September 6, 2022
Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting
Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting is an international aviation consulting firm specializing in Air Service Development
We hope those in the U.S. had a great Labor Day weekend and that flights were smooth at your airports!??
This week Sun Country extended their schedule through April 17, 2023,?Frontier and Spirit take an interest in PHX, and American trims its schedule in December and January.??
Balloons of the Week - Sarasota Bradenton International Airport!
Congrats to SRQ on winning our Balloons of the Week award for their inaugural Breeze and Avelo service! SRQ has had a lot to celebrate this year and they have done a beautiful job with balloons!
If your airport has used balloons to celebrate an inaugural, new route announcement or anything fun, send a picture to [email protected] so you can be featured soon!
Capacity Update
To see all market cancels for each airline please click?here.??
Alaska?cancelled three Pacific Northwest routes from December 15 through January 9: BOI to Idaho Falls (IDA) and Paine Field (PAE); and GEG to PAE.???
American?removed three routes from all future schedules: Newport News (PHF) to PHL; DFW to Hermosillo (HMO); and CLT to Puerto Vallarta (PVR).?They also cancelled 10 routes between December and April.?American is resuming DCA to Daytona Beach (DAB) and Melbourne (MLB) this winter.?They will be starting White Plains (HPN) to MIA from January 11 through May 4.??
Avelo?announced?and filed new service from Binghamton (BGM) to MCO and RSW in November.??
Contour?filed?new service from BNA and DFW to Fort Leonard Wood (TBN) from October 1 onward.?They will be taking over the Essential Air Service (EAS) contract from United Express.?
Denver Air Connection?filed?DEN to Kearney (EAR) flights starting November 1.?They will be taking over the EAS contract from United Express.
Flair?removed YUL to FLL and SFB flights from their schedule.?
Frontier?filed the 10 previously?announced?new PHX routes starting in November and January.?Frontier also is cancelling COS to LAS and PHX from November 4 onward.?Southwest started nonstop service on those routes in March 2021.??
OWG?filed new service from YUL to FLL starting January 2023.?This will be the first U.S. destination for OWG.??
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Spirit?announced?and filed new service from MCI to PHX to compete with the Frontier PHX expansion.?They also filed new service in AUS and CLT to MIA; and FLL to PHX starting in November.?Spirit removed MHT to TPA from their schedule.?They also cancelled 35 routes in November.??
Sun Country?filed service from MSP to Fort Walton Beach/Destin (VPS); and GRB to MCO starting in April 2023.?They also filed previously?announced?EAS service from Eau Claire (EAU) to MCO.??
Swoop?filed new service from London, ON (YXU) to SFB and YYZ to FLL starting in December.?They are also resuming FLL to Hamilton, ON (YHM) service in December.??
With recent EAS market transitions, 59 airports have lost a legacy airline since the start of COVID in March 2020.?To see the complete list click?here.?
Domestic United States Capacity By Carrier
TSA Update
August finished at 91.4% versus 2019 levels. This is the best recovery month since the pandemic began and 0.9 points above April 2022.?The first five days of September are at 99.7% of 2019 levels.??
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