October 28, 2024

Themes of the Week

• Aer Lingus found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in IND.
• Spirit made big cuts to their spring schedule, but also added new routes.

Upcoming Events

• Air Canada, Allegiant, Frontier, JetBlue, SkyWest and Sun Country have earnings calls this week.

Capacity Update

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

Aer Lingus (EI)

• Announced and filed new service from Dublin, Ireland to IND starting May 3.

American (AA)

• Filed Superbowl flights to MSY from JFK and LAX in February.

Delta (DL)

• Filed new, three-times weekly service from BOS to Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU) starting January 6 through March. It appears Delta will temporarily takeover this route from their joint venture partner LATAM during this period.

Iberojet (E9)

• MCO to Madrid, Spain (MAD) was removed from future schedules. It was scheduled to return in June 2025.

Norse (N0)

• Announced and filed LAX to Rome, Italy (FCO) starting May 22.

Spirit (NK)

• Extended their schedule through May 21, 2025.
• Reduced capacity in January (-20%), February (-23%) and March (-18%) week over week.
• Filed six new seasonal routes starting in the spring: ATL to CMH, IND and SAT; and MSY to IND, MEM and SAT.
• Suspended many routes in January through April. Please see our link above for the details. Some routes may be permanent exits and others could be seasonal suspensions.

United (UA)

• Filed previously announced new flights from EWR to Nuuk, Greenland (GOH) operating June 14 through September 24 and IAD to Dakar, Senegal (DSS) starting September 23 on.
• Added two NFL Las Vegas Raiders away game flights to MSY and TPA in December.

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

3Q 2024 Airline Earnings Calls

Air Canada - Friday, November 1 8:00 AM Eastern Link

Alaska - TBA

Allegiant - Wednesday, October 30 4:30 PM Eastern Link

American - Transcript

Delta - Transcript

Frontier - Tuesday, October 29 11:30 AM Eastern Link

Hawaiian - TBA

JetBlue - Tuesday, October 29 10:00 AM Eastern Link

Skywest - Thursday, October 31 4:30 PM Eastern Link

Southwest -Transcript

Spirit - TBA

Sun Country - Thursday, October 31 8:30 AM Eastern Link

United - Transcript

TSA Update

October 1-27 is at 101.3% of 2023 levels.

Balloons and Sphere of the Week

This week TPA had the Delta inaugural flight to AMS. The event included oversized wooden shoes, stroopwafels and an amazing cake.

Aer Lingus lit up the Sphere for their inaugural flight between Dublin and Las Vegas!

MSY welcomed Swifties with a fun balloon arch, karaoke, and a glitter buffet! Fully in their "My Fly MSY Era!"