New Pacific Airlines announced it will cease regular flights as of April 5th. At the moment, the company only operates between Ontario and Nashville with its Boeing 757-200, after suspending the route from Ontario to Reno on March 22nd.

Why is the low-cost carrier canceling scheduled services?

New Pacific will focus exclusively on charter flights in order to continue operations and improve profitability. The airline has been offering charters for the last couple of months, but in a mix with regular flights.

New Pacific’s scheduled operations have been running for less than a year, since their start-up was in July 2023.

These are other highlights from the U.S./Canada market:

• Air Canada inaugurated flights to Charleston.

• Air France began seasonal service between Paris and Denver, which will operate year-round.

• Alaska Airlines will add a new connection to/from Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport.

• Avelo continues the development of its New Haven base.

• Delta will commence operations between Honolulu and Boston.

• Flair adds two routes, a domestic and an international one.

• Frontier and its expansion in San Juan (Puerto Rico).

• Level launches its fifth connection to the U.S. from Barcelona.

• Tulum, American’s new destination in Mexico.

• United Airlines increases capacity on the Washington – Cape Town route.

In addition, Hawaiian Airlines began with the certification flights of its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner before its entry into service (N781HA).

As we reported in our March report, the company added its first Dreamliner on February 14th, after arriving in Honolulu from Charleston.

Hawaiian will launch regular operations with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner starting April 15th on the Honolulu – San Francisco – Honolulu route, where it will have seven weekly services.

Air Canada

At 20:35 local time on March 28th, Air Canada’s inaugural flight from Toronto landed in Charleston. The company will offer daily service with 76-seat Embraer 175 aircraft.

Charleston becomes Air Canada’s 41st destination in the United States to/from Toronto Pearson.

Daily

• AC 8629  Toronto YYZ 18:20 · 20:38 CHS Charleston
• AC 8628  Charleston CHS 10:00 · 12:21 YYZ Toronto

Air Canada routes between Toronto and USA

• Atlanta (ATL): 21 weekly · CRJ-900
• Austin (AUS): 7 weekly · Airbus A319
• Boston (BOS): 28 weekly · Embraer 175
• Charleston (CHS): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
• Charlotte (CLT): 14 weekly · CRJ-900
• Chicago (ORD): 28 weekly · Airbus A220
• Cincinnati (CVG): 7 weekly · CRJ-900
• Cleveland (CLE): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
• Columbus (CMH): 7 weekly · CRJ-900
• Dallas (DFW): 14 weekly · Airbus A220
• Denver (DEN): 14 weekly · Airbus A220
• Detroit (DTW): 21 weekly · CRJ-900
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 21 weekly · A321/A333
• Fort Myers (RSW): 14 weekly · A320/A321
• Houston (IAH): 14 weekly · Airbus A220
• Indianapolis (IND): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
• Las Vegas (LAS): 21 weekly · A319/7M8/788
• Los Angeles (LAX): 28 weekly · A321/7M8/788/789
• Miami (MIA): 21 weekly · A319/A321/BCS3
• Minneapolis (MSP): 14 weekly · Embraer 175
• Nashville (BNA): 7 weekly · Airbus A319
• New Orleans (MSY): 4 weekly · Airbus A319
• New York (JFK): 14 weekly · Embraer 175
• New York (LGA): 84 weekly · CR9/E175
• Newark (EWR): 49 weekly · CR9/E175
• Orlando (MCO): 27 weekly · A319/A321/A333/788
• Palm Springs (PSP): 4 weekly · Airbus A319
• Philadelphia (PHL): 21 weekly · CRJ-900
• Phoenix (PHX): 14 weekly · Airbus A321
• Pittsburgh (PIT): 14 weekly · CR9/E175
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 14 weekly · CRJ-900
• San Diego (SAN): 14 weekly · A320/A321/BCS3
• San Francisco (SFO): 28 weekly · A321/BCS3/7M8
• Sarasota (SRQ): 3 weekly · Airbus A319
• Seattle (SEA): 7 weekly · Airbus A320
• St. Louis (STL): 7 weekly · CRJ-900
• Tampa (TPA): 20 weekly · Airbus A321
• Washington (IAD): 14 weekly · CRJ-900
• Washington (DCA): 28 weekly · CRJ-900
• West Palm Beach (PBI): 7 weekly · Airbus A220
• Windsor Locks (BDL): 7 weekly · CRJ-900

Air France

The airline launched services between Paris and Denver on Sunday, March 31st, which will be available year-round. Previously, Air France operated this route on a seasonal basis.

As a result, Denver reaches its fourth connection to Europe, after Frankfurt, London Heathrow and Munich.

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• AF 630  Paris CDG 13:30 · 15:35 DEN Denver
• AF 631  Denver DEN 17:45 · 11:05+1 CDG Paris

Air France routes between Paris CDG and United States (currently)

• Atlanta (ATL): 17 weekly · A359/772/789
• Boston (BOS): 10 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Dallas (DFW): 4 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• Denver (DEN): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• Detroit (DTW): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Los Angeles (LAX): 19 weekly · A359/77W
• Miami (MIA): 12 weekly · 772/77W
• New York (JFK): 35 weekly · A359/772/77W
• Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Airbus A350-900
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
• Seattle (SEA): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
• Washington (IAD): 10 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)

Alaska Airlines

Beginning October 1st, Alaska will commence flights to Las Vegas from Santa Rosa Airport (STS). Based on its website, the company will have seven operations per week on 76-seat Embraer 175s.

Daily

• AS 2432  Santa Rosa STS 08:00 · 09:34 LAS Las Vegas
• AS 2431  Las Vegas LAS 18:00 · 19:35 STS Santa Rosa

On this route, Alaska Airlines will be competing with Avelo, where it offers four weekly on Boeing 737-700 aircraft.

American Airlines

The company inaugurated on March 28th its regular services to Tulum. American will operate four routes to the Mexican city, all with Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets, in accordance with its website.

Charlotte

Daily

• AA 157  Charlotte CLT 11:07 · 13:20 TQO Tulum
• AA 157  Tulum TQO 14:20 · 18:24 CLT Charlotte

Dallas

Daily

• AA 159  Dallas DFW 08:30 · 11:20 TQO Tulum
• AA 159  Tulum TQO 12:20 · 15:33 DFW Dallas

Daily

• AA 163  Dallas DFW 12:22 · 15:10 TQO Tulum
• AA 163  Tulum TQO 16:10 · 19:23 DFW Dallas

Miami

Daily

• AA 172  Miami MIA 12:05 · 13:05 TQO Tulum
• AA 172  Tulum TQO 14:15 · 17:10 MIA Miami

American Airlines was the first carrier to launch international flights to the airport. Later that day, Delta began operations between Atlanta and Tulum, but we will focus more on the Mexican airport’s international expansion in the next report, Latin America.

Avelo Airlines

Houston, St. Louis and Traverse City, the airline’s new destinations in New Haven.

Avelo will start flights to these three cities in mid-June, which will be offered with Boeing 737-700 and Boeing 737-800 planes under the following schedule:

St. Louis · effective June 13th

Thursday and Sunday

• XP 404  New Haven HVN 09:00 · 10:45 STL St. Louis
• XP 405  St. Louis STL 11:25 · 14:55 HVN New Haven

Houston · effective June 14th

Monday and Friday

• XP 400  New Haven HVN 08:00 · 10:50 HOU Houston
• XP 401  Houston HOU 11:30 · 16:10 HVN New Haven

Traverse City · effective June 15th

Saturday

• XP 471  New Haven HVN 08:00 · 10:10 TVC Traverse City
• XP 472  Traverse City TVC 10:50 · 12:50 HVN New Haven

Current Avelo Airlines routes from/to New Haven

Puerto Rico (charter)

• San Juan (SJU): 2 weekly

United States

• Baltimore (BWI): 2 weekly
• Charleston (CHS): 2 weekly
• Daytona Beach (DAB): 2 weekly
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 8 weekly
• Fort Myers (RSW): 9 weekly
• Greenville (GSP): 2 weekly
• Myrtle Beach (MYR): 4 weekly
• Nashville (BNA): 2 weekly
• Orlando (MCO): 8 weekly
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 6 weekly
• Sarasota (SRQ): 5 weekly
• Savannah (SAV): 2 weekly
• Tampa (TPA): 9 weekly
• West Palm Beach (PBI): 8 weekly
• Wilmington (ILM): 2 weekly

Canada Jetlines

The Canadian carrier will inaugurate scheduled services between Toronto Pearson and Miami as of June 29th. Operations will be carried out with Airbus A320-200 with 180 seats, once a week.

Saturday

• AU 204  Toronto YYZ 06:55 · 10:05 MIA Miami
• AU 205  Miami MIA 14:20 · 17:30 YYZ Toronto

Las Vegas (LAS) and Orlando (MCO) are the low cost’s current connections to the United States from Toronto, with 2 and 4 weekly respectively.

Delta Air Lines

Between November and December, Delta will expand its operations in Hawaii, with the opening of a new route as well as an increase in frequencies on two current ones.

Boston will be the airline’s new connection from/to Honolulu, and will boost services to Salt Lake City and Seattle.

Salt Lake City · effective November 6th (1 to 2 daily)

Daily

• DL 316  Salt Lake City SLC 11:40 · 15:34 HNL Honolulu
• DL 534  Honolulu HNL 20:25 · 05:30+1 SLC Salt Lake City

Daily

• DL 382  Salt Lake City SLC 15:10 · 19:04 HNL Honolulu
• DL 357  Honolulu HNL 22:15 · 07:20+1 SLC Salt Lake City

Boston · November 21st

Daily

• DL 438  Boston BOS 10:15 · 16:50 HNL Honolulu
• DL 962  Honolulu HNL 17:20 · 08:30+1 BOS Boston

Seattle · effective December 21st (2 to 3 daily)

Daily

• DL 351  Seattle SEA 07:50 · 12:16 HNL Honolulu
• DL 359  Honolulu HNL 13:35 · 21:33 SEA Seattle

• DL 486  Seattle SEA 12:00 · 16:36 HNL Honolulu
• DL 440  Honolulu HNL 21:55 · 06:00+1 SEA Seattle

• DL 354  Seattle SEA 15:59 · 20:31 HNL Honolulu
• DL 352  Honolulu HNL 08:30 · 16:37 SEA Seattle

Flair

Guadalajara and Quebec City, the Canadian company’s new destinations to/from Vancouver and Toronto.

These flights, according to its website, will start in May, and will be operated on Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with capacity for 189 passengers in single class.

Quebec City · May 6th

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

• F8 694  Toronto YYZ 07:50 · 09:20 YQB Quebec City
• F8 695  Quebec City YQB 10:05 · 11:40 YYZ Toronto

Guadalajara · May 31st

Monday and Friday

• F8 2854  Vancouver YVR 13:40 · 19:50 GDL Guadalajara
• F8 2855  Guadalajara GDL 20:35 · 00:55+1 YVR Vancouver

Frontier

The carrier continues its development in Puerto Rico after it confirmed the launch of two new routes from/to San Juan.

New York JFK and Newark will be the next additions, beginning in June.

JFK · June 6th

Daily

• F9 3546  San Juan SJU 06:07 · 10:10 JFK New York
• F9 3545  New York JFK 11:08 · 15:07 SJU San Juan

Daily

• F9 3548  San Juan SJU 20:15 · 00:15+1 JFK New York
• F9 3547  New York JFK 05:59 · 09:58 SJU San Juan

Newark · June 28th

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

• F9 3574  San Juan SJU 06:00 · 10:08 EWR Newark
• F9 3573  Newark EWR 11:08 · 15:13 SJU San Juan

Daily

• F9 3572  San Juan SJU 20:15 · 00:23+1 EWR Newark
• F9 3571  Newark EWR 05:59 · 10:04 SJU San Juan

Level

The Spanish low cost airline, part of the IAG Group, commenced its flights between Barcelona and Miami on Sunday, March 31st. Services will be operated using Airbus A330-200s with 311 and 314 seats, depending on the aircraft configuration.

Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

• IB 2629  Barcelona BCN 15:05 · 19:59 MIA Miami
• IB 2630  Miami MIA 21:45 · 13:05+1 BCN Barcelona

*Sundays: it will depart from Barcelona at 15:50 and 22:30 from Miami.

Level’s routes between Barcelona and the U.S.

• Boston (BOS): 3 weekly
• Los Angeles (LAX): 4 weekly
• Miami (MIA): 3 weekly
• New York (JFK): 6 weekly
• San Francisco (SFO): 2 weekly

Seasonal operations between Barcelona and San Francisco were resumed last March 31st.

New Pacific Airlines

As seen above, the last scheduled flight will be next April 5th. This is the current operation for New Pacific’s only route:

April 5th

• 7H 701  Ontario ONT 10:00 · 15:50 BNA Nashville
• 7H 702  Nashville BNA 17:10 · 19:30 ONT Ontario

The Boeing 757-200s, with registrations N627NP and N628NP, will continue to operate charter services.

Southwest

Effective October, Southwest Airlines confirmed the addition of three new routes in the United States. The operations will be conducted on Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX airplanes:

• Houston (IAH) – Phoenix (PHX): 7 weekly · October 3rd
• Memphis (MEM) – Las Vegas (LAS): 5 weekly · October 5th
• Nashville (BNA) – Redmond (RDM): 1 weekly · October 6th

Sun Country Airlines

On March 22nd, Sun Country inaugurated flights between Minneapolis and Atlanta. The carrier will not have a regular schedule on this route, so check the Sun Country Airlines website for more information (flight SY 1627/1628).

These are the airline’s planned U.S. connections to/from Minneapolis over the next 7 days:

Aruba

• Oranjestad (AUA)

Belize

• Belize City (BZE)

Cayman Islands

• George Town (GCM)

Costa Rica

• Liberia (LIR)

Dominican Republic

• Punta Cana (PUJ)

Honduras

• Roatán (RTB)

Jamaica

• Montego Bay (MBJ)

Mexico

• Cancún (CUN)
• Mazatlán (MZT)
• Puerto Vallarta (PVR)
• San José del Cabo (SJD)
• Zihuatanejo Ixtapa (ZIH)

Netherlands

• Sint Maarten (SXM)

Puerto Rico

• San Juan (SJU)

Turks and Caicos Islands

• Providenciales (PLS)

United States

• Asheville (AVL)
• Atlanta (ATL)
• Boston (BOS)
• Bullhead (IFP)
• Charleston (CHS)
• Charlotte (CLT)
• Chicago (ORD)
• Cincinnati (CVG)
• Columbus (CMH)
• Dallas (DFW)
• Denver (DEN)
• Destin (VPS)
• Eau Claire (EAU)
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
• Fort Myers (RSW)
• Gulfport (GPT)
• Harlingen (HRL)
• Houston (HOU)
• Indianapolis (IND)
• Jacksonville (JAX)
• Lakeland (LAL)
• Las Vegas (LAS)
• Los Angeles (LAX)
• Melbourne (MLB)
• Miami (MIA)
• Milwaukee (MKE)
• Myrtle Beach (MYR)
• Nashville (BNA)
• New Orleans (MSY)
• Newark (EWR)
• Orlando (MCO)
• Palm Springs (PSP)
• Philadelphia (PHL)
• Phoenix (AZA)
• Phoenix (PHX)
• Portland (PDX)
• Punta Gorda (PGD)
• Salt Lake City (SLC)
• San Diego (SAN)
• San Francisco (SFO)
• Sarasota (SRQ)
• Savannah (SAV)
• Seattle (SEA)
• St. Louis (STL)
• St. Petersburg (PIE)
• Tampa (TPA)
• Tucson (TUS)
• Washington (IAD)
• West Palm Beach (PBI)

In June, Sun Country will start operations from Minneapolis to Montreal and Toronto.

United Airlines

As of March 30th, the company changed its services on the Washington – Cape Town route. According to our database, United ceased flights with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, being replaced by the Boeing 777-300(ER).

The carrier’s 787-9s have 252/257 seats, and the 777s used on this route can accommodate 350 passengers.

Monday, Thursday and Saturday

• UA 2222  Washington IAD 18:45 · 15:20+1 CPT Cape Town

Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

• UA 2223  Cape Town CPT 20:00 · 06:10+1 IAD Washington

United Airlines began marketing its new flights between Newark and Marrakech (Morocco), as we reported in the Africa and Middle East report. To see the schedule, please click here.

With respect to new aircraft, there were no additions between March 2nd and the 13th.

Since March 14th until the end of the month, 15 new planes were delivered from the factory, among the following airlines:

• American Eagle

• Alaska Horizon

• Delta Air Lines (x2)

• Frontier (x2)

• jetBlue (x2)

• Porter (x2)

• Southwest

• Spirit

• United (x3)

jetBlue’s Airbus A321-271NX, registration N2180J, while performing the London Heathrow – New York JFK route, was forced to divert to Shannon, Ireland, when the crew had to shut down Engine 2 due to a compressor stall.

The aircraft, which was making its fourth scheduled flight, remains at Shannon since the diversion occurred on March 30th.

To read the March report of each edition:

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

Cover photo: Jinyuan LIU – JetPhotos (Seattle, United States).