Air France has announced a new destination to the United States, which it will offer during summer 2025.

The airline will begin flights between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Orlando starting May 21st, 2025, to be provided four times a week with Airbus A350-900 aircraft configured for 324 passengers in three classes (34 Business, 24 Premium and 266 Economy).

Orlando will join Atlanta, Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC, Air France’s current U.S. destinations, all of which are performed from/to CDG.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

• AF 096  Paris CDG 17:05 · 20:45 MCO Orlando
• AF 097  Orlando MCO 23:00 · 13:30+1 CDG Paris

Air France will operate in 18 US cities, bringing the total number of destinations in North America to 22, including Canada.

Routes to the Americas

• Atlanta (ATL): 14 weekly · A359/772/789
• Boston (BOS): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Dallas (DFW): 5 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• Denver (DEN): 3 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Detroit (DTW): 5 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Los Angeles (LAX): 19 weekly · A359/77W
• Miami (MIA): 10 weekly · A359/77W
• Montreal (YUL): 14 weekly · A359/772/77W/789
• New York (JFK): 35 weekly · A359/772/77W
• Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Orlando (MCO): 4 weekly · effective May 21st, 2025
• Ottawa (YOW): 5 weekly · Boeing 777-200(ER)
• Phoenix (PHX): 3 weekly · Boeing 777-200(ER)
• Quebec (YQB): seasonal
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 5 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
• Seattle (SEA): 3 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Toronto (YYZ): 10 weekly · A359/77W
• Vancouver (YVR): 5 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Washington DC (IAD): 11 weekly · 772/77W

Air France also serves two times weekly between Pointe-a-Pitre and Miami by Airbus A320 airplanes.

Aer Lingus inaugurates operations to Las Vegas

On October 25th at 17:49 local time, Aer Lingus’ inaugural flight from Dublin landed at Harry Reid International Airport. The company will fly to Las Vegas using Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

The Irish capital becomes Las Vegas’ fourth regular destination to Europe at publication time, after Amsterdam, Frankfurt and London Gatwick/Heathrow.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• EI 51  Dublin DUB 15:20 · 17:20 LAS Las Vegas
• EI 50  Las Vegas LAS 19:35 · 13:10+1 DUB Dublin

Air Canada to restart Vancouver – Beijing route

The company has confirmed through a press release the resumption of operations between Vancouver and Beijing as of January 15th, 2025, in addition to increasing frequencies on the Vancouver – Shanghai route.

In both cases, Air Canada will operate with 298-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Vancouver – Shanghai · eff December 7th

Daily

• AC 025  Vancouver YVR 11:15 · 16:00+1 PVG Shanghai
• AC 026  Shanghai PVG 17:50 · 12:10 YVR Vancouver

It currently offers four flights per week (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday).

Vancouver – Beijing

Daily

• AC 029  Vancouver YVR 11:40 · 17:00+1 PEK Beijing
• AC 030  Beijing PEK 18:55 · 14:05 YVR Vancouver

“We are resuming our non-stop services between Canada and Beijing and increasing our flights between Canada and Shanghai, reflecting the importance of these markets in Air Canada’s global network. With the investments we have made at our YVR hub linking Air Canada’s extensive North American network to our international flights, travelling between North America and Asia is convenient and compelling for leisure and business travellers alike. We look forward to welcoming our customers onboard our flights,” said Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President – Revenue and Network Planning at Air Canada.

Allegiant launches regular flights by Boeing 737 MAX 8-200

The first scheduled Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 flight of Allegiant Air departed on October 20th at 13:49 local time. Following several months of delay, the carrier commenced service by this aircraft, with plans to add three more before the end of the year.

Allegiant’s original plan was to operate 12 737 MAX 8-200s in its fleet by 2024, but the number was reduced to four due to delivery delays. The airline placed an order for 50 737 MAX aircraft in January 2022.

As per our database, the first regular flight was G4 2833 between Orlando Sanford and Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (GSP).

Allegiant Air fleet

• Airbus A319-100: 34
• Airbus A320-200: 91
• Boeing 737 MAX 8-200: 1

The company returned to incorporate a Boeing aircraft after 7 years, when it had modified to an all-Airbus fleet.

American Airlines starts service between Dallas and Brisbane

At 04:55 local time on October 28th, American’s first flight from Dallas landed in Brisbane. The company will perform five weekly services on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, being the only operator on this route.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday

• AA 7  Dallas DFW 21:50 · 06:15+2 BNE Brisbane

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

• AA 8  Brisbane BNE 09:40 · 08:35 DFW Dallas

As well as being the only airline with operations, Dallas – Brisbane will be American Airlines’ longest route, reaching nearly 16 hours on the DFW-BNE leg, and almost 15 hours on the BNE-DFW segment.

Brisbane becomes the company’s third regular destination in Oceania.

• Dallas (DFW) – Auckland (AKL): 4 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Dallas (DFW) – Brisbane (BNE): 4 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Sydney (SYD): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)

We review other highlights of the U.S./Canada market

Advanced Air

New route to Vegas.

The company plans to begin services between Las Vegas (Executive Airport) and Gallum as of November 4th. At the time of publication, Advanced Air will operate two flights a week on 9-passenger Beechcraft aircraft.

GUP – HSH

• AN 530  Gallum GUP 08:42 · 09:12 HSH Las Vegas (Monday)
• AN 532  Gallum GUP 07:42 · 08:12 HSH Las Vegas (Friday)

HSH – GUP

• AN 531  Las Vegas HSH 10:00 · 12:18 GUP Gallum (Monday)
• AN 533  Las Vegas HSH 09:12 · 11:30 GUP Gallum (Friday)

Aer Lingus

In addition to the new route to Las Vegas, the Irish airline announced it will operate to Indianapolis and Nashville from Dublin during summer 2025. Aer Lingus will serve as of April and May 2025, using Airbus A321neo jets with 184 seats.

Nashville · April 12th, 2025

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

• EI 77  Dublin DUB 14:05 · 17:10 BNA Nashville
• EI 76  Nashville BNA 18:40 · 08:50+1 DUB Dublin

Indianapolis · May 3rd, 2025

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• EI 83  Dublin DUB 14:50 · 18:25 IND Indianapolis
• EI 82  Indianapolis IND 19:55 · 08:50+1 DUB Dublin

Nashville and Indianapolis will join Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Washington DC and Windsor Locks, its other destinations in North America.

Aeromexico

The Mexican carrier continues to expand its services to the United States, launching Phoenix on March 30th, 2025. As per its website, Aeromexico will fly daily from Mexico City with Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Daily

• AM 614  Mexico City MEX 09:55 · 12:25 PHX Phoenix
• AM 615  Phoenix PHX 13:51 · 18:00 MEX Mexico City

Aeromexico’s last scheduled operation to Phoenix was in January 2009.

Air Transat

By summer 2025, the Canadian airline will increase its flights between Canada and Europe, with these being the main new features:

• Montreal (YUL) – Barcelona (BCN): increases from 5 to 7 weekly · May 1st, 2025
• Toronto (YYZ) – Amsterdam (AMS): increases from 4 to 6 weekly · June 3rd, 2025
• Montreal (YUL) – London (LGW): increases from 7 to 8 weekly · June 21st, 2025
• Quebec (YQB) – Paris (CDG): increases from 4 to 5 weekly · June 22nd, 2025
• Montreal (YUL) – Basel (BSL): increases from 2 to 3 weekly · June 25th, 2025

Alaska Airlines

Charters to Puerto Vallarta.

Alaska Airlines is scheduled to operate service from Milwaukee during winter 2025, offering one flight per week on this route with Boeing 737-900ER planes. The first charter will be on January 25th, 2025.

Saturday

• AS 9680  Milwaukee MKE 08:20 · 13:05 PVR Puerto Vallarta
• AS 9681  Puerto Vallarta PVR 15:30 · 19:50 MKE Milwaukee

American

For winter 2024/25, American Airlines will have flights between Dallas and Orlando with wide-body aircraft. According to its website, services will commence on December 19th, and will run through early January 2025.

DFW – MCO

• AA 1386  Dallas DFW 06:05 · 09:37 MCO Orlando (daily except Wednesday)
• AA 2713  Dallas DFW 12:15 · 15:48 MCO Orlando (daily)

MCO – DFW

• AA 1386  Orlando MCO 10:41 · 12:44 DFW Dallas (daily except Wednesday)
• AA 3069  Orlando MCO 16:53 · 18:55 DFW Dallas (daily)

Flight AA 1386 will operate on Boeing 777-200(ER) and flight AA 2713/3089 using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Furthermore, the company will expand its Cape Cod operations with two new regular routes to Hyannis.

American will fly from Chicago O’Hare and Philadelphia starting in June 2025, on 76-seat Embraer 175s.

Philadelphia · June 19th, 2025

Daily

• AA 4617  Philadelphia PHL 10:50 · 12:23 HYA Hyannis
• AA 4617  Hyannis HYA 13:05 · 14:28 PHL Philadelphia

Chicago · June 21st, 2025

Saturday

• AA 4635  Chicago ORD 10:50 · 14:25 HYA Hyannis
• AA 4635  Hyannis HYA 15:00 · 16:52 ORD Chicago

Avelo

Lakeland, Avelo Airlines’ sixth base.

On October 24th, the airline opened a new base at Central Florida’s Lakeland International Airport, which joins Burbank, New Haven, Wilmington (ILG), Raleigh-Durham and Santa Rosa (STS).

Avelo launched, in late October, four routes from Lakeland (Concord, Manchester MHT, Rochester and San Juan SJU), being the first services with LAL-based aircraft. The company reaches five regular destinations:

• Atlanta (ATL): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800 · November 7th
• Concord (USA): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Manchester (MHT): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• New Haven (HVN): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Rochester (ROC): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• San Juan (SJU): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800
• Wilmington (ILG): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800 · November 7th
• Windsor Locks (BDL): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-800 · November 8th

Effective November, Avelo Airlines will also begin flying to Atlanta, Wilmington and Windsor Locks from Lakeland.

Breeze

The airline will further increase its services in Florida, adding three new routes to/from Orlando and one from/to Tampa.

Breeze Airways will perform these flights by Airbus A220-300s with a capacity of 137 passengers.

• Orlando (MCO) – Provo (PVU): 3 weekly · December 21st
• Tampa (TPA) – Erie (ERI): 2 weekly · January 8th, 2025
• Orlando (MCO) – Gulfport (GPT): 2 weekly · February 6th, 2025
• Orlando (MCO) – Ogdensburg (OGS): 2 weekly · February 13th, 2025

Delta

Beginning January 6th, 2025, Delta Air Lines will launch operations between Boston and Sao Paulo, becoming the airline’s fourth destination at Guarulhos Airport.

These services will replace LATAM’s flights on this route, which it provides three times weekly on 247-seat Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft.

Delta will also offer three operations a week, but with Airbus A330-300s configured for 282 passengers.

Monday, Thursday and Friday

• DL 165  Boston BOS 09:00 · 20:45 GRU Sao Paulo
• DL 164  Sao Paulo GRU 22:45 · 06:40+1 BOS Boston

Atlanta, Detroit and New York are its current destinations from Sao Paulo.

In addition, Delta will introduce Boeing 767-300(ER)s on four domestic routes, all to/from New York JFK.

• Phoenix (PHX): 1 weekly · November 16th
• Denver (DEN): 1 weekly · December 21st
• San Diego (SAN): 1 weekly · December 21st
• Las Vegas (LAS): 2 weekly · January 11th, 2025

Discover

The carrier will start flights between Frankfurt and Minneapolis effective May 2nd, 2025. Lufthansa, which currently performs this route, will transfer operations to Discover, another airline of the group.

Discover schedules four weekly services on Airbus A330-300 aircraft.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• 4Y 52  Frankfurt FRA 11:30 · 14:05 MSP Minneapolis
• 4Y 53  Minneapolis MSP 16:30 · 08:20+1 FRA Frankfurt

In line with our database, Lufthansa has four flights per week between the two cities by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Finnair

By summer 2025, Finnair will boost its operations between Finland and the United States, with more flights on four of its scheduled routes from/to Helsinki.

• Chicago (ORD): from 5 to 7 weekly · March 31st, 2025 · Airbus A330-300
• Los Angeles (LAX): from 3 to 5 weekly · April 1st, 2025 · Airbus A350-900
• Dallas (DFW): from 6 to 11 weekly · May 1st, 2025 · Airbus A350-900
• Seattle (SEA): from 3 to 5 weekly · May 5th, 2025 · A333/A359

Flair

At 14:47 local time on October 29th, Flair’s inaugural service from Waterloo arrived in Orlando. The Canadian airline will offer this route with Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, under the following schedule:

Tuesday and Saturday

• F8 2450  Waterloo YKF 09:00 · 11:55 MCO Orlando
• F8 2451  Orlando MCO 13:10 · 16:05 YKF Waterloo

Orlando becomes Flair’s sixth U.S. destination following Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York JFK and San Francisco.

French Bee

As of April 30th, 2025, the French carrier will inaugurate flights to Canada.

French Bee will operate between Paris Orly and Montreal on Airbus A350-900 aircraft four times weekly, increasing to five services a week on July 5th, 2025.

Daily except Tuesday and Thursday

• BF 760  Paris ORY 19:20 · 21:00 YUL Montreal
• BF 761  Montreal YUL 23:00 · 12:00+1 ORY Paris

Frontier

For winter 2024/25, Frontier will add many new routes within the United States.

At publication time, there will be 26 new services, according to Frontier’s website:

• Denver (DEN) – Palm Springs (PSP): 3 weekly · December 13th
• San Francisco (SFO) – Palm Springs (PSP): 3 weekly · December 13th
• Dallas (DFW) – Eagle (EGE): 2 weekly · December 16th
• Denver (DEN) – Eagle (EGE): 3 weekly · December 16th
• Chicago (ORD) – Fort Myers (RSW): 4 weekly · December 17th
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · December 17th
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Portland (PDX): 7 weekly · December 17th
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Salt Lake City (SLC): 7 weekly · December 17th
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Seattle (SEA): 7 weekly · December 17th
• Miami (MIA) – Boston (BOS): 4 weekly · December 17th
• Miami (MIA) – Houston (IAH): 3 weekly · December 17th
• Miami (MIA) – New York (LGA): 7 weekly · December 17th
• Orlando (MCO) – Minneapolis (MSP): 4 weekly · December 17th
• Tampa (TPA) – Boston (BOS): 7 weekly · December 17th
• Tampa (TPA) – Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · December 17th
• Tampa (TPA) – Grand Rapids (GRR): 3 weekly · December 17th
• Tampa (TPA) – Washington (IAD): 7 weekly · December 17th
• West Palm Beach (PBI) – Philadelphia Trenton (TTN): 7 weekly · December 17th
• Chicago (ORD) – Sarasota (SRQ): 3 weekly · December 18th
• Tampa (TPA) – Portland (PWM): 3 weekly · December 18th
• West Palm Beach (PBI) – Chicago (ORD): 3 weekly · December 18th
• Orlando (MCO) – Burlington (BTV): 4 weekly · December 20th
• Tampa (TPA) – Burlington (BTV): 3 weekly · December 20th
• San Francisco (SFO) – Eagle (EGE): 1 weekly · December 21st
• West Palm Beach (PBI) – Cincinnati (CVG): 1 weekly · December 21st
• West Palm Beach (PBI) – Cleveland (CLE): 1 weekly · December 21st

Hawaiian

As well as the charter service from Papeete to Los Angeles, Hawaiian schedules an additional flight between Kahului and San Francisco with an Airbus A330-200. The airline provides this route on 189-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft.

Schedule

• HA 42  Kahului OGG 15:20 · 22:15 SFO San Francisco (November 30th)
• HA 41  San Francisco SFO 10:15 · 13:40 OGG Kahului (December 1st)

Korean Air

Beginning December 1st, Korean Air will resume operations between Seoul Incheon and Honolulu using the 325-seat Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, replacing Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners seating 278 passengers.

Daily

• KE 53  Seoul ICN 21:05 · 10:55 HNL Honolulu
• KE 54  Honolulu HNL 13:05 · 17:45+1 ICN Seoul

As can be seen through our database, the 787-10s operated this route between October 14th and the 26th.

Norse

In addition to the new Rome – Los Angeles route, announced in this article, Norse Atlantic Airways will have more frequencies to Los Angeles from Oslo, its other seasonal service.

The new flights will start on June 17th, 2025, and will continue until late August 2025.

OSL – LAX (increases from 2 to 3 weekly)

• N0 11  Oslo OSL 09:00 · 10:30 LAX Los Angeles (Tuesday)
• N0 11  Oslo OSL 14:00 · 15:30 LAX Los Angeles (Thursday)
• N0 11  Oslo OSL 18:30 · 20:00 LAX Los Angeles (Saturday)

LAX – OSL (increases from 2 to 3 weekly)

• N0 12  Los Angeles LAX 11:55 · 07:00+1 OSL Oslo (Monday)
• N0 12  Los Angeles LAX 16:50 · 11:55+1 OSL Oslo (Wednesday)
• N0 12  Los Angeles LAX 21:50 · 16:55+1 OSL Oslo (Friday)

Norse will begin services on May 22nd, 2025, with the 338/344-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Qantas

As mentioned in our Asia/Oceania report, Qantas will resume flights to Dallas with Airbus A380-800s from August 11th, 2025.

The airline will have seven weekly services between Sydney and Dallas Fort Worth, of which four will be on A380s and the remaining three by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets.

Daily

• QF 7  Sydney SYD 12:10 · 12:30 DFW Dallas
• QF 8  Dallas DFW 22:40 · 06:55+1 SYD Sydney

On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays it will operate with 485-passenger Airbus A380s.

Southwest

The carrier will expand its route schedule from Nashville and Orlando, as of April 2025:

• Nashville (BNA) – Albany (ALB): 6 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Nashville (BNA) – Albuquerque (ABQ): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Nashville (BNA) – Jackson (JAN): 1 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Nashville (BNA) – Memphis (MEM): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Nashville (BNA) – Providence (PVD): 6 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Nashville (BNA) – Tulsa (TUL): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Orlando (MCO) – Richmond (RIC): 5 weekly · April 10th, 2025
• Orlando (MCO) – San Diego (SAN): 5 weekly · April 10th, 2025

United

Two new routes from Washington DC.

Effective December 3rd, United Airlines will launch operations between IAD and South Bend on Embraer 175s, a route to be inaugurated by Breeze Airways on November 8th. In accordance with its website, services will be performed once per day.

Daily

• UA 3526  Washington IAD 18:00 · 20:00 SBN South Bend
• UA 3467  South Bend SBN 10:00 · 11:45 IAD Washington

On the other hand, the airline will start flights to Salt Lake City from Washington Dulles beginning March 6th, 2025, offering a daily operation by 166-seat Boeing 737-800 planes.

Daily

• UA 721  Washington IAD 17:30 · 20:34 SLC Salt Lake City
• UA 1264  Salt Lake City SLC 23:30 · 05:29+1 IAD Washington

Virgin Atlantic

From July 11th, 2025, Virgin Atlantic will boost its services between London Heathrow and Orlando, reaching 17 flights a week by summer 2025. The airline will operate this route with Airbus A330-300, Airbus A330-900neo and Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.

LHR – MCO

• VS 91  London LHR 09:50 · 14:30 MCO Orlando (Daily)
• VS 49  London LHR 14:45 · 19:30 MCO Orlando (Wed, Fri, Sun)
• VS 135  London LHR 15:15 · 20:00 MCO Orlando (Daily)

MCO – LHR

• VS 92  Orlando MCO 17:00 · 06:45+1 LHR London (Daily)
• VS 136  Orlando MCO 19:55 · 09:15+1 LHR London (Daily)
• VS 50  Orlando MCO 22:10 · 11:55+1 LHR London (Wed, Fri, Sun)

New flight VS 49/50.

ZIPAIR

New route between Asia and Houston.

The Japanese airline will commence flights from Tokyo Narita as of March 4th, 2025. ZIPAIR will offer, according to its website, four weekly frequencies by Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, configured for 290 passengers in two classes.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

• ZG 16  Tokyo NRT 10:00 · 06:45 IAH Houston
• ZG 15  Houston IAH 08:45 · 13:50+1 NRT Tokyo

ZIPAIR’s routes to the Americas

• Los Angeles (LAX): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-8
• San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-8
• Vancouver (YVR): 4 weekly · Boeing 787-8

Bangkok, Manila, Seoul and Singapore are its other regular destinations.

New aircraft added by U.S. and Canadian airlines during October and November 1st

• Delta Air Lines (x4)

• Federal Express

• Frontier (x2)

• Porter Airlines

• Southwest Airlines

• Spirit Airlines

• United Airlines

Other reports we have published

• Latin America
• Europe
• Asia and Oceania
• Africa and Middle East

Cover photo: Photorikoo – JetPhotos (Paris Roissy – Charles de Gaulle – LFPG).