The United States will have about 112,000 long-haul scheduled passenger flights this coming winter, with an average of 728 daily. That’s based on examining every planned service based on what carriers have submitted to Cirium. US operators will have approximately 50,000 (45%).
Of the foreign carriers, British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, Virgin Atlantic, Turkish Airlines, Japan Airlines, All Nippon, Qatar Airways, Emirates, and LATAM are the top 10 for the most flights (30,000 in all). They are the ones who necessarily get most of the attention. But what about the foreign airlines with the fewest services?
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The fewest US long-haul flights
The 10 foreign airlines with the fewest long-haul winter services are shown below. The UK leisure operator TUI Airways is at the bottom and is well behind Edelweiss, the Swiss leisure carrier.
TUI’s…