September 30, 2024

Themes of the Week

• Cathay is coming to Texas.
• Delta is connecting SLC and Asia.
• Delta is willing to keep Austin Weird and spread the vibe to five new cities.
• There are some shake-ups in the Essential Air Service (EAS) world.
• Icelandair is headed to BNA.

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Capacity Update

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

Aerus (ZV)

• Removed CRP to Monterrey, MX (MTY) from future schedules.

Alaska (AS)

• Suspended service between FLL and LAX from January 6 onward.

American (AA)

• Reduced capacity in January and February by 8% and 5% week over week, respectively. The reductions were mostly from January 7 through February 12.

Cathay Pacific (CX)

• Filed previously announced new service from DFW to Hong Kong (HKG) starting on April 24.

Delta (DL)

• Announced and filed new, once daily service from SLC to Seoul, Korea (ICN) starting June 12.
• Filed five new AUS routes starting in May: ECP, IND, MEM, SFO and TPA.
• Filed two special routes to DAB for the Daytona 500 in February: DTW and LGA.
• Suspended the resumption of Tel Aviv (TLV) service from JFK until January.
• Resumed MQT to MSP in January. The market was last served in January 2022.
• Downgauged select SkyWest routes in the Midwest from DTW and MSP from CRJ-700 to CRJ-550 from November onward.

Denver Air Connection (KG)

• Filed new service from ORD to Muskegon, MI (MKG) starting November 1. They won the Essential Air Service (EAS) contract and are replacing Southern Airways Express. The subsidy for year 1 is $6.8m.
• Cancelled service from DEN to Kearney, NE (EAR) from November onward. United (SkyWest) will take over the EAS contract then.

Icelandair (FI)

• Announced and filed new service from BNA to Reykjavík, Iceland (KEF) from May 16 onward.

Southwest (WN)

• Filed previously announced eight new and resuming routes: BNA to ABQ, ALB, JAN, MEM, PVD and TUL; and MCO to RIC and SAN.
• Extended schedule through June 4.

Spirit (NK)

• Reduced capacity in November and December 15% and 17% week over week, respectively. Many markets received seasonal suspensions during these months.

United (UA)

• Filed new service from ORD to EAU starting in December. United/SkyWest won the EAS contract and the subsidy is worth $5.9m the first year.
• Filed new service from EWR to Dominica (DOM) starting in February.

Volaris (Y4)

• Filed new and resuming service starting in March from DFW and IAH to MTY.

Sichuan Airlines (3U)

• Removed LAX to Chengdu, China (TFU) from future schedules.
• Added LAX to Hangzhou (HGH) flights from November through March. These flights are flied as restricted and don't appear to be selling yet.

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

August On-Time Performance

TSA Update

September 1-29 is at 101.7% of 2023 levels.