After finishing with the January report, it’s time to move on to the February update, and with it the U.S. and Canadian markets.

The airlines in these markets are bringing many new updates for the upcoming winter and summer, adjusting their operating network for each season.

In addition, some carriers from other regions, such as Europe and Asia, are also expanding services to the United States.

However, as you will see below, companies from the same continent are reducing their network, canceling routes before being launched.

In this edition, we highlight the following developments:

• Aeromexico cancels some routes to the United States.

• Air Canada announces the addition of a new destination in Mexico.

• Air France will inaugurate operations to Phoenix.

• American Airlines will launch several routes, including what will be the longest in its network.

• BermudAir will add two connections to the United States.

• JAL increases frequencies between Tokyo Narita and San Diego.

• Porter begins services to San Francisco.

• Sun Country and Frontier will start, on the same day, the same route, and will operate the same days a week.

Besides to these highlights, we will also have updates from Allegiant, Ameriflight, Avelo, Breeze, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit, United and WestJet.

Aeromexico

The carrier confirmed the suspension of several routes between Mexico and the United States in March and next May.

Monterrey will be the city with the most reductions, as it will go from 5 to 2 regular destinations offered to the USA.

Last flight

• Guadalajara (GDL) – Detroit (DTW): March 31st
• Monterrey (MTY) – Salt Lake City (SLC): March 31st

The following routes were scheduled effective May 16th, but have been cancelled.

• Monterrey (MTY) – Los Angeles (LAX)
• Monterrey (MTY) – New York (JFK)

Air Canada

Starting in May, Air Canada will begin operations to Tulum airport, which entered service last December. At present, the airline will offer two routes, both with Airbus A321-200 jets.

Toronto · May 3rd

Friday and Sunday

• AC 1854  Toronto YYZ 08:15 · 11:20 TQO Tulum
• AC 1855  Tulum TQO 12:30 · 17:35 YYZ Toronto

Montreal · May 4th

Saturday

• AC 1874  Montreal YUL 08:15 · 11:50 TQO Tulum
• AC 1875  Tulum TQO 13:10 · 18:45 YUL Montreal

Currently, Tulum airport (TQO) has only domestic routes. International services will be launched by late March, with flights to/from the United States.

Air France

Air France’s inaugural service to Phoenix will depart Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on May 23rd. The company will perform three weekly flights with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• AF 68  Paris CDG 10:10 · 12:10 PHX Phoenix
• AF 69  Phoenix PHX 14:10 · 09:15+1 CDG Paris

Air France’s routes to the US

• Atlanta (ATL): 12 weekly · 772/77W/789
• Boston (BOS): 3 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
• Chicago (ORD): 4 weekly · Airbus A350
• Dallas (DFW): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Detroit (DTW): 3 weekly · Airbus A350
• Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · Airbus A350
• Los Angeles (LAX): 17 weekly · A359/77W
• Miami (MIA): 14 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
• New York (JFK): 28 weekly · A359/77W
• Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Airbus A350
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
• Seattle (SEA): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Washington (IAD): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)

It also operates three times a week the Miami – Pointe-a-Pitre and Los Angeles – Papeete routes.

Allegiant

Effective May 15th, Allegiant Air will inaugurate services between St. Petersburg and Bismarck. In line with its site, the company will run twice-weekly with 156-seat, single-class Airbus A319-100 jets.

Wednesday and Saturday

• G4 3640  St. Petersburg PIE 09:20 · 12:30 BIS Bismarck
• G4 3641  Bismarck BIS 13:20 · 18:12 PIE St. Petersburg

Current Allegiant routes from/to BIS

• Las Vegas (LAS): 2 weekly · Airbus A320
• Orlando (SFB): 1 weekly · Airbus A320
• Phoenix (AZA): 4 weekly · Airbus A320

American Airlines

The airline announced new routes to/from Dallas starting in June and October. These operations will be international, and are already on sale through American’s website.

June

• Veracruz (VER): 7 weekly · Embraer 175

Late October

• Brisbane (BNE): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Rio de Janeiro (GIG): 3 weekly · Boeing 787-8

Additionally, it will resume service to Kona (KOA) beginning October 27th.

An important fact to highlight is that Dallas – Brisbane will be the longest route in its network.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved slots for the company on the New York – Tokyo Haneda route.

American schedules a daily flight with Boeing 777-200(ER) planes under the following schedule:

• AA 167  New York JFK 10:00 · 13:05 HND Tokyo
• AA 168  Tokyo HND 15:05 · 15:10 JFK New York

Ameriflight

Via its X account (formerly Twitter), Ameriflight reported it plans to add more Saab 340s to its fleet in 2024, joining the two already incorporated during 2023.

Ameriflight projects the addition of six Saab 340 jets later this year, all configured for cargo operations. Dallas airport is its main cargo hub, but it also offers flights between different U.S. cities, as well as certain services to Mexico and the Caribbean.

Saab 340s from Ameriflight

• N219KA · 34 years
• N968AF · 34 years
• N989AF · 34 years
• N985ES · 31 years

Avelo

The carrier announced that it will open a new base at the Bay Area’s Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa beginning May 1st. Avelo Airlines will base two Boeing 737s at the airport, which will offer four scheduled routes.

Andrew Levy, founder, president and CEO of Avelo, said, “STS is our kind of home airport: friendly, fast and easy. As the inaugural destination for Avelo’s first flight in 2021, the Bay Area has a special place in our history. Since then, more than 300,000 Customers have experienced Avelo’s low daily fares, convenience and reliability flying to and from STS. We are very excited about the growth platform the airport offers Avelo, and the significant job and economic impact our investment will bring to the region.”

Avelo plans to employ at least 50 members at STS with the opening of this base.

Destinations

• Bend/Redmond (RDM): 2 weekly · Monday and Friday
• Las Vegas (LAS): 4 weekly · Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
• Los Angeles / Burbank (BUR): Daily except Wed
• Palm Springs (PSP): 4 weekly · Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun

BermudAir

The airline will inaugurate operations to two U.S. cities next March.

Both routes will be carried out three times a week on the 88-seat Embraer 175s in single class.

Baltimore · March 17th

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• 2T 551  Bermuda BDA 08:15 · 09:50 BWI Baltimore
• 2T 552  Baltimore BWI 10:45 · 14:00 BDA Bermuda

Orlando · March 26th

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

• 2T 751  Bermuda BDA 15:30 · 17:40 MCO Orlando
• 2T 752  Orlando MCO 18:40 · 22:10 BDA Bermuda

BermudAir’s current schedule in the U.S.

• Boston (BOS): 6 weekly
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 5 weekly
• White Plains (HPN): 6 weekly

Breeze

The company announced the opening of several routes within the United States starting in April. These are:

• Mobile (BFM) – Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · April 10th
• Windsor Locks (BDL) – Myrtle Beach (MYR): 2 weekly · May 2nd
• Greenville (GSP) – Providence (PVD): 2 weekly · May 3rd
• Greenville (GSP) – Tampa (TPA): 2 weekly · May 10th
• Denver (DEN) – Providence (PVD): 2 weekly · May 16th
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Madison (MSN): 2 weekly · May 22nd
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Akron/Canton (CAK): 3 weekly · May 23rd
• Greenville (GSP) – Los Angeles (LAX): 2 weekly · May 24th
• Greenville (GSP) – Windsor Locks (BDL): 2 weekly · May 24th
• Greenville (GSP) – Orlando (MCO): 2 weekly · May 24th
• Tampa (TPA) – Orange County (SNA): 2 weekly · May 31st

Delta Air Lines

For the 2024/25 winter season, Delta will increase its international routes from some of its main hubs in the USA. At the moment, Atlanta, Minneapolis and New York will have new additions, which will be as follows:

• Atlanta (ATL) – Bridgetown (BGI): 7 weekly · November 23rd
• Atlanta (ATL) – Puerto Plata (POP): 7 weekly · November 23rd
• New York (JFK) – Bridgetown (BGI): 1 weekly · November 23rd
• Minneapolis (MSP) – Mazatlán (MZT): 3 weekly · December 21st

In addition, Delta Air Lines will expand operations to Curaçao from Atlanta in December, reaching the daily flight.

Frontier

The carrier will inaugurate eight routes from San Juan (Puerto Rico) beginning in June. Frontier will operate with the 186-seat Airbus A320neo aircraft, as listed on its website:

• Boston (BOS): 3 weekly
• Charlotte (CLT): 7 weekly
• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 4 weekly
• Fort Myers (RSW): 3 weekly
• Norfolk (ORF): 3 weekly
• St. Croix (STX): 3 weekly
• Saint Maarten (SXM): 2 weekly
• West Palm Beach (PBI): 3 weekly

These segments will be added to Frontier’s existing connections:

• Atlanta (ATL): 7 weekly
• Baltimore (BWI): 7 weekly
• Chicago (MDW): 7 weekly
• Jacksonville (JAX): 7 weekly
• Miami (MIA): 4 weekly
• Orlando (MCO): 20 weekly
• Philadelphia (PHL): 14 weekly
• Punta Cana (PUJ): 4 weekly
• Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 7 weekly
• Santo Domingo (SDQ): 3 weekly
• St. Thomas (STT): 1 weekly
• Tampa (TPA): 4 weekly
• Windsor Locks (BDL): 7 weekly

JAL

Japan Airlines will boost its services between Tokyo Narita and San Diego starting July 1st. Currently, the company has four weekly flights on Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets.

During July, JAL will operate every day.

Daily

• JL 066  Tokyo Narita NRT 17:20 · 11:35 SAN San Diego
• JL 065  San Diego SAN 13:30 · 16:45 NRT Tokyo Narita

Porter

On January 25th at 13:27 local time, Porter Airlines’ inaugural flight from Toronto arrived at San Francisco airport. The Canadian airline will offer daily service on this route using 136-seat Embraer E-2 aircraft.

Daily

• PD 669  Toronto YYZ 10:30 · 13:22 SFO San Francisco
• PD 670  San Francisco SFO 14:50 · 22:46 YYZ Toronto

Porter routes between Toronto and the US

• Fort Lauderdale (FLL): 7 weekly
• Fort Myers (RSW): 7 weekly
• Los Angeles (LAX): 7 weekly
• Miami (MIA): 7 weekly
• Orlando (MCO): 7 weekly
• San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly
• Tampa (TPA): 7 weekly

Southwest

As of June 4th, Southwest schedules to begin six international connections to/from Orlando. Services will be with Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, according to its reservation system:

Bahamas

• Nassau (NAS): 7 weekly

Cayman Islands

• Grand Cayman (GCM): 7 weekly

Costa Rica

• San José (SJO): 7 weekly

Dominican Republic

• Punta Cana (PUJ): 7 weekly

Mexico

• Cancún (CUN): 7 weekly

Turks and Caicos Islands

• Providenciales (PLS): 7 weekly

Spirit

Beginning in March, Spirit Airlines will introduce four new routes from Tampa.

Kansas City, Memphis, Milwaukee and Nashville will be the new additions, all four operated with Airbus A320neo under the following schedule:

Milwaukee · March 6th

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

• NK 3784  Tampa TPA 15:30 · 17:20 MKE Milwaukee
• NK 3785  Milwaukee MKE 18:15 · 21:55 TPA Tampa

Kansas City · March 7th

Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

• NK 3788  Tampa TPA 08:00 · 09:45 MCI Kansas City
• NK 3789  Kansas City MCI 10:45 · 14:20 TPA Tampa

Memphis · March 7th

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

• NK 3790  Tampa TPA 15:20 · 16:15 MEM Memphis
• NK 3791  Memphis MEM 17:15 · 20:05 TPA Tampa

Nashville · March 8th

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

• NK 3786  Tampa TPA 10:15 · 11:05 BNA Nashville
• NK 3787  Nashville BNA 11:55 · 14:40 TPA Tampa

Sun Country

Following Frontier’s announcement between Minneapolis and Cleveland, Sun Country confirmed it will start the same route on the same day, May 17th.

Furthermore, Sun Country Airlines will also offer four flights a week, but with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

• SY 1937  Minneapolis MSP 08:40 · 11:27 CLE Cleveland
• SY 1938  Cleveland CLE 12:25 · 13:28 MSP Minneapolis

Cleveland joins 98 other airports that Sun Country will serve non-stop from MSP in 2024.

Frontier’s schedule

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday

• F9 3099  Cleveland CLE 12:55 · 13:59 MSP Minneapolis
• F9 3100  Minneapolis MSP 19:33 · 22:23 CLE Cleveland

United Airlines

The company will launch new routes to Canada between May and June. Flights, which are already on sale, will be performed from/to Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles:

• Chicago (ORD) – Quebec City (YQB): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
• Chicago (ORD) – Winnipeg (YWG): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
• Denver (DEN) – Winnipeg (YWG): 7 weekly · Embraer 175
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Calgary (YYC): 7 weekly · Airbus A320

WestJet

For the coming Summer 2024 season, WestJet announced new international routes from Canada, as well as the resumption of seasonal segments. As informed through a press release, these are the main new features:

To read the full January report, you can click on the following links:

• United States and Canada – January 2024.
• Latin America – January 2024.
• Europe – January 2024.
• Asia and Oceania – January 2024.
• Africa and Middle East – January 2024.

Cover photo: Felix Roitsch – JetPhotos (San Diego).