Articles Tagged ‘SAL’
In from the cold: Cape Verde Airlines, Africa’s Icelandair
Cape Verde Airlines is to be the Icelandair of Africa. Four continents are in an eight-hour radius of its hub, and all are reachable with narrow-bodies.
Spirit Airlines adds Central America and Caribbean from Orlando
Spirit Airlines launches flights from Orlando to seven destinations – six already flown to by other airlines.
Spirit Airlines launches North Carolina expansion
Spirit Airlines launches flights on nine new routes, including its first to Asheville and Greensboro.
North America notches its second Arch of Triumph win of 2018
The world’s biggest aviation market has taken until August to provide its second victorious champion of this year’s Arch of Triumph competition. What is more noteworthy is the fact that the same Floridian airport has delivered both of these wins for the region.
Avianca selects Boston as its latest route from San Salvador
Avianca launches a four times weekly service between the El Salvador and US cities.
Avianca lands in Orlando on three new sectors
Avianca launches services to Orlando from Guatemala City, Lima and San Salvador.
Volaris Costa Rica whisks its way to Washington
Volaris Costa Rica adds a route between San Jose and Washington Dulles – operates via San Salvador.
Tijuana closes in on eight million passengers; Volaris still leading carrier and capital connection is route king
Tijuana is Mexico’s fifth busiest facility, yet it manages to offer services to not one but two Chinese destinations. Marc Watkins reviews the airport’s recent traffic figures, its seasonality profile, as well as its biggest routes and carriers, including newcomer Hainan Airlines.
North America nets its first Arch of Triumph of 2017
This week we reveal the 2017 leader board for the first time, one that still features not one airport from Europe, despite being six weeks into the annual competition. If your airport has won one of our weekly accolades already, see where you rank against other airport firefighters from around the world.
Volaris Costa Rica launches its second route
Volaris Costa Rica links San Jose with San Salvador – its second route after Guatemala City.
Spirit Airlines adds four international routes from Houston
Spirit Airlines adds four international routes from Houston Intercontinental to San Jose in Costa Rica, Managua in Nicaragua, San Pedro Sula in Honduras and San Salvador in El Salvador.
Dallas Love Field takes two awards in fifth US ANNIES; Savannah/Hilton Head joins growth party
More eagerly awaited by the world’s airport and airline industry than the Skytrax awards, are anna.aero’s US ANNIES prizes! The awards are back for their fifth outing, with awards for seven airports that have achieved notable route and traffic-related success in the US over the past 12 months.