Memphis International Airport is perhaps best known for being FedEx’s top hub. In the past, it was also a hub for Northwest and Delta, which is why the airport had significantly more passengers than it does now. That is just the reality of its non-hub status. Memphis welcomed 4.8 million passengers in 2025. The arrival […]
February 9, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Knoxville is the third-busiest Tennessee airport. The airport’s own statistics show it had 3.34 million two-way passengers in 2024. Throughput was up by a considerable 18% compared to the prior peak and by 30% compared to before the pandemic in 2019. Avelo’s arrival in 2024 helped. The most significant change to Knoxville’s airline portfolio is […]
September 1, 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
Probably best known as ‘the home of country music’, Nashville in the state of Tennessee, is also home to one of America’s fastest-growing airports. According to Cirium data, between May 2022 and May 2023 Nashville International Airport’s seat capacity grew by almost 20%. Among the top 30 US airports only Chicago MDW registered a higher […]
August 17, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Memphis welcomed 4.36 million passengers in 2022, down by 6% versus 2019. Yet it was still the third best year in the last decade, and it coincided with the opening of its new concourse. Passenger traffic was aided by the arrival of ULCC Spirit, while Avelo has confirmed that it is starting this summer. However, […]
March 21, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story