The Weekly Basics – May 10, 2026

Posted on May 10, 2026May 9, 2026

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Porter Helps Edmonton Get Warm

Posted on May 8, 2026May 2, 2026

Porter added 15 new routes for winter this week, and while these flights touch several cities in Canada, it was Edmonton that grabbed our attention

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Frontier Has Already Been Backfilling Spirit

Posted on May 7, 2026May 2, 2026

Frontier extended its schedule from ending Sep 8 to Nov 19 this week, filling out the pre-holiday fall period which tends to cover some of the airline’s most off-peak flying of the year

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Spirit Leaves a Gaping Hole in Fort Lauderdale

Posted on May 6, 2026May 2, 2026

With Spirit failing and canceling all flights from May 2, there will be a mad scramble to fill the void… with Fort Lauderdale being the most important market

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United O’Hare Cuts are Broad But Small Cities Suffer Most

Posted on May 5, 2026May 2, 2026

It’s not easy to take 130 peak-day departures out of your hub, so United had to go broad, but it also means several small cities will not have service to O’Hare as planned

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United Takes 130 Daily Deps Out of O’Hare

Posted on May 4, 2026May 2, 2026

Last week we saw American make its summer O’Hare reductions to comply with the FAA caps, but this week we saw much steeper and more impactful cuts come from United

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