Two major US carriers have managed to do a slot-swap between New York LaGuardia and Washington Reagan. We look at what this means for the LaGuardia market, and how this impacts the overall New York market. Which destinations have been added, and which have been lost?
More analysis of the latest route development announcements; this week from Europe, the Middle East and North America. Also featuring some analysis of Ryanair’s new base at Kaunas, Wizz Air’s new Serbian and Romanian routes and a swopping of LCCs at Friedrichshafen.
Southwest may not be growing in terms of passenger numbers right now but it is venturing into new markets. This week it arrived in the Big Apple and will soon be making an appearance in Boston and Milwaukee.
New York and New Jersey’s airports handled over 125 million passengers last year. How many airports handled more than one million passengers and how do average fares compare across the airports? Which are the leading country markets?
American has provided details of stations it will close later this year and the number of frequency reductions at some of its major bases. DFW escapes relatively unscathed but LaGuardia and St Louis see major cutbacks. How much have fuel costs risen for American and where is it struggling to increase yields?
