Spirit continues to shrink as its sheds more fleet, this week cutting its placeholder summer schedule by a third or more
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The Puerto Vallarta Cuts Begin
In the wake of the murder of the cartel leader, El Mencho, the immediate response was a show of force by starting fires and creating uncertainty that scared travelers heading toward Puerto Vallarta
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JetBlue Finds Comfort in Frequency
We admittedly struggled to find a consistent trend in JetBlue’s moves this week other than the airline simply removing weaker routes, but one small trend that did stand out was the airline deciding that frequency matters
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Volaris Ends Its US to Mexican Beach Experiment
One of the big justifications for the Viva/Allegiant joint venture was that Viva said it needed Allegiant’s point-of-sale strength in the US to make Mexican leisure flying work… Volaris likely now agrees
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Cuba Cuts Hit Air Transat and WestJet Hard
Though it isn’t the case in the US for political reasons, the need to suspend Cuban service due to infrastructure issues has hit Canadian carriers hard
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United’s Relentless O’Hare Growth Continues
United’s assault on O’Hare continued this week with an additional 30 daily departures for summer
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Southwest Bolsters Austin, Nashville in October
Southwest extended its schedule from ending Sep 30 to Oct 31 this week, and the airline’s usual trends continue
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Delta Makes Bigger Winter Plans for Hawaiʻi
While others work on summer, Delta is thinking further ahead with its first thoughts on a bigger Hawaiian operation being filed for next winter
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Volaris Pours Capacity into Puebla and Querétaro
Volaris had a massive addition of routes this week with the two biggest gainers being Puebla and Querétaro
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WestJet Slashes US Markets in Summer
WestJet has tried several different strategies to improve its US network, adding more flying to Delta hubs, connecting smaller cities in Canada, and more
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