]
December 22, 2021 | Latest Route News +