Routes Americas 2021

Frontier’s president and CEO shares his views on what airports can do to attract airlines, how the market will shake out post-COVID and what he makes of the new market entrants.

Twenty-one new routes are being added to the ULCC’s network over the coming months.

Before Routes Americas 2021 we spoke to Orlando International (MCO) CEO Phil Brown, who outlined the airport’s strong leisure recovery and key international network targets.

A round-up of the key figures and news from our first hybrid Routes Americas event.

“We think that there’s a lot of opportunity to add a lot more dots to the map,” says network planning vice president John Kirby.

IATA regional VP for the Americas Peter Cerda told Routes Americas that the upward trend seen before the pandemic will continue in the long term.

Spirit's network planning VP John Kirby told Routes Americas 2021 that Miami International’s decision to lower costs, coupled with soaring leisure demand, prompted the ULCC's big expansion in South Florida.

Routes Americas 2021 hears how a partnership with American Airlines will facilitate JetBlue's expansion.

Philadelphia International’s Stephanie Wear believes border reopenings in Europe have come too late for this summer but expects transatlantic travel to rebound strongly next year.

Aruba believes that by winter it could restore as much as 94% of 2019 traffic.

As Routes Americas 2021 draws to a close, hosting responsibilities for next year’s event are officially handed over to 2022 hosts, San Antonio International Airport.

The CEOs of Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines tell Routes Americas 2021 that they both have plenty of room to grow.

IATA regional VP for the Americas Peter Cerda highlighted that many routes in the region have been lost since the onset of the pandemic.

ACI says US has the opportunity to be a leader in the recovery and how to reopen borders.

Travelers will be keen to seek out authentic experiences once they begin to take vacations again.

Routes Americas delegates hear how changes in working practices could see people combine business travel with vacations.

Airport management firm Avports is teaming with startup Avelo Airlines to upgrade Connecticut’s Tweed New Haven Airport.

Ecuatoriana Airlines is a startup that plans to revive the name of Ecuador’s former flag-carrier, which folded permanently 15 years ago.

As Routes Americas 2021 kicks off, there is a resurgence of capacity in the US and some Latin American markets.

Governments must match the ambitions and inventiveness of airlines and airports for the sakes of their economies and citizens.

As the only air service development event that unites the entire region, Routes Americas 2021 will be critical in stimulating the recovery of the market.

Routes profiles Air Transat, the Montreal-based airline and Routes Americas 2021 virtual attendee.

Routes profiles Frontier Airlines, the Denver-based carrier and Routes Americas 2021 attendee.

Routes profiles Sun Country, the Minneapolis–St. Paul-based ULCC and Routes Americas 2021 attendee.

We are confident that the recovery of our industry will begin in earnest in 2021.