Dallas, new route for Fiji Airways.

The airline announced it will begin operating between Nadi and Dallas starting December 10th. Flights will be conducted three times per week on Airbus A350-900 aircraft configured for 334 passengers in two seating classes (33 Business and 301 Economy).

DFW will become Fiji Airways’ fourth U.S. destination after Honolulu, Los Angeles and San Francisco. In accordance with our database, the company currently offers 13 weekly flights to/from the United States.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• FJ 890  Nadi NAN 21:15 · 15:20 DFW Dallas
• FJ 891  Dallas DFW 21:55 · 05:20+1 NAN Nadi

Fiji Airways Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Andre Viljoen said “Introducing a direct service between Fiji and Dallas is a really exciting milestone for Fiji Airways, as we continue to increase Fiji’s connectivity with the United States and beyond offering our guests more travel options.”

“The new Fiji-Dallas service is set to bring more than 1,000 passengers a week into Fiji alone, helping to bolster the nation’s tourism industry. The overnight flight will also offer our customers increased connections to North America from the South Pacific and beyond”, concluded Viljoen.

Fiji Airways routes in the USA

Apia (Samoa)

• Honolulu (HNL): 1 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8

Kiritimati (Kiribati)

• Honolulu (HNL): 1 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8

Nadi (Fiji)

• Honolulu (HNL): 1 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8
• Los Angeles (LAX): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• San Francisco (SFO): 3 weekly · A332/A359

Breeze Airways to commence services from/to New Haven (HVN)

The airline will add New Haven to its route network, reaching its 64th regular destination. Breeze will offer 10 connections to/from HVN, all with Airbus A220-300 jets.

Charleston, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Norfolk, Orlando, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Sarasota, Vero Beach and West Palm Beach will be its routes.

• Fort Myers (RSW): 5 weekly · December 10th
• Orlando (MCO): 5 weekly · December 11th
• West Palm Beach (PBI): 5 weekly · December 11th
• Vero Beach (VRB): 2 weekly · December 13th
• Charleston (CHS): 4 weekly · February 6th, 2025
• Jacksonville (JAX): 2 weekly · February 6th, 2025
• Norfolk (ORF): 2 weekly · February 6th, 2025
• Richmond (RIC): 2 weekly · February 6th, 2025
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 2 weekly · February 7th, 2025

“From ‘Day One’ our playbook has included significant growth across the Northeast region of the U.S. due to the high population density and limited nonstop travel options,” said Lukas Johnson, Breeze Airways’ Chief Commercial Officer. “As a result, our unique model of air service has been a game-changer for this area of the country, giving residents affordable flights from convenient airports such as Hartford, Westchester County, Providence, Stewart-Newburgh, and now, New Haven, just to name a few. I know that as more and more people experience our one-of-a-kind service and product, they will see what all the hype is about and why Breeze has grown so quickly in such a short period of time.”

Days before Breeze’s announcement, Avelo confirmed the start of flights between New Haven and New Orleans as of November 14th. The airline will provide this schedule:

Thursday and Sunday

• XP 425  New Haven HVN 07:00 · 09:29 MSY New Orleans
• XP 426  New Orleans MSY 10:14 · 14:21 HVN New Haven

Air Transat to fly to Tulum

The Canadian airline expands its operations in Mexico, with the launch of flights to Tulum airport.

At publication time, the first service to Tulum will be on December 21st, and will offer two routes during 2024/25 winter season.

Air Transat will operate by Airbus A321 aircraft configured for 199 passengers (12 Business and 187 Economy).

Quebec City · December 21st

Saturday

• TS 620  Quebec City YQB 06:00 · 11:10 TQO Tulum
• TS 621  Tulum TQO 12:20 · 16:45 YQB Quebec City

Montreal · December 22nd

Thursday, Friday and Sunday

• TS 340  Montreal YUL 10:10 · 15:15 TQO Tulum
• TS 341  Tulum TQO 16:25 · 20:40 YUL Montreal

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

• Aeromexico will fly between Cancún and Miami.

• Air Canada adds more routes to Europe.

• American will start services with Boeing 777-200(ER) between Miami and Cancún.

• Canada Jetlines temporarily ceases flights.

• Copa to boost frequencies to Denver.

• Delta will add services between the U.S. and Europe.

• Dubuque to recover regular flights.

• Edelweiss launches services to Seattle and Halifax.

• Frontier schedules 9 new routes in the United States.

• Neos to operate charter flights between Rome and Toronto.

• Pascan Aviation adds two new domestic routes in Canada.

• Southwest announces 8 new routes as of March 2025.

• Spirit will reach 19 regular destinations from New Orleans.

• Sun Country inaugurated flights to Manchester (MHT).

• United Airlines restarted operations between Los Angeles and Shanghai.

• WestJet will resume flights on the Toronto – Montreal route.

Aeromexico

For high season, Aeromexico will begin services between Miami and Cancún effective December 19th. The carrier will once again operate this route after a 13-year hiatus.

Daily

• AM 427  Miami MIA 07:55 · 09:55 CUN Cancún
• AM 426  Cancún CUN 11:10 · 13:05 MIA Miami

American and LATAM currently offer flights between the two cities.

Air Canada

Air Canada continues to expand its network between Canada and Europe by summer 2025.

At the time of publication, two new routes will be to/from Montreal and the other from/to Toronto.

Montreal – Naples (Boeing 787-8) · May 16th, 2025

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

• AC 882  Montreal YUL 19:00 · 09:30+1 NAP Naples

Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

• AC 883  Naples NAP 11:15 · 14:15 YUL Montreal

Montreal – Porto (Boeing 737 MAX 8) · June 4th, 2025

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 

• AC 928  Montreal YUL 21:55 · 09:45+1 OPO Porto

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• AC 929  Porto OPO 12:15 · 14:35 YUL Montreal

Toronto – Prague (Boeing 787-8) · June 6th, 2025

Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

• AC 934  Toronto YYZ 20:25 · 10:45+1 PRG Prague

Monday, Wednesday and Saturday

• AC 935  Prague PRG 12:35 · 15:45 YYZ Toronto

We will soon publish a post about another new Air Canada route, Ottawa – London.

Air India

The airline plans to boost its services to Canada, increasing from 7 to 10 flights per week as of September 1st, and from 10 to 14 weekly flights starting October 27th.

Air India operates between Delhi and Toronto with 342-seat Boeing 777-300(ER).

Daily

• AI 187  Delhi DEL 03:45 · 08:45 YYZ Toronto
• AI 188  Toronto YYZ 12:15 · 11:25+1 DEL Delhi

Monday, Wednesday and Saturday · eff Sep 1st

• AI 189  Delhi DEL 15:55 · 21:15 YYZ Toronto
• AI 190  Toronto YYZ 01:15 · 00:35+1 DEL Delhi (Tue, Thu, Sun)

Daily effective October 27th

American

Beginning December 19th, American Airlines will introduce the Boeing 777-200(ER) on the Miami – Cancún route for high season. At publication time, the carrier will provide one daily frequency under this schedule:

Daily (Boeing 777)

• AA 2494  Miami MIA 08:35 · 10:32 CUN Cancún
• AA 1469  Cancún CUN 11:40 · 13:35 MIA Miami

On the other hand, the Philadelphia – Bentonville route will be back on the airline’s network.

Following nearly 5 years of suspension, operations will return on December 19th:

Daily

• AA 5628  Philadelphia PHL 10:40 · 13:00 XNA Bentonville
• AA 5628  Bentonville XNA 14:00 · 17:30 PHL Philadelphia

Avelo

As well as HVN-MSY, the company will launch new routes from Wilmington (ILG) and Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa

• Ontario (ONT): 2 weekly · October 10th
• Salt Lake City (SLC): 2 weekly · October 24th

Wilmington ILG

• Daytona Beach (DAB): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Fort Myers (RSW): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Hartford (HFD): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Lakeland (LAL): 2 weekly · November 7th
• Atlanta (ATL): 2 weekly · November 8th
• Concord (USA): 2 weekly · November 8th
• West Palm Beach (PBI): 2 weekly · November 8th
• Sarasota (SRQ): 2 weekly · November 23rd

Canada Jetlines

On August 15th, the airline temporarily ceased its services as it could not have the necessary capital to continue operating and entered into the Canadian creditor protection.

According to our database, Jetlines has four Airbus A320-200s (C-GCJK, C-GCJL, C-GJLH and C-GJLQ), with the United States and different cities in the Caribbean as its main destinations.

The flights have no confirmed restart date, at the time of publication.

Copa

For peak season, Copa Airlines will increase frequencies between Panama City and Denver as of December 4th. The company will reach a daily flight on this route, which it offers with Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes.

Daily (currently six weekly)

• CM 476  Panama City PTY 12:49 · 18:00 DEN Denver
• CM 477  Denver DEN 22:20 · 05:11+1 PTY Panama City

Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, Raleigh-Durham, San Francisco, Tampa and Washington DC are its U.S. destinations.

Delta

Delta Air Lines will boost its flights between the United States and Europe in April and May 2025 for summer season.

The airline operates by Boeing 767-300(ER)s and Boeing 767-400(ER)s.

• Detroit (DTW) – Munich (MUC): from 4 to 7 weekly · April 2025
• Atlanta (ATL) – Zurich (ZRH): from 4 to 7 weekly · May 2025
• Atlanta (ATL) – Venice (VCE): from 10 to 14 weekly · May 2025

Furthermore, the company plans to launch several routes within the USA

• New York (LGA) – Chattanooga (CHA): 6 weekly · October 7th
• Boston (BOS) – San Antonio (SAT): 7 weekly · November 11th
• Detroit (DTW) – Bentonville (XNA): 6 weekly · November 11th
• New York (JFK) – Palm Springs (PSP): 1 weekly · December 21st
• Salt Lake City (SLC) – Bentonville (XNA): 7 weekly · February 13th, 2025
• Austin (AUS) – New Orleans (MSY): 7 weekly · February 27th, 2025

Denver Air Connection

Dubuque will resume, beginning in November, its regular flights.

The carrier will commence services between Chicago O’Hare and Dubuque on November 4th, which will be performed by Embraer 145s configured for 50 passengers in single class.

American Airlines had ceased flights to DBQ in 2022, while Avelo earlier this year.

• KG 5670  Chicago ORD 15:00 · 15:55 DBQ Dubuque
• KG 5680  Dubuque DBQ 16:25 · 17:20 ORD Chicago

Denver Air Connection is scheduled to operate one daily frequency on this route.

Frontier

The company intends to add several new routes between October and November.

• Atlanta (ATL) – Newark (EWR)
• Burbank (BUR) – Denver (DEN)
• Burbank (BUR) – Phoenix (PHX)
• Burbank (BUR) – San Francisco (SFO)
• New York (JFK) – Orlando (MCO)
• New York (JFK) – Tampa (TPA)
• Seattle (SEA) – Salt Lake City (SLC)
• Washington DC (IAD) – Orlando (MCO)
• Washington DC (IAD) – Atlanta (ATL)

Frontier will serve on Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 airplanes.

Hawaiian

Hawaiian Airlines will increase its flights on three routes to/from Honolulu during peak season. These new operations will start in mid-December, and will run through early January 2025.

• Los Angeles (LAX): from 21 to 28 weekly · Airbus A330-200
• San Francisco (SFO): from 7 to 14 weekly · Airbus A321neo
• Seattle (SEA): from 7 to 14 weekly · Airbus A321neo

jetBlue

Effective February 13th, 2025, jetBlue will begin operating between New York JFK and Las Vegas with Airbus A321neo aircraft. The jets, configured for 136/160/200 passengers, will offer one service per day.

Daily

• B6 411  New York JFK 08:03 · 10:56 LAS Las Vegas
• B6 448  Las Vegas LAS 12:06 · 20:08 JFK New York

Currently, in addition to jetBlue, Delta and Frontier perform the JFK-LAS route, both using Airbus A321s.

Neos

Three flights between Rome and Toronto.

The airline plans to operate charter services on this route during December, which will be carried out by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner planes.

December 1st, 9th and 15th

• NO 724  Rome FCO 10:20 · 13:30 YYZ Toronto
• NO 725  Toronto YYZ 15:30 · 05:55+1 FCO Rome

Pascan Aviation

Bathurst and Saint John, new Pascan routes from Halifax.

Services, to be operated with 32-seat Saab 340 airplanes, will commence on September 9th.

Daily except Saturday and Sunday

• P6 913  Halifax YHZ 11:45 · 12:20 YSJ Saint John
• P6 914  Saint John YSJ 14:30 · 15:05 YHZ Halifax

Daily except Saturday and Sunday

• P6 912  Bathurst ZBF 08:00 · 08:45 YSJ Saint John
• P6 912  Saint John YSJ 09:15 · 09:50 YHZ Halifax

• P6 915  Halifax YHZ 17:30 · 18:05 YSJ Saint John
• P6 915  Saint John YSJ 18:35 · 19:20 ZBF Bathurst

Pascan Aviation has six Saab 340s configured for passenger flights and one for cargo operations.

Porter

The company will launch a new domestic route in Canada starting October 16th. According to its website, Porter Airlines will have three weekly flights between Toronto Pearson and Thunder Bay, as follows:

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (E195-E2)

• PD 223  Toronto YYZ 07:20 · 09:15 YQT Thunder Bay
• PD 224  Thunder Bay YQT 10:10 · 11:57 YYZ Toronto

Porter operates 31 services per week on the Toronto City – Thunder Bay route by Dash 8s.

From Toronto Pearson, Air Canada and Flair operate to YQT.

SAS

As of September 30th, Scandinavian Airlines System plans to begin flights between Oslo and Newark with Airbus A321neo aircraft, replacing the A330-300s.

The new SkyTeam member’s A321s, which have 157 seats in three classes, are scheduled to serve this route until late October.

Daily

• SK 907  Oslo OSL 11:00 · 13:15 EWR Newark
• SK 908  Newark EWR 18:50 · 08:40+1 OSL Oslo

SAS’ Airbus A330-300s, configured for 262/266 passengers, will return to Newark from October 27th.

Southwest

The airline announced 8 new routes, which will start in March 2025.

• Austin (AUS) – Milwaukee (MKE): 5 weekly · March 6th
• Austin (AUS) – Reno (RNO): 3 weekly · March 6th
• Nashville (BNA) – Indianapolis (IND): 7 weekly · March 6th
• Sacramento (SMF) – Baltimore (BWI): 7 weekly · March 6th
• Nashville (BNA) – San José del Cabo (SJD): 1 weekly · March 8th
• Nashville (BNA) – Punta Cana (PUJ): 1 weekly · March 8th
• Sacramento (SMF) – Puerto Vallarta (PVR): 1 weekly · March 8th
• Sacramento (SMF) – Tucson (TUS): 2 weekly · March 8th

Spirit

Spirit Airlines will commence operations to New Orleans from Charlotte and Boston effective October.

• Boston (BOS): 7 weekly · October 10th
• Charlotte (CLT): 5 weekly · October 10th

These new flights are available for sale on its website. The low cost carrier will operate by Airbus A320 planes.

Sun Country

On August 22nd at 17:13 local time, Sun Country Airlines’ inaugural flight from Minneapolis arrived in Manchester (MHT). The airline will offer these services with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Sun Country will be the only carrier to operate this route, which will perform it with a non-fixed frequency (between one or two weekly flights).

Baltimore, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Greenville, Minneapolis, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, Tampa and Washington DC are the current destinations at MHT.

United

United Airlines’ first flight departed Los Angeles for Shanghai at 13:04 local time on August 29th. Four services a week will be operated by the company on this route, with the 252/257-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

• UA 198  Los Angeles LAX 12:55 · 17:45+1 PVG Shanghai

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• UA 199  Shanghai PVG 20:10 · 16:55 LAX Los Angeles

The airline will launch, as of December, services to Aspen with Embraer 175 aircraft. In accordance with our database, United Airlines currently offers these operations on CRJ-700s.

• Denver (DEN): December 3rd
• Houston (IAH): December 3rd
• Los Angeles (LAX): December 19th
• San Francisco (SFO): January 7th, 2025

WestJet

Starting October 27th, the Canadian airline will once again have services between Toronto and Montreal. WestJet will perform a daily frequency by Boeing 737 (700, 800 and MAX).

Daily

• WS 598  Toronto YYZ 23:15 · 00:40+1 YUL Montreal
• WS 579  Montreal YUL 06:45 · 08:24 YYZ Toronto

Air Canada, Air Transat and Porter currently operate this route, providing 140 weekly flights between them.

We review new aircraft added by U.S. and Canadian airlines in August

• Alaska Airlines

• Breeze Airways

• Delta Air Lines

• FedEx

• Frontier

• Porter (x2)

• Southwest (x3)

• Spirit (x2)

• United Airlines (x3)

• United Express

*Nolinor’s Boeing 737-408, registration C-GGWX, will be converted to freighter at Dothan (DHN).

On August 8th, as can be seen through our database, one of Allegiant Air’s new Boeing 737 MAX 8s performed a test flight. The aircraft, with registration N813NV, departed Victorville at 11:48 local time, landing back at VCV 44 minutes later.

Allegiant expects to begin scheduled operations with Boeing 737 MAX 8s starting October 2nd.

Other reports we have published:

• Latin America
• Europe
• Asia and Oceania
• Africa and Middle East
• East and West: Edelweiss adds new North American routes
• Family and tourism: Royal Air Maroc launches two new routes

Cover photo: CJMAviation – JetPhotos.