Detroit welcomed its fourth new airline of the year on 15 November. It was Turkish Airlines, which began a 3-weekly service from Istanbul, rising to 4-weekly shortly and 5-weekly next summer. It followed the 18 May launch of Icelandair from Keflavik, with a summer seasonal 4-weekly service. While not long-haul, they joined the 5 May […]
November 29, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
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
Minneapolis had 3.33 million two-way revenue passengers in July 2023, based on the most recent statistics report from the Metropolitan Airports Commission. There were about 111,000 passengers daily. Domestic traffic was enormous, accounting for about 93% of the total. While passengers rose by 15.9% year-on-year, they were 10.8% lower than in 2019; the recovery continues. […]
September 18, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
Sun Country (IATA code SY) launched 2-weekly seasonal flights between Eau Claire in Wisconsin and Las Vegason Friday 11 August with its 186-seat 737-800 aircraft. Services on the 2,220-kilometre route will be maintained on Mondays and Fridays. The airline faces no competition with the new flights operated as part of the federal government’s Essential Air Service (EAS) […]
August 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Jackson Hole enjoys a world-class location. Situated in Grand Teton National Park and not too far from Yellowstone, Jackson Hole is Wyoming’s busiest airport. Well placed to capitalise on the pandemic-driven desire for outdoor activities, including skiing, Jackson Hole welcomed more than one million passengers in 2021. As the following figure shows, it was the […]
April 19, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
History was made on 28 February when Kansas City opened its brand-new airport terminal. The first departure was Southwest to Chicago MDW, which took off at 05:07. A single facility, it replaces the airport’s three ‘horseshoe’ terminals, which opened in 1972. The new terminal provides much more space and a higher quality modern experience, which […]
March 2, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Scheduled passenger operations is just one revenue stream for unashamedly leisure-focused Sun Country, alongside large numbers of charter flights and freight services for Amazon. According to Cirium schedules information data, Sun Country’s departing seats in Q1 2023 total 1.1 million. That is down by 4% versus Q1 2022, but higher than the first three months […]
January 24, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Sun Country (IATA code SY) has begun 4-weekly service on the short 140-kilometre route between its main hub at Minneapolis/St. Paul and Eau Claire in Wisconsin. No other carrier connects these two airports. Known locally as Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, the facility serves Eau Claire, a city with a population of around 70,000 people. Apparently, […]
December 6, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The number of airline seats available on US-Canada routes is still down 20% in August (compared with 2019) according to analysis of Cirium schedule data. The number of weekly flights is down 28%. Air Canada remains the dominant carrier in the market accounting for almost 47% of seats. WestJet, American and United each have between […]
July 29, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
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 +