Pelham Aviation by Michael Gutta

Icelandair’s US Disappearing Act February 15, 2020 By: Michael Gutta Over the course of time from 2017 to the present Icelandair has faced several headwinds, notably the competition from fellow Icelandic (non-defunct) airline WOW Air and the Boeing 737 MAX grounding. In this analysis for Pelham Aviation, I will give a brief overview of 4 US destinations briefly served by Icelandair that have since had service terminated. By total number of departures during the period of service these destinations were: Tampa (TPA), Baltimore-Washington (BWI), Cleveland Hopkins (CLE), and Kansas City (MCI). The data shown below is departures data from the 4 mentioned airports with service terminating at Keflavik International Airport (KEF). Icelandair B757-200 TF-FIR in Vatnajökull glacier livery at TPA on 11/17/2018 (Michael Gutta). Tampa International received its first Icelandair flight on September 7, 2017. Service was initially twice weekly, which was later expanded to 4x weekl...

ROUTE ANALYSIS: Atlanta to San Francisco Market Share Surprise? July 29, 2019 By: Michael Gutta In this article from the Pelham Aviation blog I looked not at past travel data but at future schedule numbers for the route from Atlanta to San Francisco. During some searching on Google Flights for potential vacation destinations I was very surprised at the available service between these Delta and United strongholds. Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International (ATL) is of course the world’s busiest airport and Delta Air Line’s largest hub. Meanwhile, San Francisco International (SFO) is dominated by United Airlines. When I began my search, I expected to see a somewhat even split of flights for the two US legacy carriers. I also wanted to find out capacity by day of the week, and I wanted to find the largest aircraft on the route. I was quite surprised by the search results, and also found a third airline option for this route. Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 N681DA departing ru...