United inaugurated flights between San Francisco and Manila, the capital of the Philippines, on Sunday 29 October. The 11,245-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the 350-seat 777-300ER aircraft. The carrier will compete directly against Philippine Airlines’ daily flights on the route. Flight UA191 departs San Francisco at 00:35 local time, arriving in Manila at […]
November 1, 2023 | Latest Route News +
With Q3 almost done, Air Service One takes a look at the 15 biggest US states for each of the four largest US carriers; American, Delta, Southwest and United. We also compare this year’s Q3 capacity data with that of last year to reveal where each carrier is growing and where it has been cutting […]
September 29, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
United has continued to expand its footprint in Europe with the introduction of seasonal flights between New York EWR and Malaga on Wednesday 31 May. The 5,920-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with the 169-seat 757 aircraft. The Star Alliance member faces no competition on the route. Flight UA350 departs New […]
June 7, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Cleveland Hopkins Airport in Ohio has just celebrated the return of non-stop flights to Europe, with the introduction of Aer Lingus’s new 4-weekly service to Dublin utilising the airline’s A321neoLRs. The airport’s last flights to Europe were back in the summer of 2018, when, somewhat bizarrely, both Icelandair and local rival WOW air launched seasonal […]
May 31, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
United has added a seasonal so-called “capital to capital” service with the introduction of flights between Washington IAD and Berlin on Thursday 25 May. The 6,765-kilometre route will operate daily with 767-400 aircraft. The Star Alliance member faces no direct competition on the route, with Delta being the only other US carrier operating to the German […]
May 30, 2023 | Latest Route News +
United added another seasonal route to Ireland on Thursday 25 May by launching flights between its hub Chicago ORD and Shannon. The 5,780-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the 757 aircraft and without any competition. It marks United’s return on the route for the first time since 2017. Flight UA288 departs Chicago at 18:20 local […]
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
Departing seat capacity across all airports in North America (Canada, Mexico and the US) is expected to grow by just over 10% in the second quarter of this year. Some 900 airports in the region will see departing seat capacity rise from 315.2 million in April to June 2022 to 348.3 million during the same […]
March 23, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America
Situated about 100 kilometres south of Denver, Colorado Springs welcomed over 2.1 million passengers in 2022, according to the airport’s statistics. Its best year since 2001, traffic exceeded 2019 figures by 27%. It is primarily due to one key development: the arrival of Southwest. The airline, which launched Colorado Springs almost two years ago in […]
January 31, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Service One recently estimated that airlines started around 1,850 new routes across Europe (excluding Russia) in 2022. Analysis of Cirium schedules data suggests that airlines have already revealed plans for at least 500 more new routes starting in 2023. However, with airlines announcing additional new routes almost every day at the moment, that number […]
December 23, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
United on 17 November began non-stop service from Washington IAD to Cape Town in South Africa. The 12,750-kilometre route will operate 3-weekly using the airline’s 787-9s. The airline faces no direct competition on the route. This becomes the Star Alliance member’s third non-stop route to South Africa as it already serves both Cape Town (daily, […]
November 28, 2022 | Latest Route News +
United launched a new route between the US and Australia when it commenced service between San Francisco and Brisbane on Friday 28 October. The inaugural flight of UA96 departed the Californian airport at 23:45 and arrived in the Queensland city 13 hours and 41 minutes later, at 06:26 on Sunday 30 October, according to flightradar24.com. […]
November 8, 2022 | Latest Route News +