Transatlantic Flights This Independence Day, Exceed Pre-pandemic Levels, Cirium Reveals

With Independence Day tomorrow, Cirium have revealed that flights between the UK and US are expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels.

Cirium Data – Transatlantic travel

4 July departures:

On 4 July 2023, 152 flights are scheduled to depart the UK for the US – equating to nearly 40,000 seats
This figure is up 21% on 4 July 2022, when there were 126 scheduled departures, and up 361% on 4 July 2021 when there were 33 scheduled departures
Scheduled departures this year are also 5% higher than pre pandemic levels (4 July 2019), when there were only 145 departures.

July departures:

During July 2023, 4,658 flights are scheduled to depart the UK for the US – equating to over 1.2 million seats
Departures from the UK to the US are projected to exceed July 2019 levels by 1%, with pre-pandemic figures for the month sitting as 4,603
Transatlantic flights from the UK to the US are up 18% compared to July 2022 and up 395% compared to May 2021, as travellers resume business and leisure trips
Heathrow has the highest share of scheduled flights from the UK to the US this month (82%), followed by Gatwick (8%), Edinburgh (5%) and Manchester (4%) – with a total of nine UK airports having direct flights to the US
From the UK, New York JFK remains the most popular US destination by scheduled flights, followed by Los Angeles, Newark, Boston and Chicago
This month, British Airways will operate the highest share of flights between the UK and US (30%), followed by American Airlines (17%), United Airlines (17%), Virgin Atlantic (17%) and Delta Air Lines (10%).

Information supplied by the aviation analytics firm, Cirium

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