Breeze added another new route from Tampa by introducing flights to Wilmington in North Carolina on Thursday 2 October. The 825-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, with the A220-300 aircraft. The carrier will compete against Avelo Airlines’ 2-weekly rotations between the two cities. Flight MX118 departs Tampa at 07:00 local time, […]
October 8, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Wilmington (IATA code ILM) is the fifth-busiest airport in North Carolina. According to Cirium schedule information, it has 671,000 one-way seats in the second half of 2025 (July-December). Capacity rose by 31% year-on-year and nearly doubled compared to 2019. The airport has particularly benefited from the arrival of Avelo in 2022, Sun Country in 2023 […]
August 27, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
JetBlue introduced two new seasonal routes from Boston on Wednesday 30 April, to Norfolk and Wilmington respectively. Both the 755-kilometre service to Norfolk and the 1,080-kilometre rotation to Wilmington will be maintained daily with the A220-300 aircraft. The carrier faces competition on both routes, with Delta and Spirit running a 2-weekly and weekly service to […]
May 5, 2025 | Latest Route News +
While not the capital of Delaware, the USA’s second-smallest state by geographic area, Wilmington is the largest city. Located fewer than 34 kilometres from Philadelphia’s airport, it is Wilmington’s location which has historically hindered the airport’s development. But now it has a record number of routes and seats. Avelo launched in February 2023 Wilmington is […]
May 1, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Nearly two years after Avelo’s first revenue-generating flight (on 28 April 2021 from Burbank to Santa Rosa), the carrier (IATA code XP) is the USA’s 13th largest domestic airline. With a fleet of 15 737-700s and -800s, all between 10 and 20 years old (according to planespotters.net), it has 620,000 one-way summer domestic seats planned […]
March 8, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
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 +
Avelo (IATA code XP) has added Wilmington in North Carolina to its route network. On 30 June it launched 3-weekly service on the 890-kilometre route from its base at Tweed New Haven in Connecticut. The following day it added 3-weekly service on the 555-kilometre route to Baltimore/Washington and the 720-kilometre route to Orlando. None of […]
July 7, 2022 | Latest Route News +
United on Friday 11 February began 13-weekly service between New York EWR and Wilmington (IATA code ILM) in North Carolina. The service will be flown by 50-seat CRJ-550s which have 10 First-class seats, 20 seats in Economy Plus and 20 economy seats. The 785-kilometre service faces no direct competition. However, American offers 3-daily year-round service […]
February 15, 2022 | Latest Route News +