American announced it will start operating between Charlotte and London Heathrow with Boeing 777-300(ER) effective November 5th. These aircraft will serve this route once daily, and the other frequencies will be performed by Boeing 777-200(ER) jets.

For the first time, the airline will use the 77W on scheduled intercontinental flights from/to Charlotte.

Daily (Boeing 777-200)

• AA 732  Charlotte CLT 20:20 · 09:15+1 LHR London
• AA 733  London LHR 11:50 · 16:10 CLT Charlotte

• AA 734  Charlotte CLT 23:00 · 12:00+1 LHR London
• AA 735  London LHR 13:30 · 17:50 CLT Charlotte

Daily (Boeing 777-300)

• AA 730  Charlotte CLT 18:10 · 07:00+1 LHR London
• AA 731  London LHR 10:05 · 14:25 CLT Charlotte

Dublin, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Madrid, Munich, Paris and Rome are American’s current destinations to Europe from CLT.

Fiji Airways to fly to Dallas in 2025?

The airline is apparently planning to commence services from Nadi, Fiji, in mid-2025, using Airbus A350-900 aircraft configured for 334 passengers, in accordance with a tentative schedule that appeared on its website.

However, Fiji Airways is still awaiting approval from The U.S. Department of Transportation for the beginning of this route, which would be the longest in its network.

Tentative schedule

• FJ 890  Nadi NAN 22:00 · 17:15 DFW Dallas
• FJ 891  Dallas DFW 23:10 · 05:20+2 NAN Nadi

If launched, Fiji Airways would reach four destinations in the United States, joining Honolulu, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and five in the Americas including Vancouver in Canada.

Avelo makes the most important expansion in its history

The US carrier will inaugurate 17 new routes between October and November, which will be carried out on Boeing 737-700s and Boeing 737-800s with 147 and 189 seats, respectively.

• Lakeland (LAL) – Concord (USA): 2 weekly · October 24th
• Lakeland (LAL) – Manchester (MHT): 2 weekly · October 25th
• Lakeland (LAL) – Rochester (ROC): 2 weekly · October 25th
• Lakeland (LAL) – San Juan (SJU): 2 weekly · October 26th
• Concord (USA) – Albany (ALB): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Concord (USA) – Manchester (MHT): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Hartford (BDL) – Concord (USA): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Hartford (BDL) – Wilmington (ILM): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Lakeland (LAL) – Atlanta (ATL): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Lakeland (LAL) – Wilmington (ILG): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Concord (USA) – Rochester (ROC): 2 weekly · November 8th
• Concord (USA) – Wilmington (ILG): 2 weekly · November 8th
• Hartford (BDL) – Daytona Beach (DAB): 2 weekly · November 8th
• Hartford (BDL) – Lakeland (LAL): 2 weekly · November 8th
• Hartford (BDL) – Houston (HOU): 2 weekly · November 15th
• Hartford (BDL) – Montego Bay (MBJ): 2 weekly · November 16th
• Hartford (BDL) – Cancún (CUN): 2 weekly · November 20th

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

• Air Canada plans more widebody aircraft operations to the United States.

• Air Transat will increase capacity in the Canada-Peru market.

• Alaska Airlines announces 18 new routes.

• Allegiant Air and Southwest announce 8 new routes.

• American Airlines and Breeze add flights to Las Vegas.

• Delta Air Lines to fly between Cincinnati and Paris with Airbus A330neo aircraft.

• Flair boosts frequencies to Guadalajara.

• Hawaiian Airlines will launch services between Honolulu and Salt Lake City on A330-200s.

• jetBlue adds the Airbus A321LR on domestic routes.

• Pacific Coastal will operate between Kelowna and Prince George.

• Porter introduces two more new connections to the U.S.

• Spirit unveils its new premium offerings.

• United Airlines expands operations from Denver with A321neo.

• WestJet to fly to Seattle from Kelowna.

Aeromexico

Starting October 27th, the Mexican airline will begin services from Mexico City to Newark. According to its website, flights will have a daily frequency with 166-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes.

Daily

• AM 410  Mexico City MEX 15:45 · 21:30 EWR Newark
• AM 411  Newark EWR 07:05 · 11:55 MEX Mexico City

Currently, Aeromexico operates to Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Orlando, Raleigh-Durham, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Seattle, Tampa and Washington DC from MEX, regarding US cities.

Air Canada

For winter season, Air Canada schedules more widebody aircraft flights between Canada and the United States.

Operations will be mainly from Toronto, with some services from Montreal and Vancouver:

• Montreal (YUL) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 14 weekly · Airbus A330-300 · October 27th
• Montreal (YUL) – Las Vegas (LAS): 7 weekly · Airbus A330-300 · October 27th
• Montreal (YUL) – Los Angeles (LAX): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-8 · October 27th
• Toronto (YYZ) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 14 weekly · Airbus A330-300 · October 27th
• Toronto (YYZ) – Las Vegas (LAS): 7 weekly · Airbus A330-300 · October 27th
• Toronto (YYZ) – Los Angeles (LAX): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-8 · October 27th
• Toronto (YYZ) – Phoenix (PHX): 7 weekly · Airbus A330-300 · October 27th
• Vancouver (YVR) – Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9 · October 27th
• Toronto (YYZ) – Miami (MIA): 4 weekly · Boeing 777-200(LR) · October 29th
• Toronto (YYZ) – Honolulu (HNL): 2 weekly · Boeing 787-8 · December 6th
• Toronto (YYZ) – Orlando (MCO): 14 weekly · Airbus A330-300 · December 16th

Air Transat

The Canadian carrier will expand its capacity on the Montreal – Lima route as of December 20th. At present, Air Transat offers two flights a week using 199-seat Airbus A321neo jets.

By winter 2024/25, the company will start conducting one of the two frequencies with Airbus A330-200s, which are configured for 332 passengers in two classes.

Tuesday and Friday

• TS 150  Montreal YUL 21:50 · 06:15+1 LIM Lima

Wednesday and Saturday

• TS 151  Lima LIM 08:00 · 16:20 YUL Montreal

In accordance with our database, Air Transat currently has some services on this route with a technical stop in Montego Bay. This happens because it’s operating between the two cities using A321-200s and not Airbus A321neo, which can fly non-stop.

Alaska Airlines

Alaska confirmed the launch of several connections for winter 2024/25, both domestic and international.

These services are in addition to those previously announced to Mexico, as mentioned in the Latin America report.

• Fresno (FAT) – Guadalajara (GDL): 7 weekly · December 3rd
• Boise (BOI) – Bozeman (BZN): 5 weekly · December 19th
• Boise (BOI) – Santa Ana (SNA): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Kelowna (YLW): 7 weekly · December 19th
• San Diego (SAN) – Reno (RNO): 7 weekly · December 19th
• San Diego (SAN) – Eagle County (EGE): 3 weekly · December 20th
• Seattle (SEA) – Eagle County (EGE): 3 weekly · December 20th
• San Francisco (SFO) – Liberia (LIR): 1 weekly · December 21st
• Seattle (SEA) – Liberia (LIR): 1 weekly · December 21st
• Sacramento (SMF) – Orlando (MCO): 4 weekly · January 6th, 2025
• Sacramento (SMF) – San José del Cabo (SJD): 5 weekly · January 6th, 2025
• Sacramento (SMF) – Tucson (TUS): 7 weekly · January 6th, 2025
• Boise (BOI) – Orlando (MCO): 3 weekly · January 7th, 2025
• New York (JFK) – Puerto Vallarta (PVR): 4 weekly · January 8th, 2025
• Sacramento (SMF) – Puerto Vallarta (PVR): 1 weekly · January 11th, 2025
• Kansas City (MCI) – Cancún (CUN): 1 weekly · January 18th, 2025
• Kansas City (MCI) – Puerto Vallarta (PVR): 1 weekly · January 25th, 2025
• St. Louis (STL) – Puerto Vallarta (PVR): 1 weekly · January 25th, 2025

Flights will be on Alaska’s Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737-900, and Horizon and Skywest’s Embraer 175.

Allegiant Air

The company will begin eight new domestic routes during November.

All operations will be performed with Airbus A319 and Airbus A320 planes:

• Grand Rapids (GRR) – West Palm Beach (PBI): 2 weekly · November 14th
• Savannah (SAV) – Punta Gorda (PGD): 2 weekly · November 14th
• Cincinnati (CVG) – Melbourne (MLB): 2 weekly · November 15th
• Flint (FNT) – Destin Fort Walton (VPS): 2 weekly · November 15th
• New York Stewart (SWF) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL):  2 weekly · November 15th
• Savannah (SAV) – St. Petersburg (PIE): 2 weekly · November 15th
• Savannah (SAV) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 2 weekly · November 15th
• Portsmouth (PSM) – Sarasota (SRQ): 2 weekly · November 23rd

American Airlines

Las Vegas will have two new international routes from the airline during the first fortnight of January 2025, which coincides with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025, to be held in the U.S. city from January 7-10.

At the time of publication, London Heathrow and Tokyo Narita will be carried out daily from Vegas, on 273-seat Boeing 777-200(ER) jets.

Daily (Jan 3rd to Jan 11th)

• AA 187  Las Vegas LAS 11:35 · 16:35 NRT Tokyo
• AA 616  Tokyo NRT 18:35 · 11:25 LAS Las Vegas

Daily (Jan 4th to Jan 12th)

• AA 721  London LHR 13:30 · 16:15 LAS Las Vegas
• AA 288  Las Vegas LAS 20:30 · 14:20+1 LHR London

After a two-year hiatus, American Airlines will once again serve the New York JFK – Las Vegas route. The first flight will be on November 5th, according to its website, and will operate between both cities with the following schedule:

Daily

• AA 190  New York JFK 08:05 · 11:15 LAS Las Vegas
• AA 190  Las Vegas LAS 11:30 · 19:30 JFK New York

Avelo

As well as the new additions, Avelo plans to incorporate its tenth Boeing 737-800 in the short term.

The aircraft was inactive at Miami Opa Locka between January and July, following its retirement from the Aerolíneas Argentinas fleet. Until late 2023, it was registered LV-FQB.

On July 2nd, the 737 departed OPF for Macon (MCN), returning again to Miami two weeks later.

The 737-800 is expected to join Avelo shortly, under registration N814VL.

Current fleet

• Boeing 737-700: 7
• Boeing 737-800: 9

In addition to the N814VL, the airline will introduce its eight Boeing 737-700 (N721VL) and another Boeing 737-800 (N815VL).

Breeze Airways

As of February 5th, 2025, Breeze will inaugurate services between New Orleans and Las Vegas. The company will have six weekly flights on this route, in line with its website.

Daily except Tuesday

• MX 304  New Orleans MSY 20:20 · 23:15 LAS Las Vegas
• MX 305  Las Vegas LAS 23:59 · 06:00+1 MSY New Orleans

Two weeks later, on February 19th, Breeze Airways will start operating to Los Angeles from New Orleans, also offering six services per week with Airbus A220s:

Daily except Tuesday

• MX 302  New Orleans MSY 20:15 · 22:35 LAX Los Angeles
• MX 303  Los Angeles LAX 23:59 · 06:00+1 MSY New Orleans

Delta Air Lines

Delta’s Airbus A330-900neo will operate transatlantic flights from Cincinnati.

The first service will depart to Paris Charles de Gaulle next October 29th. Delta will conduct this route with three weekly frequencies during winter 2024/25.

These aircraft will replace the Boeing 767-400(ER), which has 43 fewer seats than the A330neo.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• DL 97  Paris CDG 10:30 · 14:00 CVG Cincinnati
• DL 98  Cincinnati CVG 18:45 · 08:00+1 CDG Paris

On the other hand, starting December 21st, the carrier will resume services between Boston and Sarasota, to be carried out by Republic Airways’ Embraer 175s.

Saturday and Sunday

• DL 5756  Boston BOS 07:00 · 10:30 SRQ Sarasota
• DL 5756  Sarasota SRQ 11:15 · 14:30 BOS Boston

Delta Air Lines will fly this route again after almost five years.

Flair

Flair Airlines, as we previously mentioned, will begin flying between Toronto and Guadalajara effective September 13th, two times a week.

From October 28th, the Canadian airline will expand to three weekly services, which will be maintained through winter.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

• F8 2660  Toronto YYZ 07:50 · 12:15 GDL Guadalajara
• F8 2661  Guadalajara GDL 13:00 · 18:40 YYZ Toronto

New flight on Wednesdays.

Hawaiian

Salt Lake City, new destination for Hawaiian’s Airbus A330-200.

Services will commence on December 15th, and will be during high season. The A330-200s will replace the Airbus A321neo currently operating this route from Honolulu.

Daily

• HA 84  Honolulu HNL 20:40 · 06:00+1 SLC Salt Lake City
• HA 83  Salt Lake City SLC 08:00 · 11:55 HNL Honolulu

At publication time, A321neo aircraft will resume flights between the two cities next January 8th, 2025.

Iberia

As we commented in the Europe report, the Spanish company will start operations to the United States using Airbus A321XLRs from Madrid. Its first destinations will be Boston and Washington DC, with three and six flights per week, respectively.

Iberia recently announced plans to increase services between Madrid and Boston with these aircraft, introducing a second daily frequency beginning February 14th, 2025.

Daily (second frequency)

• IB 345  Madrid MAD 17:40 · 20:05 BOS Boston
• IB 346  Boston BOS 21:35 · 10:40+1 MAD Madrid

The first flight between the two cities with A321XLRs will be on November 14th, increasing to daily as of December 15th.

jetBlue

Effective October, the airline plans to introduce Airbus A321LRs on several domestic routes.

These operations will be mainly from New York, plus one route from/to Los Angeles:

New York JFK

• San Francisco (SFO): effective October 25th
• Los Angeles (LAX): effective October 27th
• San Diego (SAN): effective November 1st
• Las Vegas (LAS): effective February 13th, 2025

Los Angeles – West Palm Beach, by A321LR, starts on January 7th, 2025.

Pacific Coastal Airlines

Pacific Coastal, effective October 28th, will inaugurate services between Kelowna and Prince George. In accordance with its website, the Canadian carrier will offer six flights a week on this route with Beech 1900D aircraft configured for 19 passengers.

Daily except Saturday

• 8P 1498  Kelowna YLW 18:20 · 19:40 YXS Prince George

Daily except Sunday

• 8P 1491  Prince George YXS 07:45 · 09:10 YLW Kelowna

Porter

San Diego and Palm Springs, new routes for Porter Airlines.

Operations will begin in December and will be conducted on Embraer E-2s configured with 132 single-class seats.

• San Diego (SAN): 4 weekly · December 9th
• Palm Springs (PSP): 3 weekly · December 12th

Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando and San Francisco are its current U.S. connections from Toronto.

Southwest

The company will start flying several new domestic routes during January and February.

Many will be restarts, while some will be new launches:

• Miami (MIA) – Columbus (CMH): 5 weekly · January 11th, 2025
• West Palm Beach (PBI) – Providence (PVD): 1 weekly · January 11th, 2025
• Miami (MIA) – Pittsburgh (PIT): 3 weekly · January 12th, 2025
• Chicago (MDW) – Palm Springs (PSP): 4 weekly · February 13th, 2025
• Albany (ALB) – Sarasota (SRQ): 1 weekly · February 15th, 2025
• Fort Myers (RSW) – Rochester (ROC): 1 weekly · February 15th, 2025
• Orlando (MCO) – Boston (BOS): 1 weekly · February 15th, 2025
• West Palm Beach (PBI) – Buffalo (BUF): 1 weekly · February 15th, 2025

Spirit

In late July, the ultra low-cost carrier unveiled its new premium offerings, which will be available to book as of August 16th, and will introduce a completely refreshed passenger experience from August 27th.

Spirit’s new premium experience includes four new travel options, named Go Big, Go Comfy, Go Savvy and Go. These different options will allow passengers to choose how to travel according to their preferences.

“We’re unveiling a new era in Spirit’s history and taking low-fare travel to new heights with enhanced options that are unlike anything we’ve offered before,” said Ted Christie, Spirit’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We listened to our Guests and are excited to deliver what they want: choices for an elevated experience that are affordable and provide unparalleled value.”

Go Big

“Delivers the best value in the sky and includes a Big Front Seat®, snacks and drinks, including alcoholic beverages, one carry-on bag, one checked bag, priority check-in and boarding, and streaming access through the fastest Wi-Fi of any U.S.-based airline.* The Big Front Seat features enhanced comfort with wider seats, extra legroom, additional seat cushioning and no middle seat. Go Big will be available to book and experience starting Aug. 16, with snacks and drinks included and priority check-in launching on Aug. 27.”

Go Comfy

“Is a brand-new seating option that offers increased comfort and space with a guaranteed blocked middle seat, one carry-on bag, one checked bag, priority boarding, and a snack and non-alcoholic beverage. Go Comfy will be available to book starting Aug. 16 and experience beginning Aug. 27.”

Go Savvy

“Provides the choice of either one carry-on bag or one checked bag and standard seat selection during booking. Go Savvy will be available to book and experience starting Aug. 16.”

Go

“Offers the greatest affordability for those who want to keep it simple with the flexibility to purchase any of the following options: checked bags, standard seat selection, Wi-Fi, and snacks and beverages. Go will be available to book and experience beginning Aug. 16.”

United Airlines

As of December, the airline will expand its services to/from Denver with 168-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft:

• Boston (BOS): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Las Vegas (LAS): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Los Angeles (LAX): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Orlando (MCO): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Phoenix (PHX): 7 weekly · December 19th
• San Diego (SAN): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 7 weekly · January 7th, 2025
• Seattle (SEA): 7 weekly · January 7th, 2025

The company is scheduled to resume flights between Los Angeles and St. George Regional Airport on September 26th, which will be operated by Skywest’s CRJ-200s with 30/50-passenger capacity.

United’s last services on this route had been in early 2020.

Daily

• UA 5116  St. George SGU 11:30 · 12:00 LAX Los Angeles
• UA 5117  Los Angeles LAX 13:30 · 16:04 SGU St. George

WestJet

Kelowna – Seattle, WestJet’s new route.

The first flight will depart the Canadian city on January 17th, 2025 for SEA. During the first month, operations will have five weekly frequencies on 72-seat Dash 8 jets.

Daily except Tuesday and Wednesday

• WS 3750  Kelowna YLW 09:00 · 09:58 SEA Seattle
• WS 3751  Seattle SEA 11:30 · 12:37 YLW Kelowna

By mid-February, it will boost to daily.

WestJet currently has flights from Kelowna to Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria and Winnipeg.

We review the aircraft added by U.S. and Canadian airlines during July and early August:

• Air Canada

• Air Transat

• Alaska Airlines

• Breeze Airways

• Delta Air Lines (x4)

• FedEx

• Frontier (x2)

• jetBlue (x3)

• Porter (x2)

• Southwest (x3)

• Spirit (x2)

• United Airlines (x9)

• United Parcel Service (UPS)

*Air Canada’s new Boeing 737 MAX 8 is a former Lynx Air, which operated under the registration C-GLXG.

Other reports we have published:

• Latin America
• Europe
• Asia and Oceania
• Africa and Middle East
• ANA spreads its wings in Europe
• ITA expands its Asia presence with two new routes
• Holidaymaker express: Delta starting London-Orlando flights

Cover photo: X Pan – JetPhotos (London Heathrow, United Kingdom).