Air Canada will restart scheduled passenger flights with Boeing 767-300(ER), aircraft that had been withdrawn in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The airline plans to bring back 767s with registrations C-FOCA and C-GLCA, which will resume service after almost four years of storage at Marana Pinal Air Park (MZJ/KMZJ). Air Canada commented the Boeing 767s will return passenger operations following the delay of new aircraft deliveries.

Both 767s will be configured for 211 passengers in two seating classes (24 Business and 187 Economy). Canada, Jamaica and the United States will be its markets.

• Las Vegas (LAS): eff February 1st, 2025
• Calgary (YYC): eff February 15th, 2025
• Edmonton (YEG): eff February 15th, 2025
• Phoenix (PHX): March 14th, 16th and 23rd
• Montego Bay (MBJ): eff March 30th, 2025

The two Boeing 767s are currently at John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM/CYHM), after making a ferry flight from Marana a few months ago.

United launches hourly shuttle service between Newark and Washington Reagan (DCA)

The airline will significantly increase its operations between Newark and Washington DCA beginning May 22nd, 2025. In line with its website, United Airlines will reach 17 daily frequencies on this route, which it will provide by CRJ-550 aircraft configured for 48 passengers.

Schedule eff May 22nd, 2025

EWR – DCA

• UA 4184  Newark EWR 06:00 · 07:19 DCA Washington
• UA 4434  Newark EWR 07:00 · 08:19 DCA Washington
• UA 4500  Newark EWR 08:00 · 09:19 DCA Washington
• UA 4444  Newark EWR 09:00 · 10:29 DCA Washington
• UA 4417  Newark EWR 10:00 · 11:25 DCA Washington
• UA 4435  Newark EWR 10:30 · 11:53 DCA Washington
• UA 4172  Newark EWR 11:00 · 12:19 DCA Washington
• UA 4431  Newark EWR 12:00 · 13:19 DCA Washington
• UA 4499  Newark EWR 13:00 · 14:18 DCA Washington
• UA 4433  Newark EWR 14:00 · 15:18 DCA Washington
• UA 4464  Newark EWR 14:30 · 15:53 DCA Washington
• UA 4486  Newark EWR 15:00 · 16:23 DCA Washington
• UA 4443  Newark EWR 16:00 · 17:23 DCA Washington
• UA 4485  Newark EWR 17:00 · 18:33 DCA Washington
• UA 4432  Newark EWR 18:00 · 19:33 DCA Washington
• UA 4587  Newark EWR 19:00 · 20:38 DCA Washington
• UA 4457  Newark EWR 21:00 · 22:31 DCA Washington

DCA – EWR

• UA 4167  Washington DCA 06:00 · 07:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4515  Washington DCA 07:00 · 08:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4430  Washington DCA 08:00 · 09:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4591  Washington DCA 09:00 · 10:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4408  Washington DCA 10:00 · 11:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4446  Washington DCA 11:00 · 12:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4193  Washington DCA 12:00 · 13:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4186  Washington DCA 12:30 · 13:51 EWR Newark
• UA 4442  Washington DCA 13:00 · 14:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4411  Washington DCA 14:00 · 15:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4560  Washington DCA 15:00 · 16:20 EWR Newark
• UA 4413  Washington DCA 16:00 · 17:30 EWR Newark
• UA 4401  Washington DCA 16:30 · 18:05 EWR Newark
• UA 4414  Washington DCA 17:00 · 18:29 EWR Newark
• UA 4180  Washington DCA 18:00 · 19:30 EWR Newark
• UA 4602  Washington DCA 19:00 · 20:29 EWR Newark
• UA 4174  Washington DCA 20:00 · 21:30 EWR Newark

All flights will have a daily frequency.

Spirit files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 in November, becoming the first major U.S. airline since American Airlines 13 years ago.

The reasons for the filing are due to mounting debts, lower revenues and increasing competitors in regional markets. Other possible reasons may include the rejection of the merger with JetBlue and the failure of previous partnership attempts with Frontier Airlines.

Spirit has a significant route network in the United States, in addition to connections to Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The fleet consists of 203 aircraft.

• Airbus A319-100: 2
• Airbus A320-200: 58
• Airbus A320neo: 91
• Airbus A321-200: 26
• Airbus A321neo: 26

Spirit Airlines plans to complete the process in the first quarter of 2025.

Sichuan adds flights to Canada

The Chinese company doubled its flight frequency between Chengdu Tianfu and Vancouver in late November, increasing from one to two weekly services.

Sichuan Airlines will operate this route using Airbus A350-900s, with a capacity of 331 or 337 passengers, depending on the aircraft configuration. With this schedule, the airline will offer more than 660 seats per week on each leg.

TFU – YVR

• 3U 3859  Chengdu TFU 01:00 · 20:50-1 YVR Vancouver (Tuesday)
• 3U 3859  Chengdu TFU 00:05 · 20:45-1 YVR Vancouver (Friday · new flight)

YVR – TFU

• 3U 3860  Vancouver YVR 00:40 · 05:55+1 TFU Chengdu (Tuesday)
• 3U 3860  Vancouver YVR 23:10 · 06:50+2 TFU Chengdu (Thursday · new flight)

Routes from Sichuan Airlines to America

Chengdu

• Vancouver (YVR): 2 weekly · Airbus A350-900

LAX

• Chengdu (TFU) – Los Angeles (LAX): 3 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Hangzhou (HGH): 3 weekly · Airbus A350-900

Sichuan performs the Chengdu – Los Angeles – Hangzhou route.

We review other highlights of the US and Canada market

Air Canada

Starting February 1st, 2025, the Canadian carrier will add wide-body flights between Toronto and Tampa. According to its website, Airbus A330-300s will operate twice-daily until the end of February 2025.

Daily

• AC 1240  Toronto YYZ 08:10 · 11:11 TPA Tampa
• AC 1245  Tampa TPA 12:30 · 15:19 YYZ Toronto

Daily

• AC 1246  Toronto YYZ 17:00 · 20:01 TPA Tampa
• AC 1243  Tampa TPA 21:20 · 00:06+1 YYZ Toronto

On the other hand, Air Canada will open more routes to the United States from three Canadian cities.

• Vancouver (YVR) – Nashville (BNA): 3 weekly · May 1st, 2025 · 737 MAX
• Montreal (YUL) – Cincinnati (CVG): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025 · CRJ-900
• Toronto (YYZ) – Jacksonville (JAX): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025 · CRJ-900

Air China

On November 8th at 18:52 local time, Air China’s first non-stop service from Beijing arrived in Vancouver. The airline will provide three weekly flights on 311-seat Boeing 777-300(ER) jets.

Monday, Friday and Saturday

• CA 997  Beijing PEK 15:20 · 10:00 YVR Vancouver
• CA 998  Vancouver YVR 13:00 · 16:20+1 PEK Beijing

Air China operated until early November the Beijing – Shenyang – Vancouver and vice versa route, which it offered once a week with the same aircraft.

Air North

Seasonal flights between Whitehorse and Toronto.

Air North will inaugurate summer services on this route, effective June 12th, 2025. The weekly frequency will be performed by Boeing 737-500s with a capacity of 122 passengers.

Thursday/Friday

• 4N 825  Whitehorse YXY 09:10 · 17:40 YYZ Toronto (Thursday)
• 4N 826  Toronto YYZ 10:00 · 12:55 YXY Whitehorse (Friday)

Air North has 4 ATR 42-300s, 1 Boeing 737-400, 4 Boeing 737-500s and 2 Boeing 737-800s.

Air Premia

The South Korean company will boost frequencies between Seoul Incheon and Newark starting December 17th. In accordance with its website, the sixth frequency will run until late October 2025.

Daily except Saturday/Sunday

• YP 131  Seoul ICN 21:30 · 22:30 EWR Newark (daily ex Sat)
• YP 132  Newark EWR 01:00 · 04:55+1 ICN Seoul (daily ex Sun)

New flight on Tuesdays (ICN-EWR) and Wednesdays (EWR-ICN).

Alaska

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines begin coordinating operations, following their partnership agreement confirmed in September.

Hawaiian will stop flying between Kahului and San Diego as of June 12th, 2025, which it operates with Airbus A321neo, and on the same day Alaska will double its flights on this route.

Based on its website, Alaska Airlines will serve two daily frequencies on the 178-seat Boeing 737-900ERs.

SAN – OGG

• AS 829  San Diego SAN 10:20 · 13:18 OGG Kahului
• AS 1028  San Diego SAN 17:40 · 20:43 OGG Kahului (new flight)

OGG – SAN

• AS 806  Kahului OGG 12:00 · 20:21 SAN San Diego
• AS 1029  Kahului OGG 23:00 · 07:20+1 SAN San Diego (new flight)

American

The airline will continue to expand its route network between the United States and Europe, with two new services to Italy during summer 2025.

American will add routes to Naples and Venice, both operated by Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner for 234 passengers.

Chicago – Naples · May 6th, 2025

Daily

• AA 180  Chicago ORD 20:15 · 12:45+1 NAP Naples
• AA 181  Naples NAP 14:45 · 18:40 ORD Chicago

Dallas – Venice · June 5th, 2025

Daily

• AA 130  Dallas DFW 17:00 · 10:35+1 VCE Venice
• AA 131  Venice VCE 14:50 · 18:40 DFW Dallas

In addition, according to the press release, the company will increase frequencies on these routes to Europe:

• Dallas (DFW) – London (LHR): from 28 to 35 weekly · March 29th, 2025
• Miami (MIA) – London (LHR): from 7 to 14 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Philadelphia (PHL) – Rome (FCO): from 7 to 14 weekly · June 5th, 2025

Avelo

Effective March 6th, 2025, Avelo Airlines will launch flights between Lakeland and Nashville with Boeing 737-800 planes. The airline will offer two services per week as follows:

Thursday and Sunday

• XP 216  Lakeland LAL 11:42 · 12:43 BNA Nashville
• XP 217  Nashville BNA 13:28 · 16:24 LAL Lakeland

Avelo will be the only operator on this route.

BermudAir

The Bermuda-based carrier keeps expanding its network, by adding three new routes to the United States.

Charleston, Hartford (Windsor Locks) and Raleigh-Durham will commence in April 2025, in all three cases to/from BDA.

• Hartford (BDL): 2 weekly · April 3rd, 2025
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 2 weekly · April 11th, 2025
• Charleston (CHS): 1 weekly · April 19th, 2025

With green color, its current routes.

Breeze

Breeze Airways opened a new base in Sarasota, which became its fifth in Florida and its 12th in the US.

Sarasota joins Fort Myers, New Haven, Orlando and Vero Beach, its other bases launched this year.

New Breeze routes from/to SRQ, which started in November

• Akron Canton (CAK): 2 weekly · Airbus A220-300
• Islip (ISP): 2 weekly · Airbus A220-300
• Portland (PWM): 2 weekly · Airbus A220-300
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 2 weekly · Airbus A220-300
• Richmond (RIC): 2 weekly · Airbus A220-300

New Haven (HVN) will start in December.

Delta

The carrier will maintain year-round flights between Tampa and Amsterdam.

Bookings were until May 31st, 2025, as it was planned as a seasonal service during winter 2024/25, and are now available from June 1st, 2025 onwards. Delta Air Lines will operate with Airbus A330-300 aircraft, four times a week.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday

• DL 236  Tampa TPA 17:50 · 09:00+1 AMS Amsterdam
• DL 237  Amsterdam AMS 10:35 · 14:25 TPA Tampa (Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun)

Furthermore, the company will introduce four new domestic routes by 2025:

• New York (LGA) – Huntsville (HSV): 7 weekly · April 14th, 2025 · CRJ-900
• Austin (AUS) – Jacksonville (JAX): 7 weekly · May 7th, 2025 · Embraer 175
• Salt Lake City (SLC) – Fairbanks (FAI): 7 weekly · June 8th, 2025 · A220-100
• Detroit (DTW) – San Jose (SJC): 7 weekly · July 7th, 2025 · 737-900ER

Flair

For summer 2025, the Canadian airline will resume operations between Calgary and Kelowna effective June 20th, 2025. Flair will fly four times weekly until mid-October 2025 on Boeing 737-800s.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• F8 550  Kelowna YLW 17:00 · 19:05 YYC Calgary
• F8 551  Calgary YYC 19:50 · 20:00 YLW Kelowna

*The company will operate the YLW-YYC route from December 17th to January 5th, 2025. 

Frontier

Many new Frontier Airlines routes in the United States, to be served by Airbus A320s and Airbus A321s.

• Windsor Locks (BDL) – Miami (MIA): 2 weekly · February 13th, 2025
• Reno (RNO) – Denver (DEN): 3 weekly · March 3rd, 2025
• Tucson (TUS) – Denver (DEN): 3 weekly · March 3rd, 2025
• Austin (AUS) – Orlando (MCO): 3 weekly · March 6th, 2025
• Austin (AUS) – Chicago (ORD): 3 weekly · March 6th, 2025
• Indianapolis (IND) – Tampa (TPA): 3 weekly · March 6th, 2025
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Orlando (MCO): 7 weekly · March 6th, 2025
• Tampa (TPA) – Houston (IAH): 3 weekly · March 6th, 2025
• Austin (AUS) – Cincinnati (CVG): 2 weekly · March 7th, 2025
• Austin (AUS) – Phoenix (PHX): 2 weekly · March 7th, 2025
• Indianapolis (IND) – Atlanta (ATL): 3 weekly · March 7th, 2025
• Oklahoma City (OKC) – Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · March 7th, 2025
• Orlando (MCO) – Nashville (BNA): 3 weekly · March 7th, 2025
• Reno (RNO) – Las Vegas (LAS); 3 weekly · March 7th, 2025
• Tampa (TPA) – Milwaukee (MKE): 3 weekly · March 7th, 2025

Harbour Air

At 07:42 local time on November 4th, the first-ever wheeled flight service of Harbour Air departed Vancouver for Victoria. This flight was performed with the De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, registration C-GHHA.

North America’s largest seaplane airline provided two flights on Saturdays and Sundays during November, increasing to three in December.

YVR – YYJ

• YB 305  Vancouver YVR 07:15 · 07:40 YYJ Victoria (Saturday and Sunday)
• YB 341  Vancouver YVR 16:00 · 16:25 YYJ Victoria (Saturday and Sunday)
• YB 351  Vancouver YVR 18:25 · 18:50 YYJ Victoria (Saturday and Sunday)

YYJ – YVR

• YB 310  Victoria YYJ 08:30 · 08:55 YVR Vancouver (Saturday and Sunday)
• YB 346  Victoria YYJ 17:15 · 17:40 YVR Vancouver (Saturday and Sunday)
• YB 356  Victoria YYJ 19:45 · 20:10 YVR Vancouver (Saturday and Sunday)

Flights are around 20 minutes.

Hawaiian

Starting April 22nd, 2025, Hawaiian will double its operations between Honolulu and Seattle, one of Alaska Airlines’ main hubs. The company will serve on Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

Daily

• HA 022  Honolulu HNL 13:40 · 21:25 SEA Seattle
• HA 021  Seattle SEA 07:00 · 11:20 HNL Honolulu

Daily · new flight

• HA 634  Honolulu HNL 21:15 · 06:15+1 SEA Seattle
• HA 633  Seattle SEA 15:55 · 18:50 HNL Honolulu

Flight HA 022/021 is flown by the same planes.

HiSky

The Romanian airline intends to boost frequencies to New York JFK as of March 30th, 2025.

In accordance with its website, HiSky will increase from three to five flights per week from Bucharest, a route it operates with Airbus A330-200s.

Daily except Tuesday and Thursday

• H4 101  Bucharest OTP 09:30 · 12:20 JFK New York
• H4 102  New York JFK 13:50 · 05:50+1 OTP Bucharest

New flights on Saturdays and Sundays.

Icelandair

As announced in our last Europe report, Icelandair confirmed its first destinations using Airbus A321LRs, which will enter service during December.

Regarding North America, Icelandair will operate A321 flights to Seattle and Toronto beginning in 2025.

• Reykjavik (KEF) – Toronto (YYZ): May 1st, 2025
• Reykjavik (KEF) – Seattle (SEA): May 7th, 2025

The remaining routes will be within Europe.

jetBlue

More flights by Airbus A321-200 aircraft.

JetBlue will add these jets configured for 200 passengers in single class on three routes, replacing A320s with almost 40 fewer seats.

• Orlando (MCO) – Syracuse (SYR): eff December 19th
• Orlando (MCO) – Buffalo (BUF): eff January 7th, 2025
• San Juan (SJU) – Raleigh-Durham (RDU): eff February 25th, 2025

Southwest

In June 2025, Southwest Airlines will start 12 new routes in the US, as well as an international route, which it will operate on Boeing 737-700s, Boeing 737-800s and Boeing 737 MAX 8s.

• Baltimore (BWI) – Long Beach (LGB): 7 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Baltimore (BWI) – Ontario (ONT): 7 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Baltimore (BWI) – Portland (PDX): 7 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Baltimore (BWI) – San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Baltimore (BWI) – San Jose (SJC): 7 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Chicago (MDW) – Boise (BOI): 5 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Chicago (MDW) – Spokane (GEG): 5 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Houston (HOU) – Seattle (SEA): 7 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Nashville (BNA) – San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Colorado Springs (COS) – Cancún (CUN): 1 weekly · June 7th, 2025
• Kansas City (MCI) – Charleston (CHS): 1 weekly · June 7th, 2025
• Kansas City (MCI) – Jacksonville (JAX): 1 weekly · June 7th, 2025
• Nashville (BNA) – Portland (PDX): 1 weekly · June 7th, 2025

United

The airline plans to resume operations from Newark using 350-passenger Boeing 777-300(ER) aircraft configured with 60 seats in Business, 24 seats in Premium Economy and 266 seats in Economy.

United Airlines will offer three routes effective 2025, in accordance with its website:

• Dubai (DXB): 7 weekly · March 29th, 2025
• Frankfurt (FRA): 7 weekly · March 29th, 2025
• Rome (FCO): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025

Moreover, the company will restart two routes to Edmonton starting May 2025, both with Airbus A319-100 jets.

Chicago · May 24th, 2025

Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday

• UA 2004  Edmonton YEG 08:05 · 12:45 ORD Chicago
• UA 455  Chicago ORD 13:30 · 16:35 YEG Edmonton

Houston · May 22nd, 2025

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

• UA 2399  Edmonton YEG 08:05 · 13:29 IAH Houston
• UA 1964  Houston IAH 16:30 · 20:10 YEG Edmonton

Viva

VivaAerobus, now under its new name Viva, confirmed the launch of two new routes between Cancún and the United States in 2025. Services will be operated on 180-seat Airbus A320-200 planes.

Columbus · February 15th, 2025

Saturday/Sunday

• VB 370  Cancún CUN 17:55 · 22:25 CMH Columbus (Saturday)
• VB 371  Columbus CMH 10:00 · 12:35 CUN Cancún (Sunday)

Memphis · May 31st, 2025

Saturday/Sunday

• VB 374  Cancún CUN 17:15 · 19:55 MEM Memphis (Saturday)
• VB 375  Memphis MEM 07:00 · 09:45 CUN Cancún (Sunday)

Volaris

Following with Mexican airlines, Volaris will also add two routes to the U.S., in this case both to Oakland. As per its website, the carrier will perform this schedule:

San José del Cabo (Los Cabos) · March 20th, 2025

Daily

• Y4 7912  Oakland OAK 12:30 · 15:38 SJD Los Cabos
• Y4 7911  Los Cabos SJD 16:38 · 19:49 OAK Oakland

Zacatecas · July 2nd, 2025

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• Y4 7874  Zacatecas ZCL 09:01 · 11:40 OAK Oakland
• Y4 7875  Oakland OAK 13:10 · 17:36 ZCL Zacatecas

WestJet

New WestJet routes between Canada and the United States, beginning in 2025.

• Edmonton (YEG) – Salt Lake City (SLC): 5 weekly · May 15th, 2025
• Edmonton (YEG) – Chicago (ORD): 4 weekly · June 4th, 2025
• Calgary (YYC) – Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 3 weekly · June 9th, 2025
• Vancouver (YVR) – Boston (BOS): 4 weekly · June 9th, 2025
• Vancouver (YVR) – Tampa (TPA): 1 weekly · June 14th, 2025
• Calgary (YYC) – Anchorage (ANC): 2 weekly · June 29th, 2025

Anchorage, Raleigh-Durham and Salt Lake City will be WestJet’s new US cities.

New aircraft added by U.S. and Canadian airlines

• Allegiant Air

• American Airlines (x3)

• Breeze Airways (x2)

• Delta Air Lines (x2)

• Frontier

• JetBlue

• Spirit Airlines

• United Airlines (x6)

Considering the month of November, only U.S. airlines added new aircraft.

Other reports we have published

• Latin America
• Europe
• Asia and Oceania
• Africa and Middle East
• Allegiant announces 44 new routes for 2025

Cover photo: Guillaume Fevrier – JetPhotos