This November, there are 10,792 departing flights between the USA and Europe, according to Cirium data. It's equivalent to 306 to 382 nonstop flights daily. While that sounds like a lot in itself, the enormous market is at 'only' 92% of the flights it had in November 2019.

Five airlines have started

If November 2022 is compared to November 2019, the USA-Europe market has welcomed the entry of Eurowings Discover, PLAY, JetBlue, Neos, and Norse Atlantic. However, it has lost Aeroflot (because of sanctions), Air Italy, Air New Zealand (Auckland-Los Angeles-London Heathrow), CORSAIR, Eurowings, Jet2 (Christmas flights), Norwegian, TUIfly Netherlands, and Ukraine International (because of the war).

14 airlines have more flights

Analyzing schedules using Cirium information reveals that 14 carriers have more flights this month than in November 2019. Aer Lingus, Air France, Air Serbia, Azores Airlines, Delta Air Lines, french bee, Iberia, Icelandair, La Compagnie, SAS, TAP Portugal, TUI Airways, Turkish Airlines, and United Airlines have all increased.

For some, the change is minuscule, although they still grew. For those already strong, it is especially compelling. The top five are shown below. It's hard to believe that behemoths Delta and United have grown their Europe services by 10% and 5%, respectively, from already high bases:

1. Delta: +141 more flights in November 2022 than in November 2019 (+10%)
2. Air France: +101 (+21%)
3. Turkish Airlines: +91 (+31%)
4. United: +77 (+5%)
5. Icelandair: +62 (+24%)

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Delta has 10% more Europe flights

Delta has 1,501 flights departing for Europe this month, up from 1,360, from more year-round routes and frequency increases in existing markets. Some 26 routes have higher frequencies, even if only slightly. At the other extreme is JFK-Paris CDG, which doubled to 2x daily; JFK-Rome, from 5x weekly to 10x weekly; and Orlando-Amsterdam, from 4x weekly to 1x daily.

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Delta has cemented its second-place position across the North Atlantic behind only United. Delta has grown the gap with third-place British Airways, whose USA flights remain down by 12%. In 2019, just 55 flights separated them. Now it's 358, although it will, of course, gradually close.

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Delta's 44 Europe routes this November

Delta has 44 Europe routes this month, six more than in November 2019. There is now Boston-Dublin; JFK to Athens, Copenhagen, and Stockholm Arlanda; Seattle to Heathrow; and Salt Lake City to Heathrow. None are new to Delta, but a few have returned in 2022.

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Generally, Delta has changed when they are served, with most becoming year-round or nearly constantly served, sometimes for the first time. For example, it began JFK-Stockholm in May 2010, and it was initially year-round before switching the following year to summer-only. It remained summer-only until it ended in September 2017. It returned in June 2022 and is 'fairly' year-round, although Sweden-bound flights won't run between January 9th and March 9th.

But five routes aren't served

While Delta introduced six Europe routes, it stopped five, with its network increasing by a net of one route. Unlike in November 2019, there is no Atlanta to Brussels, Düsseldorf, or Stuttgart, but the last two return next summer, and there's no Indianapolis and Los Angeles to Paris CDG, although Los Angeles resumes next May.

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