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United States and Canada route updates – October 2023

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After the first edition of the Latin American market summary last week, in this post it’s time to review the United States and Canadian market during mid-September and early October.

US Airport birds eye view

In one of the world’s most important markets, JetBlue‘s new service to Europe, which began at the end of September, is an important highlight. The airline operates to Europe with Airbus A321LR aircraft.

The inauguration in this case took place from Boston, reaching a second route to the European continent. In terms of connectivity to Europe, JetBlue‘s major airport is New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport.

 

JetBlue A321 on arrival

Air Canada

The airline announced the inauguration of a new route between Canada and the US as of March 28th, 2024. Operations will be carried out with Embraer 175 aircraft configured with 79 seats.

Air Canada plans a daily flight between Toronto and Charleston:

 

Air Canada E175 landing

Air Transat

Air Transat will inaugurate flights to Peru starting in December. The Canadian company will operate from Montreal and Toronto with Airbus A321neo aircraft, configured for 199 passengers in two seating classes.

 

Air Transat A321Neo

According to its website, Air Transat will have three weekly flights to Peru considering both routes:

 

Map by gcmap.com

Alaska Airlines

At 8:56 p.m. on September 30th, the last regular flight of Alaska Airlines‘ Airbus A321neo arrived in Los Angeles. The aircraft in question has the registration N921VA, and is just over six years old. As a result, Alaska Airlines will once again be an “all-Boeing” mainline airline with Embraer aircraft operating for its subsidiary Horizon Air. The Airbus aircraft had been left over from Virgin America after Alaska’s acquisition of the airline. According to different reports, the last ten Airbus A321neo retired from Alaska will be incorporated in the short term to American Airlines.

Alaska’s fleet

 

New routes

Alaska will begin service between San Diego and Atlanta beginning May 16th, 2024. The airline will operate once daily on Boeing 737-900(ER) aircraft with a 171-passenger capacity.

Schedule

 

Delta, Frontier and Southwest currently offer flights on this route.

 

Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800

American Airlines

For the summer season in the southern hemisphere, American Airlines will strongly boost its flights to South America from various of its hubs in the United States. Argentina, Brazil and Chile will receive increases, in addition to the restart of seasonal flights to Montevideo at the end of October.

Argentina

American Airlines will have a historic season in Argentina, with nearly six daily flights scheduled from December 2023 to March 2024. Between Dallas, Miami and New York, it will offer 38 weekly flights in the summer.

Increases

 

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are currently on American Airlines’ operating schedule in Brazil. Galeao has flights to Miami, while Sao Paulo connects to Dallas, Miami and New York.

American will begin seasonal flights between Rio de Janeiro and New York starting next December 2nd, and will be available until February 28th, 2024.

As well as services to JFK, the airline will increase its operations between Galeao and Miami from 7 to 10 on December 4th, scheduled to run until March of next year.

Chile and Uruguay

In the case of Merino Benitez airport in the Chilean capital, American plans to resume the daily flight between Dallas and Santiago on October 29th. At the time of publication, the last service on this route is scheduled for March 31st, 2024, leaving Miami as American’s only destination in Chile from April onwards.

Also on October 29th, after a seven-month hiatus, flights between Miami and Montevideo, a route that is currently seasonal, will return. Until March 2020, operations were year-round.

American will offer three services per week to Uruguay, and between December 19th and January 9th, will fly once a day during the peak of the high season.

Puerto Rico

Beginning January 15th, 2024, American will resume service between Dallas and San Juan (SJU) with 273-seat Boeing 777-200(ER) aircraft. Currently, this route is served by Airbus A321neo.

American will have, in January and February, 4 of the 7 weekly flights with the Boeing 777s, and 3 during March.

 

American Airlines B777 taxing

Condor

Condor will launch seasonal flights between San Antonio (SAT) and Frankfurt starting May 17th, 2024. The carrier will operate with its Airbus A330neo, which can carry 310 passengers in three seating classes.

Being seasonal, the last flight is scheduled for mid-September.

Schedule

Monday

 

Wednesday and Friday

 

Condor’s current routes in USA and Canada

 

 

Map by gcmap.com

Emirates

Emirates announced a healthy amount of changes to certain routes in the Dubai United States and Dubai Canada markets between late October and early November.

The company currently operates 12 routes to the United States and 2 to Canada.

Changes

 

Schedule

 

Map by gcmap.com

Flair

The Canadian airline will start two new routes from Canada in mid-December. Cancun and Kingston, in Mexico and Jamaica, will have new flights from Calgary and Toronto respectively.

Cancun

Effective December 17th

  • F82511  Cancun CUN 19:35 · 23:50 Calgary YYC (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday).
  • F82510  Calgary YYC 22:45 · 06:35+1 Cancun CUN (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday).

 

Kingston

Effective December 16th

  • F82650  Toronto YYZ 07:50 · 12:10 Kingston KIN (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday).
  • F82651  Kingston KIN 13:10 · 17:40 Toronto YYZ (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday).

 

Map by gcmap.com

JetBlue

The airline inaugurated its flights between Boston and Amsterdam on September 20th. Boston is JetBlue’s second destination in the Dutch capital after New York (JFK), where it operates once a day with Airbus A321neo aircraft.

Schedule

BostonAmsterdam

  • B631  Boston BOS 21:53 · 11:15+1 Amsterdam AMS (Thursday)
  • B631  Boston BOS 22:13 · 11:35+1 Amsterdam AMS (daily ex Thursday)

 

Amsterdam – Boston

  • B632  Amsterdam AMS 11:35 · 13:47 Boston BOS (daily)

 

JetBlue currently has three destinations to Europe at four airports. Amsterdam, London (LGW and LHR) and Paris are on the airline’s regular schedule.

From Boston, the company operates to Amsterdam and London Heathrow, while from JFK to Amsterdam, London Gatwick and Heathrow and Paris Charles De Gaulle.

 

JetBlue A321

New Pacific Airlines

After being obliged to change its name from Northern Pacific Airlines, the carrier has announced the inauguration of two new routes from Ontario, its main operating base, starting in November.

The operations will be carried out on Boeing 757-200 aircraft, and are already on sale through the company’s website:

 

Northern Pacific B757

Nashville

Reno

 

 

Nashville and Reno will join Las Vegas on New Pacific Airlines’ regular Ontario schedule.

 

Map by gcmap.com

Porter

The carrier began operations between Toronto and Victoria (YYJ). Porter will serve this route once a day with its Embraer E195-E2s, configured for 132 passengers in single class.

Currently, four Canadian airlines operate between the two cities:

  • Air Canada: 7 weekly flights · Airbus A319 and Airbus A320
  • Flair Airlines: 4 weekly flights · Boeing 737 MAX 8
  • Porter Airlines: 7 weekly flights · Embraer E-2
  • Swoop: 2 weekly flights · Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 737 MAX 8

Schedule

Air Canada

Flair

Porter

Swoop

 

Porter Embraer E-Jet

United Airlines

The airline had planned to resume flights between Newark and Hong Kong starting next October 27th, with a daily frequency on Boeing 777-200(ER) aircraft. At the time of publication, services will not begin until April 2024.

United currently has 12 weekly flights between San Francisco and Hong Kong on Boeing 777-300(ER)s, with the following schedule:

Daily except Tuesday and Sunday

Daily except Monday and Wednesday

Daily

 

United Airlines Boeing 777-200

Israel

As a consequence of the war, airlines began to suspend flights to Israel and, in some cases, announced special repatriation flights for passengers from their respective countries.

In the U.S.-Canada market, Air Canada, American, Delta and United offered flights to Tel Aviv until prior to the outbreak of the conflict.

Routes from the United States and Canada to Israel before the war, when operations were scheduled without alterations:

Air Canada

American Airlines

Delta Air Lines

El Al

United Airlines

 

Map by gcmap.com

Cover photo: Daniel Domínguez.

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