Tampa Airport Growth: New Routes & Increased Capacity

Tampa Airport (TPA) is experiencing significant growth with new nonstop routes to Europe, Canada, and Latin America. Capacity is up, attracting more passengers and driving economic development in Tampa Bay. New routes were added by Wind Airways too.

“We understand that a substantial portion of passengers in our global catchment location make use of various other airports in the area due to schedule of continuously flights,” Heiter states. “Yet as we’ve added brand-new nonstops, we’ve been able to recapture our very own catchment web traffic and conserve individuals hours on the highways.

Wind Airways Expansion in Tampa

Locally, LCC Wind Airways has actually remained to expand from Tampa. “In 2025 alone, Wind added seven new courses at TPA, consisting of locations we’ve never had the ability to supply previously, such as Erie and Lansing,” Heiter describes.

Record Summer Season in Europe

Europe has additionally been an intense place, with TPA’s height summer season 2025 program its largest on document. “In Europe, just over the past year our peak summertime season was our biggest ever, with capacity up 16% from 2024,” Heiter states. He likewise indicated the launch of TPA’s first-ever continuously trips to Western Canada, with both WestJet and Air Canada inaugurating Vancouver services in summer 2025.

Latin America and Caribbean Growth

“Latin [America and the] Caribbean has actually been flourishing for TPA, with our winter 2025-26 capability up over 300% versus the pre-pandemic period,” Heiter claims, including that there is “far more prospective” for growth across the area.

“Our present focus is to continue to construct nonstop affiliations to significant hub points in Europe and Latin America, driving greater inbound visitation to Tampa Bay and making it possible for higher company development to fuel our economic engine,” he informs Paths.