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.

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.

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:

• AC8628  Toronto YYZ 18:20 · 20:38 Charleston CHS
• AC8629  Charleston CHS 10:20 · 12:41 Toronto YYZ

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.

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

• Montreal (YUL): effective December 26th · 1 weekly.
• Toronto (YYZ): effective December 20th · 2 weekly.

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

• AS474  San Diego SAN 09:20 · 16:40 Atlanta ATL
• AS475  Atlanta ATL 17:45 · 19:35 San Diego SAN

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

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

• Dallas (DFW): from 4 to 7 weekly · October 29th
• Miami (MIA): from 14 to 18 weekly · October 29th
• Miami (MIA): from 18 to 21 weekly · December 1st
• New York (JFK): from 7 to 10 weekly · December 5th

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.

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

• DE2136  Frankfurt FRA 15:40 · 20:05 San Antonio SAT
• DE2137  San Antonio SAT 22:05 · 15:20+1 Frankfurt FRA

Wednesday and Friday

• DE2136  Frankfurt FRA 14:00 · 18:25 San Antonio SAT
• DE2137  San Antonio SAT 20:25 · 13:40+1 Frankfurt FRA

Condor’s current routes in USA and Canada

• Dusseldorf (DUS) – New York (JFK): 1 each fortnight · Airbus A330
• Frankfurt (FRA) – Halifax (YHZ): 2 weekly · Boeing 767
• Frankfurt (FRA) – New York (JFK): 4 weekly · Airbus A330
• Frankfurt (FRA) – Las Vegas (LAS): 3 weekly · Airbus A330
• Frankfurt (FRA) – Los Angeles (LAX): 5 weekly · Airbus A330
• Frankfurt (FRA) – San Francisco (SFO): 3 weekly · Airbus A330
• Frankfurt (FRA) – Seattle (SEA): 4 weekly · Airbus A330
• Frankfurt (FRA) – Toronto (YYZ): 4 weekly · Airbus A330
• Frankfurt (FRA) – Vancouver (YVR): 3 weekly · Airbus A330

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

• Dubai (DXB) – Dallas (DFW): switches from 77L to 77W · October 29th
• Dubai (DXB) – Montreal (YUL): switches from 77W to 77L · October 29th
• Dubai (DXB) – Seattle (SEA): reduces from 7 to 6 weekly flights · November
• Dubai (DXB) – Washington, D.C. (IAD): switches from 77W to A380 · November 5th

Schedule

• Boston (BOS): 7 weekly · Boeing 777
• Chicago (ORD): 7 weekly · Boeing 777
• Dallas (DFW): 7 weekly · Boeing 777
• Houston (IAH): 7 weekly · Airbus A380
• Los Angeles (LAX): 7 weekly · Airbus A380
• Miami (MIA): 7 weekly · Boeing 777
• Montreal (YUL): 7 weekly · Boeing 777
• Newark (EWR): 7 weekly · Boeing 777
• New York (JFK): 14 weekly · Airbus A380
• New York (JFK), via Milan (MXP): 7 weekly · Airbus A380
• Orlando (MCO): 5 weekly · Boeing 777
• San Francisco (SFO): 7 weekly · Airbus A380
• Seattle (SEA): 7 weekly · Boeing 777 (currently)
• Toronto (YYZ): 7 weekly · Airbus A380
• Washington, D.C. (IAD): 7 weekly · Airbus A380

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).

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

Boston – Amsterdam

• 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.

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:

Nashville

• 7H 701  Ontario ONT 10:00 · 15:50 Nashville BNA (Monday and Friday)
• 7H 702  Nashville BNA 17:10 · 19:30 Ontario ONT (Monday and Friday)

Reno

• 7H 711  Ontario ONT 08:30 · 10:00 Reno RNO (Thursday)
• 7H 711  Ontario ONT 18:25 · 19:55 Reno RNO (Sunday)

• 7H 775  Reno RNO 11:15 · 12:45 Ontario ONT (Thursday)
• 7H 775  Reno RNO 21:10 · 22:40 Ontario ONT (Sunday)

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

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

• AC1902  Victoria YYJ 23:40 · 07:11+1 Toronto YYZ
• AC1901  Toronto YYZ 08:40 · 10:49 Victoria YYJ

Flair

• F8669  Toronto YYZ 13:40 · 15:50 Victoria YYJ
• F8668  Victoria YYJ 16:45 · 00:25+1 Toronto YYZ

Porter

• PD441  Toronto YYZ 10:55 · 13:04 Victoria YYJ
• PD442  Victoria YYJ 14:00 · 21:31 Toronto YYZ

Swoop

• WO319  Toronto YYZ 09:00 · 11:05 Victoria YYJ
• WO320  Victoria YYJ 12:00 · 19:55 Toronto YYZ

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

• UA869  San Francisco SFO 13:05 · 18:45+1 Hong Kong HKG

Daily except Monday and Wednesday

• UA878  Hong Kong HKG 22:30 · 20:10 San Francisco SFO

Daily

• UA877  San Francisco SFO 23:20 · 05:00+1 Hong Kong HKG
• UA862 Hong Kong HKG 11:15 · 08:55 San Francisco SFO

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

• Montreal (YUL) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• Toronto (YYZ) – Tel Aviv (TLV)

American Airlines

• New York (JFK) – Tel Aviv (TLV)

Delta Air Lines

• Atlanta (ATL) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• Boston (BOS) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• New York (JFK) – Tel Aviv (TLV)

El Al

• Boston (BOS) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• Los Angeles (LAX) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• Miami (MIA) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• Newark (EWR) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• New York (JFK) – Tel Aviv (TLV)

United Airlines

• Chicago (ORD) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• Newark (EWR) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• San Francisco (SFO) – Tel Aviv (TLV)
• Washington (IAD) – Tel Aviv (TLV)

Cover photo: Daniel Domínguez.