Delta Air Lines announced a major international expansion to Europe by summer 2025. These new services will be performed from Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York JFK, on Airbus A330-200, Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 767-300(ER) aircraft.

The company is set to fly its largest-ever trans-Atlantic summer schedule in 2025, providing over 700 weekly flights between 33 European destinations. In addition, it will increase its premium seat offerings, with more services by Airbus A330 and Airbus A350, featuring Delta One Suites, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort+ and Main Cabin options.

Regarding cities in Europe, Barcelona, Brussels, Catania, Dublin, Naples and Rome will have new flights, being Italy the main market on the continent with new operations.

Detroit – Dublin · May 7th, 2025

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• DL 292  Detroit DTW 21:15 · 09:30+1 DUB Dublin
• DL 293  Dublin DUB 11:30 · 14:30 DTW Detroit (Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat)

Boston – Barcelona · May 22nd, 2025

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• DL 250  Boston BOS 17:50 · 07:15+1 BCN Barcelona
• DL 251  Barcelona BCN 09:50 · 11:55 BOS Boston (Wed, Fri, Sun)

New York JFK – Catania · May 22nd, 2025

Daily

• DL 244  New York JFK 17:25 · 08:35+1 CTA Catania
• DL 245  Catania CTA 10:35 · 14:45 JFK New York

Atlanta – Naples · May 23rd, 2025

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• DL 278  Atlanta ATL 15:50 · 07:30+1 NAP Naples
• DL 279  Naples NAP 09:30  15:00 ATL Atlanta (Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat)

Boston – Milan · May 23rd, 2025

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• DL 186  Boston BOS 17:20 · 07:05+1 MXP Milan
• DL 187  Milan MXP 09:20 · 11:55 BOS Boston (Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat)

Minneapolis – Rome · May 23rd, 2025

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• DL 298  Minneapolis MSP 19:25 · 12:00+1 FCO Rome
• DL 299  Rome FCO 12:30 · 16:15 MSP Minneapolis (Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat)

Atlanta – Brussels · June 10th, 2025

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• DL 140  Atlanta ATL 17:55 · 08:40+1 BRU Brussels
• DL 141  Brussels BRU 10:45 · 14:50 ATL Atlanta (Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat)

Aircraft by route

• Atlanta (ATL) – Brussels (BRU): Boeing 767-300(ER) – 216 seats
• Atlanta (ATL) – Naples (NAP): Airbus A330-200 – 223 seats
• Boston (BOS) – Barcelona (BCN): Boeing 767-300(ER) – 216 seats
• Boston (BOS) – Milan (MXP): Boeing 767-300(ER) – 216 seats
• Detroit (DTW) – Dublin (DUB): Airbus A330-200 – 223 seats
• Minneapolis (MSP) – Rome (FCO): Airbus A330-300 – 282 seats
• New York (JFK) – Catania (CTA): Boeing 767-300(ER) – 216 seats

Other increases

• New York (JFK) – Stockholm (ARN): from 5 to 7 weekly · May 7th, 2025
• Atlanta (ATL) – Zurich (ZRH): from 4 to 7 weekly · May 8th, 2025
• Atlanta (ATL) – Barcelona (BCN): from 7 to 11 weekly · June 13th, 2025
• Atlanta (ATL) – Rome (FCO): from 14 to 17 weekly · July 2nd, 2025

Alaska completes acquisition of Hawaiian

In mid-September, Alaska Airlines confirmed the acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, following approval by the Department of Transportation (DOT). Alaska Air Group will reach a total of 350 aircraft in its fleet, including 2 Boeing 787s, 24 Airbus A330s, 18 Airbus A321neo, 235 Boeing 737s, 19 Boeing 717s, 44 Embraer 175s and 8 freighters (3 737-700s, 2 737-800s and 3 A330s).

The Group will have almost 1,500 daily flights and more than 140 destinations, among its 29 international markets in the Americas, Asia, Europe and South Pacific. Seattle, Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, San Diego and Anchorage will be the hubs, with Seattle and Honolulu as the main ones.

Alaska commented in a press release that both brands, which together will employ more than 33,000 people, will be maintained.

“This is a historic day for Alaska Airlines as we officially join with Hawaiian Airlines. Alaska and Hawaiian share tremendous pride in connecting communities with award-winning service, and we look forward to inviting more guests on board to experience what makes both brands unique. Among Alaska, Hawaiian and Horizon Air, we have more than 230 years of history flying guests and serving communities. I know we will build on that legacy and become stronger together – providing the excellent operation guests have come to expect, expanding options to seamlessly travel nearly anywhere in the world, and securing the financial stability and value that inspires investment.”, stated Ben Minicucci, CEO of Alaska Air Group.

Icelandair to start services to Nashville

The Icelandic carrier will reach its 18th destination in North America, with the launch of Nashville, Tennessee.

Flights will commence on May 16th, 2025, being performed four weekly times. At the time of publication, Icelandair will operate this route until October 2025, as it will be conducted during 2025 summer season.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• FI 825  Reykjavik KEF 17:10 · 19:30 BNA Nashville
• FI 824  Nashville BNA 20:55 · 08:40+1 KEF Reykjavik

Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Halifax, Minneapolis, New York JFK, Newark, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh-Durham, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington DC are its North American destinations.

Furthermore, shortly before the announcement, Icelandair and Southwest had confirmed a new bilateral agreement, which will allow connections at Baltimore to other Southwest Airlines destinations, as well as on Icelandair’s operations to Europe.

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

Advanced Air

The airline schedules new flights within New Mexico, beginning December 19th. Advanced Air will offer four services a week to Angel Fire from Albuquerque with Beechcraft aircraft.

Angel Fire will enter Advanced’s network, while the carrier will reach four destinations to/from ABQ.

• Angel Fire (AXX): 4 weekly · Beechcraft
• Carlsbad (CNM): 12 weekly · Beechcraft
• Las Cruces (LRU): 6 weekly · Beechcraft
• Silver City (SVC): 17 weekly · Beechcraft

Aeromexico

As of December, the Mexican company will have a major expansion in the USA, with the start of eight new routes. Four will be from/to Guadalajara, and the remaining four to/from Monterrey.

• Guadalajara (GDL) – Las Vegas (LAS): 6 weekly · December 19th
• Guadalajara (GDL) – Miami (MIA): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Guadalajara (GDL) – Orlando (MCO): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Monterrey (MTY) – Las Vegas (LAS): 6 weekly · December 19th
• Monterrey (MTY) – Miami (MIA): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Monterrey (MTY) – New York (JFK): 6 weekly · December 19th
• Monterrey (MTY) – Orlando (MCO): 7 weekly · December 19th
• Guadalajara (GDL) – Denver (DEN): 1 weekly · December 21st

Aer Lingus

In Q2 2025, the airline will expand services between Ireland and the US, by increasing operations to Denver and Minneapolis. Aer Lingus, in addition, will change the aircraft used on its DUB-MSP route.

• Minneapolis (MSP): from 4 to 7 weekly · April 5th, 2025

Switches from A330-200 to A321neo

• Denver (DEN): from 4 to 6 weekly · May 1st, 2025 · Airbus A330-200

As announced, Aer Lingus will commence flights between Dublin and Las Vegas from October 25th. For more information, you can click this link.

Air Canada

The company will boost its operations to Thailand from 5 to 7 weekly flights on the Vancouver – Bangkok route during winter season. 

According to its website, Air Canada will offer services between the two cities on 298-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners effective October 27th, moving to daily in January 2025.

Daily

• AC 65  Vancouver YVR 22:45 · 06:15+2 BKK Bangkok
• AC 66  Bangkok BKK 08:35 · 06:55 YVR Vancouver

Air Canada will initiate this seasonal route with three flights per week, increasing to five weekly in December.

Two new routes to the United States

Operations will begin in 2025, and will be conducted using CRJ-900(ER) aircraft seating 76 passengers.

• Montreal (YUL) – Cincinnati (CVG): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025
• Toronto (YYZ) – Jacksonville (JAX): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025

Allegiant Air

On September 9th at 16:35 local time, the first Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 of Allegiant Air arrived at Phoenix (AZA) from Seattle Boeing Field. This is Allegiant’s first Boeing aircraft in 7 years, scheduled to enter regular service effective November, in accordance with the latest flight update.

The airplane is currently undergoing test and certification flights prior to the launch of operations. Allegiant plans to incorporate three more 737 MAX 8-200s by the end of the year.

Allegiant fleet

• Airbus A319-100: 34
• Airbus A320-200: 92
• Boeing 737 MAX 8-200: 1

American

American Airlines will add five new routes to Europe by summer 2025.

• Chicago (ORD) – Madrid (MAD): 7 weekly · March 30th, 2025
• Philadelphia (PHL) – Edinburgh (EDI): 7 weekly · May 23rd, 2025
• Philadelphia (PHL) – Milan (MXP): 7 weekly · May 23rd, 2025
• Charlotte (CLT) – Athens (ATH): 7 weekly · June 5th, 2025
• Miami (MIA) – Rome (FCO): 7 weekly · July 5th, 2025

To see the schedules and other information, you can read this post.

avianca

The Colombian company will increase services to Toronto from Bogotá starting October 27th. Avianca will boost from 7 to 11 weekly operations on this route, which serves Airbus A320-200 and Airbus A320neo jets.

Daily

• AV 204  Bogotá BOG 14:50 · 22:15 YYZ Toronto
• AV 205  Toronto YYZ 23:50 · 04:50+1 BOG Bogotá

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday · new frequency

• AV 254  Bogotá BOG 00:05 · 06:35 YYZ Toronto
• AV 255  Toronto YYZ 08:00 · 14:10 BOG Bogotá

Toronto and Montreal are avianca’s destinations in Canada.

BermudAir

More flights to White Plains.

As of October 9th, the carrier will expand its operations between Bermuda and White Plains (from 4 to 5 weekly). The services are performed by Embraer 175s with capacity for 88 passengers.

Daily except Tuesday and Saturday

• 2T 223  Bermuda BDA 15:55 · 17:00 HPN White Plains
• 2T 224  White Plains HPN 18:00 · 21:00 BDA Bermuda

New service on Wednesdays

Baltimore, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Halifax, Orlando, Toronto and White Plains are BermudAir destinations.

Breeze

Washington DC entered Breeze Airways’ regular schedule.

The company will operate four routes from/to IAD, to be carried out on 137-passenger Airbus A220-300s.

• Ogdensburg (OGS): 7 weekly · September 27th
• Provo (PVU): 3 weekly · October 1st
• South Bend (SBN): 2 weekly · November 8th
• Vero Beach (VRB): 2 weekly · November 21st

Cathay Pacific

The airline will inaugurate flights to Dallas effective April 24th, 2025.

In accordance with its website, Cathay will have a frequency of four operations a week from Hong Kong by Airbus A350-1000s.

Dallas will become Cathay Pacific’s eighth North American destination.

Canada

• Toronto (YYZ): Airbus A350-1000
• Vancouver (YVR): Boeing 777-300(ER)

United States

• Boston (BOS): Airbus A350-1000
• Chicago (ORD): Airbus A350-1000
• Dallas (DFW): A350 · as of April 24th, 2025
• Los Angeles (LAX): Airbus A350-900, Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing 777-300(ER)
• New York (JFK): Airbus A350-900, Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing 777-300(ER)
• San Francisco (SFO): Airbus A350-900

Cathay also performs several cargo flights to/from Anchorage with Boeing 747(F) planes.

Cape Air

Cape Air, the largest independent regional carrier in the United States, began services between Hyannis and New York in early September, using Cessna aircraft configured with 9 seats.

Hyannis, Massachusetts, is located 310 kilometers from New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport.

Daily

• 9X 100  Hyannis HYA 09:35 · 11:00 JFK New York
• 9X 101  New York JFK 11:55 · 13:10 HYA Hyannis

From Hyannis, the airline operates to Boston, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and New York JFK.

Contour Airlines

Effective October 1st, Contour will fly between Chicago O’Hare and Manistee. Services will be with CRJ-200 and Embraer 135 jets.

Daily

• LF 3020  Manistee MBL 08:40 · 09:00 ORD Chicago
• LF 3027  Chicago ORD 10:05 · 12:15 MBL Manistee

Daily

• LF 3024  Manistee MBL 13:00 · 13:15 ORD Chicago
• LF 3029  Chicago ORD 17:00/18:30 · 19:10/20:40 MBL Manistee

Delta

As well as the major international expansion, Delta Air Lines will resume operations between Atlanta and San Diego using widebody aircraft. The first flight with Boeing 767-300(ER) will take place on November 10th and will be offered daily.

Daily

• DL 712  Atlanta ATL 15:55 · 17:55 SAN San Diego
• DL 762  San Diego SAN 08:15 · 15:25 ATL Atlanta

The company currently serves 46 weekly flights on this route by Airbus A321 and Boeing 757-300 planes.

Denver Air Connection

Jackson, Tennessee, will be added to the airline’s schedule.

On December 2nd, services will start, which will operate on Embraer 145s for 50 passengers from Atlanta and Chicago.

Atlanta

Daily except Wednesday

• KG 5870  Jackson MKL 07:30 · 09:50 ATL Atlanta
• KG 5872  Atlanta ATL 10:25 · 10:45 MKL Jackson

Chicago

Daily except Wednesday

• KG 5880  Jackson MKL 11:15 · 13:05 ORD Chicago
• KG 5882  Chicago ORD 12:40 · 14:30 MKL Jackson

Frontier

Frontier Airlines, as of December, intends to begin 14 new domestic routes, to be carried by Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft.

New routes

• Boston (BOS) – Tampa (TPA)
• Cincinnati (CVG) – West Palm Beach (PBI)
• Cleveland (CLE) – West Palm Beach (PBI)
• Eagle (EGE) – Dallas (DFW)
• Eagle (EGE) – Denver (DEN)
• Eagle (EGE) – San Francisco (SFO)
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Houston (IAH)
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Portland (PDX)
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Salt Lake City (SLC)
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Seattle (SEA)
• Orlando (MCO) – Burlington (BTV)
• Tampa (TPA) – Burlington (BTV)
• Tampa (TPA) – Portland (PWM)
• Washington DC (IAD) – Tampa (TPA)

jetBlue

The airline will increase capacity on selected routes, changing from 162-seat Airbus A320-200s to 200-seat A321-200s:

• Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Santo Domingo (SDQ): 7 weekly · February 13th, 2025
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – San José (SJO): 7 weekly · February 25th, 2025
• New York (JFK) – Cartagena (CTG): 7 weekly · February 25th, 2025
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU) – San Juan (SJU): 7 weekly · February 25th, 2025
• Boston (BOS) – Bermuda (BDA): 7 weekly · April 30th, 2025
• Hartford (HFD) – San Juan (SJU): 14 weekly · April 30th, 2025
• New York (JFK) – Willemstad (CUR): 7 weekly · April 30th, 2025

LATAM

LATAM Airlines will expand services between Punta Cana and Miami in November and December.

Currently, the airline operates once per week with Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets for 247 and 313 passengers, respectively.

• As of November 6th: from 1 to 2 weekly flights
• As of December 6th: from 2 to 3 weekly flights

Bogotá, Cancún, Fortaleza, Lima, Quito, Santiago and Sao Paulo are other LATAM destinations from Miami.

Mokulele

On October 1st, the carrier will add more inter-island operations in Hawaii.

Mokulele Air, based in Kahului, will launch the Kahului – Waimea – Kailua-Kona route and vice versa. Flights will be conducted with a daily frequency on 8-passenger Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft.

Daily

• 9X 640  Kahului OGG 18:20 · 19:13 MUE Waimea
• 9X 640  Waimea MUE 19:25 · 19:55 KOA Kailua-Kona

• 9X 641  Kailua-Kona KOA 20:30 · 21:00 MUE Waimea
• 9X 641  Waimea MUE 21:10 · 21:58 OGG Kahului

PAL Airlines/Air Canada

Air Canada will modify its operations in Halifax, switching the aircraft used on two of its regular routes.

As per our database, effective October 1st, PAL Airlines will begin covering Air Canada flights from Halifax to Boston and Newark, which will be carried using the 76-seat, single-class Dash 8s, on a daily basis each.

Boston, Deer Lake, Gander, Goose Bay, London Heathrow, Montreal, Newark, Ottawa, St. John’s, Toronto and Vancouver are served by Air Canada from Halifax.

Qantas

The airline will start a new route from Sydney to Honolulu, to be operated by 255/271-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Qantas will replace Jetstar’s current flights on Airbus A321neo jets between the two cities.

Jetstar current schedule

Daily except Thursday and Sunday

• JQ 3  Sydney SYD 16:20 · 05:50 HNL Honolulu
• JQ 4  Honolulu HNL 08:20 · 14:40+1 SYD Sydney (ex Mon/Fri)

Qantas’ schedule (eff May 1st, 2025)

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• QF 105  Sydney SYD 17:05 · 07:40 HNL Honolulu
• QF 106  Honolulu HNL 09:40 · 17:15+1 SYD Sydney

SAS

Seattle, new destination for Scandinavian Airlines System.

The first scheduled service from Copenhagen will be on May 21st, 2025. SAS will perform five flights a week with 300-seat Airbus A350-900s.

Daily except Tuesday and Wednesday

• SK 937  Copenhagen CPH 13:05 · 13:50 SEA Seattle
• SK 938  Seattle SEA 16:00 · 10:30+1 CPH Copenhagen

Currently, Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London Heathrow, Munich, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Reykjavik are the connections from Seattle to Europe.

Southwest

Southwest Airlines will launch six new routes from Nashville, plus two more from Orlando:

Nashville

• Albany (ALB): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Albuquerque (ABQ): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Jackson (JAN): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Memphis (MEM): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Providence (PVD): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025
• Tulsa (TUL): 7 weekly · April 8th, 2025

Orlando

• Richmond (RIC): 5 weekly · April 10th, 2025
• San Diego (SAN): 5 weekly · April 10th, 2025

Spirit

The low cost carrier is expanding its domestic operations, with new routes starting in October, and more to begin during 2025:

• Dallas (DFW) – Albuquerque (ABQ): 7 weekly · October 2nd
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Albuquerque (ABQ): 7 weekly · October 2nd
• Charlotte (CLT) – New Orleans (MSY): 5 weekly · October 10th
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Milwaukee (MKE): 7 weekly · February 12th, 2025
• New York (LGA) – New Orleans (MSY): 7 weekly · February 12th, 2025
• Charlotte (CLT) – Fort Myers (RSW): 7 weekly · March 5th, 2025
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Memphis (MEM): 4 weekly · March 6th, 2025

United

United Airlines will introduce the Boeing 777-200 on the Denver – Orlando route for peak season. Services will start on January 7th, 2025, and will have a daily frequency through mid-February 2025.

Daily

• UA 1451  Denver DEN 09:40 · 15:13 MCO Orlando
• UA 531  Orlando MCO 15:50 · 17:56 DEN Denver

Volaris

The Mexican company will add a new route to the United States from Mexico beginning April 1st, 2025. Based on its website, Volaris will operate between Monterrey and Denver on Airbus A320s.

Daily

• Y4 5524  Monterrey MTY 08:50 · 11:45 DEN Denver
• Y4 5525  Denver DEN 13:25 · 16:20 MTY Monterrey

We review the new aircraft added by U.S. and Canadian airlines during September

• Alaska Airlines

• Allegiant Air

• Delta Air Lines (x4)

• Porter

• Skywest (Delta Connection)

• Southwest (x3)

• Spirit (x4)

• United Airlines (x4)

• United Parcel Service (UPS)

Other reports we have published

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

Cover photo: Joop Stroes – JetPhotos.