August 26, 2024

Themes of the Week

• Avelo and Southwest extended their schedules into April.
• Delta added a new AUS flight.
• We bid adieu to Canada Jetlines.
• Silver is exiting four stations.
• Southwest is adding new routes next spring. We are very excited about BNA-PBI!
• More college and NFL football flights were added by Southwest and United.
• Spirit added ABQ Balloon Fiesta flights in October.

Upcoming

• Our next Airport Roundtable will be January 8-10, 2025 in Palm Springs! This event will also sell out so if you are interested, RSVP here now.

Capacity Update

For a detailed view of capacity changes by airline and route click here.

Aeroméxico

• Filed new once daily service from Cancun, MX (CUN) to MIA starting December 19.

American (AA)

• Decreased capacity in both November and December by 4% week over week. Reductions were taken specifically from November 5 through 20, 23 and 28 through 30th. In December cuts were from the 3rd through 18th. .
• Added capacity to Caribbean markets in spring and summer 2025.
• Filed the resumption of summer seasonal service in nine markets that had the same service in 2024.
• Filed the resumption of PHL to XNA with once daily service from December 19 onward. The market was last served in April 2020.

Avelo (XP)

• Extended their schedule through April 29, 2025.

Delta (DL)

• Filed new twice daily service from AUS to MSY starting February 27 with E-175 aircraft. Southwest currently serves the route with up to four flights per day.
• Suspended JFK to Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV) service until November. Currently only El Al serves TLV from the U.S.

Frontier (F9)

• Reduced October capacity 2% week over week through the suspension of 23 routes in October.

Japan Airlines (JL)

• Suspended service from KOA to Tokyo Narita (NRT) from October through March.

JetBlue (B6)

• Suspended BOS and JFK to Dublin, Ireland (DUB) from March through April 16; and BOS and JFK to London Gatwick (LGW) from March through June 10.

Canada Jetlines (AU)

• Cancelled all flights, including YYZ to MCO and MIA due to ceasing operations.

Silver (3M)

• Exited four airport stations from mid-October onwards: Governor's Harbour, Bahamas (GHB); GNV; PBI; and Santiago, Dominican Republic (STI).

Southwest (WN)

• Extended their schedule through April 7 and refiled many seasonal flights in March through April.
• Filed and announced eight new routes flying in March and April: AUS to MKE and RNO; BNA to IND, PBI, PUJ and SJD; and SMF to PVR and TUS. BWI to SMF is resuming as well, and was last served in August 2020.
• College football flights were also added: CLE to MSY; and LAX to OMA.

Spirit (NK)

• Added flights to ABQ from DFW and LAX from October 2 through 15 for the Balloon Fiesta. Congrats ABQ!

United (UA)

• Added more flights for college and NFL football this fall, including a B777 for New Orleans Saints game at Kansas City Chiefs in October.

Note 1: Schedule information presented in the Weekly Airline Schedule Summary comes from what is loaded in Cirium schedules via Diio Mi and may not reflect what airlines are selling. 

Note 2: The Weekly Airline Schedule Summary and linked Capacity Summary are not intended to be an all-inclusive source for every schedule change made every week.

United States Capacity by Carrier

July On-Time Performance

Robot of the Week- Tulsa International Airport (TUL)

TUL is testing out a fun new passenger experience feature, a robot named CLOi! The robot can help guide passengers to different areas around the airport and take pictures with passengers. Let us know if your airport has a robot.

TSA Update

August 1-25 is at 105.4% of 2023 levels.

Aviation News

The Americas

• Avelo Airlines extends its flight schedule to the spring, minus 2 destinations August 23, 2024
• Merger of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines moves forward, clears antitrust concerns August 20, 2024

EMEA

• Turkish Airlines Outlines Network Priorities August 21, 2024