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1 week ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
About 240 airports globally have domestic flights on widebodyaircraft in June. Asia is critical, primarily, of course, because of Japan and China. This is why Tokyo Haneda is the world's leading airport for widebody services. While the US is the third-ranked nation for such activity, only one airport—Honolulu—has enough widebody services to make the top 10 list. Still, it is the first non-Asian airport on the list.
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1 week ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
Chicago O'Hare remains the world's busiest airport by flights. Due to the massive use of regional jets and being the hub of American Airlines and United Airlines, O'Hare has 2,442 daily passenger aircraft movements in June. American and United are so dominant that they provide around 85 out of every 100 services.
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1 week ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
The Boeing 787 will operate approximately 2,200 daily flights in June. One in four widebody services will be on one of the three variants: the original and lowest-capacity 787-8, the most popular 787-9, or the largest-capacity, lowest-range, and least popular 787-10. Over half of all long-haul services are on the Dreamliner. Yet, the type operates some very short sectors, including from Brazzaville to Kinshasa, covering just 14 nautical miles (26 km).
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1 week ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
For obvious reasons, the focus on Aer Lingus' widebody aircraft—A330-200s and A330-300s—usually concerns its long-haul operations. According to ch-aviation, the carrier has 13 A330s out of a 59-strong fleet, excluding its ATR regional flights operated by Emerald.
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1 week ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
In May, four US airports—Chicago O'Hare, Grand Rapids, Long Island, and Portland (Maine)—welcomed their first Avelo service. In O'Hare's case, Avelo switched from Midway, having served that airport for three years. The switch meant O'Hare—among the world's busiest airports—regained HVN flights for the first time in 29 years.
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1 week ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
In June, 16 US airports will have flights on the Airbus A340, A380, or the passenger Boeing 747. Of these, only five—Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, and Washington Dulles—have service aboard all three quadjet types. Of course, the results will be different at other times, especially in winter.
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1 week ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
Lufthansa will not operate the Boeing 747-400 between Frankfurt and New York JFK in winter 2025/2026. While the German giant had scheduled flights on the variant, they were removed in the latest schedule update. This is unsurprising, as it did not use the 371-seater last winter either. Elsewhere, the 747-400 returned to Boston on May 1, while Lufthansa has confirmed the return of the Airbus A380 to San Francisco.
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2 weeks ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
In the 12 months to February 2025, Turkish Airlines carried over 3.6 million passengers to/from the US. That is a finding based on examining all its routes using US Department of Transportation data. The Star Alliance carrier was the fifth-largest foreign long-haul operator in the US, behind British Airways (7.6 million), Lufthansa (5.2 million), Air France (4.5 million), and Virgin Atlantic (3.7 million).
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2 weeks ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
On May 22, in time for the peak summer, WestJet—Canada's second-largest airline—reintroduced flights from St John's to Dublin. With a minimum block time of 4h 35m, St John's to the Irish capital is the carrier's shortest European route. The relaunch came shortly after the airline introduced new flights from St John's to Paris CDG and resumed services from Halifax to Paris CDG.
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2 weeks ago | 
simpleflying.com | James Pearson
Allegiant's all-domestic operation involves 42 US states. Unsurprisingly, intra-state services in the ultra-low-cost-carrier's network are highly unusual. Until Allegiant's latest route announcement, its sole links for the rest of 2025 were to be within Florida: Orlando Sanford and Tampa St Pete to Key West. However, it will now begin flying between Knoxville and Memphis in Tennessee, the country's 36th-largest state by geographic area.
