Airport Analysis
Routes Reconnected: Salvador focuses on international connectivity over city using Gol’s hub
Salvador is Gol’s hub for Northeast Brazil, with connection banks. This feed opportunity – to many Brazilian cities – could appeal to international airlines.
Routes Reconnected: Milwaukee highlights true demand with big leakage figures
With 5.4 million people and income of $172 billion, Milwaukee’s catchment is highly attractive. Yet the airport suffers from big leakage. We look at its true demand.
Loganair announces Isle of Man to London Heathrow
Loganair will start Isle of Man – Heathrow in December, only the second time in the past decade that the route has been operated.
Guangzhou’s domestic flights up by 18% YOY as routes total 123
Guangzhou’s domestic market has well and truly recovered, at least by capacity. The airport has 14 more domestic destinations YOY. We see what’s happening.
Canberra – EIGHT new routes, including THREE starting this week
Canberra has eight new routes this summer. Hobart was Australia’s third-largest unserved domestic market in 2019; it’ll now have not one but two carriers.
Southwest resumes Aruba – Baltimore; JetBlue has entry testing at island
Aruba makes access even easier as Southwest resumed service on 5 November while the Caribbean island becomes Jetblue’s first for entry testing.
Aer Lingus to possibly operate Manchester – US; what routes most likely?
Aer Lingus has seemingly applied for slots to begin Manchester – US; we see where could make sense given big capacity + network cuts after Thomas Cook’s end.
Appleton to Charlotte begins – 53 two-way connections available
We examine connectivity on American’s new Appleton – Charlotte service and see the carrier’s share of traffic to these 53 destinations was just 12% in 2019.
Jet2 announces 10th base at Bristol – with 33 routes
19 of Jet2’s 29 summer routes will have direct competition when they begin, with the carrier’s entry at Bristol partly from Thomas Cook’s end.
Bogota has 41 domestic routes; network almost unchanged
Bogota has 41 domestic routes carved among six carriers, with Avianca and LATAM having three-quarters of domestic flights.
Moscow Domodedovo – more passengers in September than all of Norway
Moscow Domodedovo had more passengers in September than Norway and almost twice as many as Switzerland. We examine its network.
Melbourne, Florida – EIGHT transatlantic routes, but still no New York
Melbourne is to have a larger international network than domestic. We look at what’s happening and key unserved US markets from the Florida airport.