August 12, 2024

Themes of the Week

• Breeze filed their previously announced 18 new routes.
• Delta wants Bostonians to remember the Alamo.
• Delta is giving New Yorkers a nonstop to Palm Springs in the winter.
• United is pausing Tel Aviv due to conflicts for now.

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Capacity Update

For a detailed view of capacity changes by airline and route click here.

Avelo (XP)

• Filed and announced new service from ATL to ILG starting in November and will resume three Florida routes from ILG in November as well (DAB, PBI and SRQ).

Breeze (MX)

• Filed 18 previously announced routes that are starting in either November or February. Four of the routes will compete with Avelo (BDL to DAB and ILM; and ILM to MCO and RSW) and one route will compete with Allegiant (CAK to SRQ).

Delta (DL)

• Filed new service from BOS to SAT from November 11 onward.
• Filed new service from JFK to PSP from December 21 through May 3. Congrats PSP and Visit Greater Palm Springs!
• Filed special football flights for the San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers (SFO to GRB) in November.

Fiji Airways (FJ)

• Announced and re-filed service from Fiji (NAN) to DFW starting on December 10.

Frontier (F9)

• Reduced capacity in October 6% week over week.

United (UA)

• Cancelled EWR to Presque Isle, ME (PQI) from September 5 onward. JetBlue will be taking over the Essential Air Service (EAS) contract at that time.
• Removed all future flying to Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV) from EWR, IAD, ORD and SFO.

Volaris (Y4)

• Filed new service from LAX to Monterrey, MX (MTY) starting in November. This is technically a resumption as they did serve this market back in 2011. Both Alaska (starting in February 2025) and VivaAerobus serve the route currently.

Note 1: Schedule information presented in the Weekly Airline Schedule Summary comes from what is loaded in Cirium schedules via Diio Mi and may not reflect what airlines are selling.?

Note 2: The Weekly Airline Schedule Summary and linked Capacity Summary are not intended to be an all-inclusive source for every schedule change made every week.

United States Capacity by Carrier

North America Airline 2Q Earnings Calls

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TSA Update

August 1-10 is at 104.7% of 2023 levels.

Aviation News

The Americas

• Fast-growing Avelo Airlines adds 3 new routes, 2 new cities August 6, 2024
• Delta's shortest NYC route among 3 cuts, 1 add in latest update August 6, 2024
• Why Southwest and JetBlue decided to stop 'prioritizing' passengers August 5, 2024