New US-UK services for this summer include British Airways’ new daily San Diego service from London Heathrow starting next month, and Delta starting daily flights between Miami and London Heathrow, and double-daily flights from Boston to London Heathrow.
Spain replaces Italy in the top 12 of US country markets thanks to seat capacity growing by 17%, helped by the introduction of three new routes. At the start of the summer season Iberia began flying non-stop between Barcelona and Miami, as well as between Madrid and Los Angeles. Last week saw the launch of seasonal US Airways services from Charlotte to Madrid. In addition American Airlines has added frequencies (and hence capacity) on its services between New York JFK and Barcelona, and between Miami and Madrid.
Further analysis of the data reveals which US airports have the most international services, which means looking at not just the number of international destinations served but also the number of airlines operating these routes.
New York’s JFK airport is the clear winner in these rankings with 170 international services to 103 international destinations. Of these, 58 destinations are served by just one carrier, and 28 destinations by two carriers. That leaves 17 destinations served by three or more carriers with London Heathrow leading the way with five (American Airlines, British Airways, Delta, Virgin Atlantic and Kuwait Airways). Paris CDG, Madrid and Tokyo Narita are all served by four airlines from JFK.
