After finishing with the January report, it’s time to move on to the February update, and with it the U.S. and Canadian markets.

The airlines in these markets are bringing many new updates for the upcoming winter and summer, adjusting their operating network for each season.

In addition, some carriers from other regions, such as Europe and Asia, are also expanding services to the United States.

However, as you will see below, companies from the same continent are reducing their network, canceling routes before being launched.

In this edition, we highlight the following developments:

 

Aeromexico cancels some routes to the United States.

 

Air Canada announces the addition of a new destination in Mexico.

 

Air France will inaugurate operations to Phoenix.

 

American Airlines will launch several routes, including what will be the longest in its network.

 

BermudAir will add two connections to the United States.

 

JAL increases frequencies between Tokyo Narita and San Diego.

 

Porter begins services to San Francisco.

 

Sun Country and Frontier will start, on the same day, the same route, and will operate the same days a week.

 

Besides to these highlights, we will also have updates from Allegiant, Ameriflight, Avelo, Breeze, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit, United and WestJet.

Aeromexico

The carrier confirmed the suspension of several routes between Mexico and the United States in March and next May.

Monterrey will be the city with the most reductions, as it will go from 5 to 2 regular destinations offered to the USA.

Last flight

Guadalajara (GDL) – Detroit (DTW): March 31st
Monterrey (MTY) – Salt Lake City (SLC): March 31st

 

Map by gcmap.com

The following routes were scheduled effective May 16th, but have been cancelled.

Monterrey (MTY) – Los Angeles (LAX)
Monterrey (MTY) – New York (JFK)

 

Air Canada

Starting in May, Air Canada will begin operations to Tulum airport, which entered service last December. At present, the airline will offer two routes, both with Airbus A321-200 jets.

Toronto · May 3rd

Friday and Sunday

AC 1854  Toronto YYZ 08:15 · 11:20 TQO Tulum
AC 1855  Tulum TQO 12:30 · 17:35 YYZ Toronto

 

Montreal · May 4th

Saturday

AC 1874  Montreal YUL 08:15 · 11:50 TQO Tulum
AC 1875  Tulum TQO 13:10 · 18:45 YUL Montreal

 

Currently, Tulum airport (TQO) has only domestic routes. International services will be launched by late March, with flights to/from the United States.

Air France

Air France’s inaugural service to Phoenix will depart Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on May 23rd. The company will perform three weekly flights with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

AF 68  Paris CDG 10:10 · 12:10 PHX Phoenix
AF 69  Phoenix PHX 14:10 · 09:15+1 CDG Paris

 

Air France’s routes to the US

Map by gcmap.com

Atlanta (ATL): 12 weekly · 772/77W/789
Boston (BOS): 3 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
Chicago (ORD): 4 weekly · Airbus A350
Dallas (DFW): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9
Detroit (DTW): 3 weekly · Airbus A350
Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · Airbus A350
Los Angeles (LAX): 17 weekly · A359/77W
Miami (MIA): 14 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
New York (JFK): 28 weekly · A359/77W
Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Airbus A350
Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9
San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
Seattle (SEA): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9
Washington (IAD): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)

 

It also operates three times a week the Miami – Pointe-a-Pitre and Los Angeles – Papeete routes.

Allegiant

Effective May 15th, Allegiant Air will inaugurate services between St. Petersburg and Bismarck. In line with its site, the company will run twice-weekly with 156-seat, single-class Airbus A319-100 jets.

Wednesday and Saturday

G4 3640  St. Petersburg PIE 09:20 · 12:30 BIS Bismarck
G4 3641  Bismarck BIS 13:20 · 18:12 PIE St. Petersburg

 

Current Allegiant routes from/to BIS

Map by gcmap.com

Las Vegas (LAS): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
Orlando (SFB): 1 weekly · Airbus A320
Phoenix (AZA): 4 weekly · Airbus A320

American Airlines

The airline announced new routes to/from Dallas starting in June and October. These operations will be international, and are already on sale through American’s website.

Map by gcmap.com

June

Veracruz (VER): 7 weekly · Embraer 175

 

Late October

Brisbane (BNE): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9
Rio de Janeiro (GIG): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-8

 

Additionally, it will resume service to Kona (KOA) beginning October 27th.

An important fact to highlight is that Dallas – Brisbane will be the longest route in its network.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved slots for the company on the New York – Tokyo Haneda route.

American schedules a daily flight with Boeing 777-200(ER) planes under the following schedule:

AA 167  New York JFK 10:00 · 13:05 HND Tokyo
AA 168  Tokyo HND 15:05 · 15:10 JFK New York

Ameriflight

Via its X account (formerly Twitter), Ameriflight reported it plans to add more Saab 340s to its fleet in 2024, joining the two already incorporated during 2023.

Ameriflight projects the addition of six Saab 340 jets later this year, all configured for cargo operations. Dallas airport is its main cargo hub, but it also offers flights between different U.S. cities, as well as certain services to Mexico and the Caribbean.

Saab 340s from Ameriflight

N219KA · 34 years
N968AF · 34 years
N989AF · 34 years
N985ES · 31 years

 

Avelo

The carrier announced that it will open a new base at the Bay Area’s Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa beginning May 1st. Avelo Airlines will base two Boeing 737s at the airport, which will offer four scheduled routes.

Andrew Levy, founder, president and CEO of Avelo, said, “STS is our kind of home airport: friendly, fast and easy. As the inaugural destination for Avelo’s first flight in 2021, the Bay Area has a special place in our history. Since then, more than 300,000 Customers have experienced Avelo’s low daily fares, convenience and reliability flying to and from STS. We are very excited about the growth platform the airport offers Avelo, and the significant job and economic impact our investment will bring to the region.”

Avelo plans to employ at least 50 members at STS with the opening of this base.

Destinations

Map by gcmap.com

Bend/Redmond (RDM): 2 weekly · Monday and Friday
Las Vegas (LAS): 4 weekly · Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
Los Angeles / Burbank (BUR): Daily except Wed
Palm Springs (PSP): 4 weekly · Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun

 

BermudAir

The airline will inaugurate operations to two U.S. cities next March.

Both routes will be carried out three times a week on the 88-seat Embraer 175s in single class.

Baltimore · March 17th

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

2T 551  Bermuda BDA 08:15 · 09:50 BWI Baltimore
2T 552  Baltimore BWI 10:45 · 14:00 BDA Bermuda

 

Orlando · March 26th

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

2T 751  Bermuda BDA 15:30 · 17:40 MCO Orlando
2T 752  Orlando MCO 18:40 · 22:10 BDA Bermuda

 

BermudAir’s current schedule in the U.S.

Map by gcmap.com

Boston (BOS): 6 weekly
Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 5 weekly
White Plains (HPN): 6 weekly

 

Breeze

The company announced the opening of several routes within the United States starting in April. These are:

Map by gcmap.com

Mobile (BFM) – Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · April 10th
Windsor Locks (BDL) – Myrtle Beach (MYR): 2 weekly · May 2nd
Greenville (GSP) – Providence (PVD): 2 weekly · May 3rd
Greenville (GSP) – Tampa (TPA): 2 weekly · May 10th
Denver (DEN) – Providence (PVD): 2 weekly · May 16th
Los Angeles (LAX) – Madison (MSN): 2 weekly · May 22nd
Los Angeles (LAX) – Akron/Canton (CAK): 3 weekly · May 23rd
Greenville (GSP) – Los Angeles (LAX): 2 weekly · May 24th
Greenville (GSP) – Windsor Locks (BDL): 2 weekly · May 24th
Greenville (GSP) – Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · May 24th
Tampa (TPA) – Orange County (SNA): 2 weekly · May 31st

 

Delta Air Lines

For the 2024/25 winter season, Delta will increase its international routes from some of its main hubs in the USA. At the moment, Atlanta, Minneapolis and New York will have new additions, which will be as follows:

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int’l Airport

Atlanta (ATL) – Bridgetown (BGI): 7 weekly · November 23rd
Atlanta (ATL) – Puerto Plata (POP): 7 weekly · November 23rd
New York (JFK) – Bridgetown (BGI): 1 weekly · November 23rd
Minneapolis (MSP) – Mazatlán (MZT): 3 weekly · December 21st

 

In addition, Delta Air Lines will expand operations to Curaçao from Atlanta in December, reaching the daily flight.

Frontier

The carrier will inaugurate eight routes from San Juan (Puerto Rico) beginning in June. Frontier will operate with the 186-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft, as listed on its website:

Boston (BOS): 3 weekly
Charlotte (CLT): 7 weekly
Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 4 weekly
Fort Myers (RSW): 3 weekly
Norfolk (ORF): 3 weekly
St. Croix (STX): 3 weekly
Saint Maarten (SXM): 2 weekly
West Palm Beach (PBI): 3 weekly

 

These segments will be added to Frontier’s existing connections:

Map by gcmap.com

Atlanta (ATL): 7 weekly
Baltimore (BWI): 7 weekly
Chicago (MDW): 7 weekly
Jacksonville (JAX): 7 weekly
Miami (MIA): 4 weekly
Orlando (MCO): 20 weekly
Philadelphia (PHL): 14 weekly
Punta Cana (PUJ): 4 weekly
Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 7 weekly
Santo Domingo (SDQ): 3 weekly
St. Thomas (STT): 1 weekly
Tampa (TPA): 4 weekly
Windsor Locks (BDL): 7 weekly

 

JAL

Japan Airlines will boost its services between Tokyo Narita and San Diego starting July 1st. Currently, the company has four weekly flights on Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets.

During July, JAL will operate every day.

Daily

JL 066  Tokyo Narita NRT 17:20 · 11:35 SAN San Diego
JL 065  San Diego SAN 13:30 · 16:45 NRT Tokyo Narita

 

Porter

On January 25th at 13:27 local time, Porter Airlines’ inaugural flight from Toronto arrived at San Francisco airport. The Canadian airline will offer daily service on this route using 136-seat Embraer E-2 aircraft.

Daily

PD 669  Toronto YYZ 10:30 · 13:22 SFO San Francisco
PD 670  San Francisco SFO 14:50 · 22:46 YYZ Toronto

 

Porter routes between Toronto and the US

Map by gcmap.com

Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 7 weekly
Fort Myers (RSW): 7 weekly
Los Angeles (LAX): 7 weekly
Miami (MIA): 7 weekly
Orlando (MCO): 7 weekly
San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly
Tampa (TPA): 7 weekly

Southwest

As of June 4th, Southwest schedules to begin six international connections to/from Orlando. Services will be with Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, according to its reservation system:

Map by gcmap.com

Bahamas

Nassau (NAS): 7 weekly

 

Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman (GCM): 7 weekly

 

Costa Rica

San José (SJO): 7 weekly

 

Dominican Republic

Punta Cana (PUJ): 7 weekly

 

Mexico

Cancún (CUN): 7 weekly

 

Turks and Caicos Islands

Providenciales (PLS): 7 weekly

 

Spirit

Beginning in March, Spirit Airlines will introduce four new routes from Tampa.

Kansas City, Memphis, Milwaukee and Nashville will be the new additions, all four operated with Airbus A320neo under the following schedule:

Milwaukee · March 6th

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

NK 3784  Tampa TPA 15:30 · 17:20 MKE Milwaukee
NK 3785  Milwaukee MKE 18:15 · 21:55 TPA Tampa

 

Kansas City · March 7th

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

NK 3788  Tampa TPA 08:00 · 09:45 MCI Kansas City
NK 3789  Kansas City MCI 10:45 · 14:20 TPA Tampa

Memphis · March 7th

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

NK 3790  Tampa TPA 15:20 · 16:15 MEM Memphis
NK 3791  Memphis MEM 17:15 · 20:05 TPA Tampa

 

Nashville · March 8th

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

NK 3786  Tampa TPA 10:15 · 11:05 BNA Nashville
NK 3787  Nashville BNA 11:55 · 14:40 TPA Tampa

Sun Country

Following Frontier’s announcement between Minneapolis and Cleveland, Sun Country confirmed it will start the same route on the same day, May 17th.

Furthermore, Sun Country Airlines will also offer four flights a week, but with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

SY 1937  Minneapolis MSP 08:40 · 11:27 CLE Cleveland
SY 1938  Cleveland CLE 12:25 · 13:28 MSP Minneapolis

 

Cleveland joins 98 other airports that Sun Country will serve non-stop from MSP in 2024.

Frontier’s schedule

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

F9 3099  Cleveland CLE 12:55 · 13:59 MSP Minneapolis
F9 3100  Minneapolis MSP 19:33 · 22:23 CLE Cleveland

 

Minneapolis/St. Paul Int’l – KMSP

United Airlines

The company will launch new routes to Canada between May and June. Flights, which are already on sale, will be performed from/to Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles:

Map by gcmap.com

Chicago (ORD) – Quebec City (YQB): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
Chicago (ORD) – Winnipeg (YWG): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
Denver (DEN) – Winnipeg (YWG): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
Los Angeles (LAX) – Calgary (YYC): 7 weekly · Airbus A320

 

WestJet

For the coming Summer 2024 season, WestJet announced new international routes from Canada, as well as the resumption of seasonal segments. As informed through a press release, these are the main new features:

Map by gcmap.com

New routesReturning routesSummer extensions

Calgary (YYC) – Deer Lake (YDF)Halifax (YHZ) – Dublin (DUB)Calgary (YYC) – Honolulu (HNL)

Calgary (YYC) – Reykjavik (KEF)Halifax (YHZ) – London (LGW)Calgary (YYC) – Kahului (OGG)

Calgary (YYC) – Seoul (ICN)Halifax (YHZ) – Orlando (MCO)Calgary (YYC) – Punta Cana (PUJ)

Edmonton (YEG) – Atlanta (ATL)St. John’s (YYT) – Orlando (MCO)Calgary (YYC) – Varadero (VRA)

Edmonton (YEG) – Nashville (BNA)Toronto (YYZ) – Dublin (DUB)Edmonton (YEG) – Orlando (MCO)

Edmonton (YEG) – San Francisco (SFO)Toronto (YYZ) – Edinburgh (EDI)Edmonton (YEG) – Phoenix (PHX)

Halifax (YHZ) – Edinburgh (EDI)Toronto (YYZ) – Providenciales (PLS)Vancouver (YVR) – Phoenix (PHX)

Regina (YQR) – Minneapolis (MSP)Toronto (YYZ) – Puerto Plata (POP)

St. John’s (YYT) – London (LGW)Toronto (YYZ) – Moncton (YQM)

Vancouver (YVR) – Detroit (DTW)

To read the full January report, you can click on the following links:

United States and Canada – January 2024.
Latin America – January 2024.
Europe – January 2024.
Asia and Oceania – January 2024.
Africa and Middle East – January 2024.

 

 

Cover photo: Felix Roitsch – JetPhotos (San Diego).

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