Airport Analysis

Salt Lake City just 64,763 seats short of 30 million this year

Salt Lake City just 64,763 seats short of 30 million this year

Salt Lake City is within a whisker of 30 million seats, with Delta up strongly this summer over S19. The airport has 101 routes this year.

Sochi grows 201%; now Russia’s fifth-largest airport

Sochi grows 201%; now Russia’s fifth-largest airport

Sochi added almost five million seats between 2010-2019 for a CAGR of 11.6%. It rose to 15.5% between 2013-2019. We look at what’s been driving this growth.

Kansas City very underserved with 3.5 million flying indirectly

Kansas City very underserved with 3.5 million flying indirectly

Kansas City has 31 markets with P2P demand of 17,000+ before stimulation for a total of 1.3 million. We explore these, including by fares. Where’s next?


Ryanair expects to operate 1,615 routes this summer

Ryanair expects to operate 1,615 routes this summer

95% of Ryanair seats are due to touch the UK, Spain, and Italy this coming summer – up from 78% in pre-coronavirus summer 2019.

Loganair announces four new routes from the Isle of Man

Loganair announces four new routes from the Isle of Man

Loganair to more than double its network from the Isle of Man while increasing frequencies on existing routees. Three based aircraft from 1 July.

Cairo has 72 routes across 32 airlines this week

Cairo has 72 routes across 32 airlines this week

Cairo has 716 flights each way this week, with Jeddah top. The Middle East and Africa have 85% of Cairo’s flights, with Europe a distant third with 13%.


Jackson, Wyoming, network up 15% with busiest winter yet

Jackson, Wyoming, network up 15% with busiest winter yet

Jackson added three routes and a new airline in winter 2020, while over half of its existing network grew by 20% or more YOY.   

Jet2 reveals four new routes from Edinburgh, its eighth-largest base

Jet2 reveals four new routes from Edinburgh, its eighth-largest base

Jet2 to begin four new routes from Edinburgh, taking the carrier’s Greece routes to nine. Jet2 will have 29 routes from the Scottish capital this coming summer.

Münster Osnabrück seeks Istanbul as missing piece of network

Münster Osnabrück seeks Istanbul as missing piece of network

Münster Osnabrück has six routes to Turkey this summer, with Ankara new. And with 100,000 Turkish migrants in its unique catchment, it actively targets Istanbul and more.


Miami’s top-10 unserved markets in South America

Miami’s top-10 unserved markets in South America

As Eastern Airlines begins Miami to Asunción, which was Miami’s #1 unserved market in South America, we explore the airport’s remaining unserved opportunities.

New York JFK has 48 long-haul destinations this winter

New York JFK has 48 long-haul destinations this winter

London Heathrow remains the top long-haul route at New York JFK this winter, but there are big changes to the top-10 with five new routes entering.

Las Vegas will have THREE airlines to Wichita, Oklahoma City & El Paso

Las Vegas will have THREE airlines to Wichita, Oklahoma City & El Paso

Frontier will have 44 routes from Las Vegas in the last week of W20, with direct competition on 40. Multiple thinner routes will now have three airlines.