Articles Tagged ‘SNA’

Sun Country adds 16 routes – but all have direct competition

Sun Country adds 16 routes – but all have direct competition

Sun Country’s 16 routes are highly spread out, sensibly making predicting where will be served much harder. Three main reasons, other than leisure, explain its new routes.

Latest new routes (19 - 25 November)

Latest new routes (19 – 25 November)

Tampa sees six new routes, QantasLink gets tropical on new Canberra – Cairns, Star Air launches new Delhi Hindon service, and much more.

Spirit jets off from Orange County to Oakland and Las Vegas

Spirit jets off from Orange County to Oakland and Las Vegas

Spirit began Orange County operations on 17 November, with its network to comprise three destinations from January with Phoenix coming.


Allegiant will have no direct competition on 12 of its 15 new routes

Allegiant will have no direct competition on 12 of its 15 new routes

Allegiant has announced 15 new routes, with 12 having no direct competition, two new airports coming, and a new shortest route.

Spirit adds Orange County, its 6th airport in CA; initial routes well above RASK-distance trend

Spirit adds Orange County, its 6th airport in CA; initial routes well above RASK-distance trend

As Spirit adds its next California airport, we examine why Orange County. And we see that the ULCC’s California and West Coast presence is reducing.

New airline routes (27 February - 04 March)

New airline routes (27 February – 04 March)

Check out network planning news as it happens on our Instagram daily digests! Amongst this week’s new airline routes, Transavia launches Edinburgh flights from Rotterdam, and Air Canada announces new routes to Bogota and Orange County.


Air Canada announces Vancouver to Orange County route

Air Canada announces Vancouver to Orange County route

Air Canada set to launch daily Vancouver to Orange County flights from June 15.

Frontier Airlines expands from five bases across the US

Frontier Airlines expands from five bases across the US

Frontier Airlines expands its network from Austin, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, San Antonio and San Diego.

Frontier Airlines forges forward with growth by launching 25 routes

Frontier Airlines forges forward with growth by launching 25 routes

Frontier Airlines begins 25 new routes with many launching from the carrier’s new San Antonio base.


Alaska Airlines offering 27 million seats from Seattle-Tacoma; growth rate slows in 2017 as it prepares to open second point in city

Alaska Airlines offering 27 million seats from Seattle-Tacoma; growth rate slows in 2017 as it prepares to open second point in city

Alaska Airlines is certainly a carrier expecting to take more from Seattle, with the airline confirming its first flights from Paine Field to an initial eight cities. Not surprisingly, these sectors are all flown from Seattle-Tacoma, with 600 weekly departures being offered by Alaska Airlines, plus nearly 470 weekly competing services.  

Alaska Airlines adds to Albuquerque operation

Alaska Airlines adds to Albuquerque operation

Alaska Airlines now links Albuquerque to Portland and Orange County – already serves Seattle-Tacoma. 

Vancouver-Boston is Skyscanner “Unserved Route of the Week” with 90,000 annual searches ‒ Air Canada more likely than WestJet?

Vancouver-Boston is Skyscanner “Unserved Route of the Week” with 90,000 annual searches ‒ Air Canada more likely than WestJet?

Skyscanner’s Travel Insight software shows that in the last year 90,000 potential travellers searched for flights between Vancouver and Boston ‒ but the route is unserved! Having launched Chicago O’Hare in June, will this be Air Canada’s next new US route?