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
Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated its third UK route on 21 November with the launch of Addis Ababa to London LGW. It is served 3-weekly using the A350-900, the carrier’s aircraft of choice to Europe. It marks the first time since 2008 that the 5,880-kilometre airport pair has been served. Copenhagen, London LGW and Madrid added this year […]
November 27, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, Top Story
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
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
Since the start of the pandemic, domestic air travel in many countries has recovered more quickly than international air travel, as many countries put in place severe travel restrictions aimed at reducing the number of imported cases of Covid. Countries with large domestic markets (such as the US, Turkey and Mexico), or where domestic air […]
June 13, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
German leisure airline Condor was Europe’s 34th biggest in 2019, based on departing seats from European airports. According to Cirium data, the airline offered over 8.6 million seats from European airports, as well as 1.6 million seats from non-European airports. In Germany, it ranked fifth with just over five million departing seats, behind Lufthansa (56.6m), […]
February 25, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Senegal (IATA code HC) launched its first ever flights to the US on 2 September with non-stop service from Dakar to New York JFK and then an onward sector to Baltimore/Washington. The service will be flown 2-weekly using an A330-900 operated on the airline’s behalf by Hi Fly Malta. The inaugural service on the […]
September 8, 2021 | Latest Route News +
Last week JetBlue became the latest airline to venture into what was, pre-pandemic, the apparently highly lucrative air travel market between the UK and the US. Travel restrictions were recently eased for US citizens wanting to visit the UK. Sadly, there remain major restrictions for UK citizens wishing to travel to the US. Despite this, […]
August 17, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, North America, Top Story
Latest daily figures provided by the US TSA show that average weekly passenger numbers passing through US airports are now at around 80% of the level they were back in 2019. With Independence Day falling on a Sunday this year, passenger numbers peaked on 4 July at 85% of the level reported in 2019. However, while […]
July 27, 2021 | News & Analysis, North America, Top Story