Simple Flying - USA https://simpleflying.com Home to American Airlines, Boeing, and JFK Airport, the United States leads the way with aerospace exports by a wide margin. Follow for the latest from the birthplace of modern aviation. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:12 GMT en-US hourly 60 <![CDATA[1+ Million Passengers: The USA’s Top 10 International Routes In 2023]]> More than 227 million passengers flew internationally to/from the US in the 12 months to October 2023, the most recent month available. This is a finding based on examining US Department of Transportation T-100 data.

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Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:12 GMT https://simpleflying.com/usa-top-international-routes-2023/
<![CDATA[Air India Carried More Than 1 Million US Passengers In 2023]]> Air India carried 1.11 passengers to/from the US in the 12 months to October 2023, the most recent month available to me. This is based on examining US Department of Transportation T-100 data. About 3,000 people flew daily. With 1.29 million seats for sale, it filled an average of 86 out of 100 seats.

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Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:00:12 GMT https://simpleflying.com/air-india-1-million-us-passengers-2023/
<![CDATA[Up To 30 Daily Flights: Inside Air France’s Huge US Network This Summer]]> Air France's next US route will be Paris CDG to Phoenix. Set to begin in May, the service will run three times weekly year-round using the Boeing 787-9. It will be one of 17 US airports served by the SkyTeam carrier. Booking data shows that the Arizona airport was CDG's third-largest unserved US market in the past year, after Orlando and Las Vegas.

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Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:00:12 GMT https://simpleflying.com/air-france-united-states-network-summer-2024/
<![CDATA[Snapshot: A Day Of American Airlines' Operations At Dallas Fort Worth]]> This article was researched and written on January 26th. Today, American has 1,588 scheduled movements (take-offs and landings combined) at Dallas Fort Worth, its largest hub. In comparison, Delta has 1,563 movements at Atlanta. It would be different if seats for sale were considered instead.

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Fri, 26 Jan 2024 19:10:12 GMT https://simpleflying.com/day-american-airlines-dallas-fort-worth-operations/
<![CDATA[The 10 Foreign Airlines With The Most US Flights]]> The US is served by more than 100 foreign scheduled passenger airlines. Schedule analysis for the first half of 2024 (January-June) shows they collectively provide 44% of all the country's international flights. But what of the largest operators?

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Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:00:12 GMT https://simpleflying.com/foreign-airlines-with-most-us-flights/
<![CDATA[Almost Midnight: The Latest Arriving Transatlantic Flights Scheduled]]> About 900 daily scheduled passenger flights will depart from the Americas to Europe this coming June-August. Analysis of Cirium data shows that, for obvious reasons, the vast majority (about 97%) operate overnight. However, daytime flights are intriguing.

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Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:00:12 GMT https://simpleflying.com/latest-arriving-transatlantic-flights/
<![CDATA[These US Airports No Longer Have Airbus A380 Flights]]> The US has Airbus A380 flights operated by All Nippon, Asiana, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, Korean Air, Lufthansa, and Qantas. They use the double-decker quadjet to nine US airports: Boston, Dallas Fort Worth, Honolulu, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, San Francisco, and Washington Dulles.

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Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:00:22 GMT https://simpleflying.com/us-airports-that-lost-airbus-a380-services/
<![CDATA[A Summary Of American Airlines' Retro Paint Schemes]]> As you would expect, there is considerable uniformity among American Airlines' vast 1,000-strong fleet when it comes to the liveries of these commercial aircraft. However, if you know where to look, you can find splashes of color that take travelers back to different eras of air travel. Let's explore the stories and paint schemes of the various retrojets at the oneworld founding member.

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Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:46:27 GMT https://simpleflying.com/american-airlines-retro-paint-schemes-summary/
<![CDATA[3,000+ Daily Passengers: United Airlines’ 10 Busiest Routes In 2023]]> United Airlines carried about 138 million passengers between January and October 2023, the latest month available to me on a fully broken down route-by-route basis. That is based on examining US Department of Transportation T-100 data. With a typical 4,135 daily movements (take-offs and landings combined) in these 10 months, it averaged 110 passengers per flight.

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Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:12 GMT https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-top-10-routes-by-passengers-in-2023/
<![CDATA[Delta Air Lines Reduces Flights On 2 Transatlantic London Heathrow Routes]]> Delta is one of six operators with non-stop flights between the US and London Heathrow. While its network to the UK's busiest airport still comprises eight routes this summer, the carrier's latest schedule upload to Cirium indicates that Detroit and Salt Lake City will be served less frequently.

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Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:00:12 GMT https://simpleflying.com/delta-london-heathrow-flight-cuts-summer-2024/