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
Located in Newfoundland and Labrador in Atlantic Canada, St. John’s welcomed about 1.1 million passengers in 2022. Using Cirium schedules data shows that St John’s is the country’s 15th busiest airport based on departing seats in 2023. Capacity has risen by approximately 8% year-on-year. While the recovery versus 2019 continues, it will be helped by […]
November 23, 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
Created by WestJet as a tailormade and brand-new platform to tackle the rise of ‘budget carriers’ in Canada – which remains a hugely fast-growing segment – Swoop entered service in June 2018. Now with 16 Boeing 737-800s and MAX 8s, it will – unusually – be subsumed into parent WestJet’s operations. Swoop’s own operations will […]
September 7, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
WestJet has introduced its first destination in Asia by launching seasonal flights between its hub in Calgary and Tokyo NRT on Sunday 30 April. The 7,970-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays departing Calgary, and on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays from the Japanese capital. WestJet faces no competition on the route, which […]
May 5, 2023 | Latest Route News +
According to Cirium schedule data, the UK-US market is set to be almost exactly the same size this summer (April to October) as it was in the summer of S19, with around 8.5 million one-way seats. British Airways accounts for just one-third of all seats. During that time the market has seen the disappearance of […]
March 29, 2023 | Airlines, 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
Over half of all passengers flying between Scotland and North America flew indirectly last year, a proportion common in most years. It will not be much different this summer, with Cirium schedules information data indicating that available non-stop seats are still a quarter lower than they were at their peak in S17. In a reversal […]
March 14, 2023 | Airports, Europe, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
WestJet celebrated its 27th birthday at the end of February having taken to the sky on 29 February 1996 (yes, a leap day!). The carrier has undertaken a huge network transformation. Most recently, it ended all long-haul routes except from Calgary, its original and biggest airport – a real retreat-to-core. Over the past few years, […]
March 9, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Ottawa ended 2022 with just shy of three million passengers, according to the airport’s own statistics. Traffic at Canada’s capital airport was 41% lower than in 2019, with US and non-US international down by 72% and 79% respectively. It was not helped by the exit of American and Delta, nor the loss of eight US, […]
February 15, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Last week saw Air Canada launch service between Vancouver and Bangkok, making it currently the only non-stop service between anywhere in North America and the Thai capital. The 11,820-kilometre route will be served 4-weekly by the Star Alliance carrier using its 787-9s. A few days later, local rival WestJet revealed that it plans to launch […]
December 7, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, Top Story
WestJet on 31 October began 3-weekly service between Winnipeg and Los Angeles using its 737-800s. Flights on the 2,480-kilometre route will operate on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. The two airports have not been connected with non-stop service since at least 2000. According to the airport this is the first new major destination out of Winnipeg […]
November 14, 2022 | Latest Route News +