US & Canada route updates - May 2024
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Aer Lingus
After a four-year suspension due to the pandemic, the airline has resumed services between Dublin and Minneapolis on April 29th. Aer Lingus will operate four flights per week on this route with Airbus A330-200s and Airbus A330-300s.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
Routes to the United States and Canada – Aer Lingus:
Dublin
?Manchester
Shannon
Air Canada
Seoul is Air Canada’s new regular destination from Montreal.
The company will begin this route effective June 18th, under the following schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
Montreal will be Air Canada’s third destination to/from Seoul (Toronto and Vancouver have a daily frequency).
Air Transat
Following the end of the winter season, Czech Airlines ’ Airbus A320-214, registration OK-IOO, returned to Europe.
Between January 31st and April 28th, the aircraft operated for Air Transat as C-GEXI.
According to our database, the A320, which has a 180-seat single-class configuration, mainly served the airline’s international routes to markets such as Cuba, Dominican Republic and Jamaica.
In the short term, the airplane will be back in service with Czech Airlines (CSA).
Alaska Airlines
Effective October 1st, the company will commence four new domestic routes, which will be focused on Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Pasco, Reno and San Diego.
These flights will be operated on 76-passenger Embraer 175s.
American Airlines
The airline announced it will launch operations to Provo starting October 7th. In line with its website, American will offer two scheduled routes, which will be carried out with 65-seat CRJ-700 aircraft.
Dallas
Daily
Phoenix
Daily
Current routes to/from Provo:
Allegiant
Breeze
Avelo Airlines
The carrier will introduce seasonal services between Orlando and Miami on June 7th. Avelo will operate using Boeing 737-800s, as follows:
Friday
Sunday
?Avelo will be competing with American and Delta on this route, which currently have 50 and 21 weekly flights, respectively.
Breeze
Starting in June, the company will launch seven domestic routes in the US, including new releases and restarts.
These services will be performed with 108-seat Embraer 190 aircraft.
Delta Air Lines
The airline will resume services between New York and Lagos on December 1st after a two-year hiatus.
According to its website, Delta will operate a daily flight on this route with the following schedule:
Daily
Furthermore, Delta Air Lines will have other new developments in the U.S.-Africa market:
Ghana
Nigeria
Senegal
South Africa
On the domestic sector, Delta Air Lines will commence flights between Minneapolis and Detroit using Airbus A350-900s as of May 23rd.
The carrier currently offers this route with Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Boeing 757-300, CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 aircraft.
Daily (Airbus A350 schedule)
Flair
The Canadian low cost will add a new route to Mexico from Toronto. These operations, which will begin on September 13th, will be twice a week.
Monday and Friday
Current Flair Airlines routes from Mexico:
Cancún
Puerto Vallarta
San José del Cabo
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GlobalX
Last April 23rd, GlobalX Airlines took delivery of its eighth Airbus A321 configured for freighter operations.
The 22-year-old plane, registered N435GX, is currently in Miami, having arrived from San Antonio, where it was prepared for its incorporation to the company.
Airbus A319
A320
Airbus A321
Cargo (A321)
Hawaiian
Following the addition of the two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, we review the Hawaiian Airlines fleet:
Hawaiian’s average fleet age is 12 years.
jetBlue
The first flight of the season will depart on May 22nd to Edinburgh.
Operations will continue through the summer, with the last service scheduled for September 30th. JetBlue will offer one daily frequency with Airbus A321neo aircraft seating 138 passengers.
Daily
Edinburgh will be jetBlue’s fifth destination in Europe after Amsterdam, Dublin, London (Gatwick and Heathrow) and Paris.
Pacific Coastal Airlines
The carrier expanded its capacity on the Vancouver – Penticton route as of April 28th.
In accordance with our database, Pacific Coastal Airlines started operations between the two cities with the 34-seat Saab 340s, when it previously used its Beech 1900Ds configured for 19 passengers.
Daily
PAL
Recently, the Canadian airline filed an application for approval and expects to begin flying to the U.S. in June.
Boston and Newark would be the destinations, in both cases from Halifax.
PAL’s fleet consists of 19 Dash 8 between its different versions:
Southwest Airlines
Effective June 4th, Southwest Airlines confirmed the addition of three new routes, which will be operated with Boeing 737-700 jets.
Spirit
The carrier will launch several domestic connections between June and July.
?Sun Country Airlines
During April, the company incorporated aircraft to its fleet for the first time this year.
These Boeing 737-800s are currently in Everett (PAE), awaiting entry into service.
Ferry flight
Sun Country Airlines’ current fleet consists of 56 Boeing 737-800 jets.
Turkish
Turkish Airlines will inaugurate flights to Denver with Airbus A350-900 aircraft effective June 11th.
The airline will have three services per week from/to Istanbul, and in mid-July is scheduled to add a fourth frequency.
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
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According to its website, the inaugural flight will be performed on a Boeing 777-300(ER).
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington are Turkish’s current connections in the United States.
United
Montreal, United’s new San Francisco destination.
In accordance with its website, as of July 1st, the company will offer a daily operation on this route using Boeing 737 MAX 8s seating 166 passengers.
Daily
At present, United Airlines’ routes from Montreal are Chicago, Newark and Washington (IAD). The airline will also start two new domestic routes to/from San Francisco beginning August 19th:
WestJet
At 06:56 local time on Monday, April 29th, WestJet’s inaugural flight from Edmonton landed in Atlanta. Services will be once a day on 132-seat Boeing 737-700 airplanes.
Daily
WestJet international routes from/to Edmonton:
Mexico
United States
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Author: Sebastián Polito
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