Tampa is Florida’s fourth-busiest airport and has welcomed multiple carriers in recent years. In 2021, Breeze, Avelo and Eurowings Discover (now called Discover Airlines) started; Discover replaced Lufthansa. Virgin Atlantic joined them in 2022, with Lynx Air and Porter starting in late 2023. Tampa gains 25 new routes since May 2023 The following routes are brand-new […]
October 11, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Silver Airways is unusual in the USA as it only operates turboprops. According to Planespotters.net, it has 18, comprising 10 ATR 72s (some in freight configuration for Amazon) and eight ATR 42s. They replace the Saab 340, of which it had a total of 28, providing more capacity, more usable range and lower seat-km costs […]
July 26, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Frontier added seven new routes to the US territory of Puerto Rico during the first week of May. 4 May: Baltimore-San Juan (daily) 4 May: Chicago MDW-San Juan (6-weekly) 4 May: Cleveland-San Juan (4-weekly) 4 May: Dallas DFW-San Juan (daily) 4 May: Orlando MCO-Ponce (3-weekly) 4 May: Tampa-Aguadilla (3-weekly) 5 May: Detroit-San Juan (4-weekly) Flights are being maintained by the ULCC’s A320-famly fleet. Five of […]
May 12, 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 +
Breeze has become the latest carrier to offer service on the 1,780-kilometre route between Syracuse in the state of New York and Tampa in Florida. The 2-weekly service launched just in time for Thanksgiving on Saturday 19 November, but takes a break from 26 November until 17 December when service will resume. For a few […]
November 28, 2022 | 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
Southwest now serves three destinations from Syracuse in New York state after starting a weekly service to Tampa in Florida on Saturday 9 April. The 1,780-kilometre route is already served 4-weekly by Frontier Airlines. Southwest began serving Syracuse on 14 November 2021 with 3-daily service from Baltimore/Washington. This was followed by weekly service to Orlando, […]
April 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Alaska Airlines has expanded its network from Portland in Oregon by adding service to Tampa in Florida. The inaugural flight on the 4,020-kilometre route departed Portland on Thursday 16 December with the maiden return flight operating on Friday 17 December. The route is set to operate nine times in the first two weeks. After that […]
December 29, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Eurowings Discover, the long-haul leisure airline which is part of the Lufthansa Group, on 16 December began flying between Frankfurt and Tampa in Florida. The 7,760-kilometre route will operate 4-weekly using the airline’s A330-200s. The aircraft features 22 Business Class seats, 17 Premium Economy seats and 231 Economy Class seats, of which 44 offer extra […]
December 23, 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
You wait years for a significant new airline to launch operations in the US and then two come along in quick succession. First it was Avelo, with its network of leisure oriented routes from Hollywood Burbank Airport and now we have Breeze Airways (IATA code MX, last used by Mexicana), the latest endeavour from serial […]
June 2, 2021 | Airlines, North America