The year has started, and with it comes the first post about routes and new aircraft in the US – Canada market. To see the latest news we published in December, you can click on the following links:
- Latin America – December 2023.
- Europe – December 2023.
- Asia and Oceania – December 2023.
- Africa and Middle East – December 2023.
During the next months, new domestic and international routes will be introduced for the upcoming season. Also, some airlines are making changes in their schedules, cancelling routes and reducing its operations.
The incorporation of new aircraft continues with companies from these markets. At the end of December, UPS added two Boeing 767-300(F) jets fresh from the factory, and a few days earlier, Porter took delivery of a new Embraer E-2, which departed São Jose dos Campos bound for Canada.
Air Canada
The company will modify its operation on the Montreal – Copenhagen route, which will begin in May as it is seasonal.
Air Canada will start services on May 2nd, and not on May 30th as previously scheduled. In addition, since June, due to the high season, it will increase from three to five flights a week.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- AC 804 Montreal YUL 17:55 · 07:05+1 CPH Copenhagen
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- AC 805 Copenhagen CPH 12:20 · 13:55 YUL Montreal
In June, Air Canada will have another change with respect to the operating days:
- AC 804: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
- AC 805: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Air France
For the peak of the summer season, the airline will increase its operations between Paris and Montreal starting July 2nd. Air France will boost from 18 to 21 weekly services.
Daily
- AF 342/343 · no changes
- AF 344/345 · no changes
Flight AF 348/349, which will become daily in July, currently operates on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Air Transat
The company began its services between Montreal and Puerto Vallarta with Airbus A330-300s last December 24th. At the time of publication, flights on these aircraft will continue until January 8th, due to the season.
Air Transat has five operations per week, three of which will be with the A330s.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- TS 106 Montreal YUL 10:30 · 15:40 PVR Puerto Vallarta
- TS 107 Puerto Vallarta PVR 16:50/17:00 · 22:55/23:00 YUL Montreal
Monday
- TS 106 Montreal YUL 11:30 · 16:40 PVR Puerto Vallarta
- TS 107 Puerto Vallarta PVR 18:00 · 23:55 YUL Montreal
Alaska Airlines
The carrier added its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 on December 27th. At 12:10 local time, the MAX, registration N801AK, departed Seattle Boeing Field for Oakland (OAK), where it remains at the time of publication.
This Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the first of an initial order for 20 aircraft.
Alaska’s fleet
- Boeing 737-700: 14
- Boeing 737-800: 61
- Boeing 737-900: 12
- Boeing 737-900(ER): 79
- Boeing 737 MAX 8: 1
- Boeing 737 MAX 9: 65
- Embraer 175: 83
Regarding the 737-9 event, please visit this post.
American Airlines
Starting in June, American will launch three new routes from Charlotte, all of which will be domestic. The flights, which are already on sale, will have the following schedule:
Bozeman · Boeing 737-800
Daily
- AA 848 Charlotte CLT 09:20 · 11:41 BZN Bozeman
- AA 848 Bozeman BZN 12:31 · 18:35 CLT Charlotte
Jackson Hole · Airbus A319
Daily
- AA 687 Charlotte CLT 09:15 · 11:24 JAC Jackson Hole
- AA 687 Jackson Hole JAC 12:05 · 18:00 CLT Charlotte
Spokane · Airbus A321
Daily
- AA 2656 Charlotte CLT 18:10 · 20:54 GEG Spokane
- AA 2657 Spokane GEG 22:20 · 06:24+1 CLT Charlotte
Avelo Airlines
The company confirmed the suspension of routes from some of their respective bases as of January. Avelo operates with Boeing 737-700 and Boeing 737-800 jets:
Burbank
- Bozeman (BZN): Jan 7th to Feb 16th
- Brownsville (BRO): Jan 7th to Mar 6th
- Colorado Springs (COS): January 7th · last flight
- Kalispell (FCA): Jan 7th to Feb 16th
Las Vegas
- Arcata/Eureka (ACV): January 8th · last flight
- Brownsville (BRO): January 8th · last flight
- Dubuque (DBQ): January 6th · last flight
New Haven
- Charleston (CHS): Jan 8th to Mar 7th
- Greenville (GSP): Jan 9th to Feb 14th
- Melbourne (MLB): January 6th · last flight
- Savannah (SAV): Feb 16th to Mar 7th
Orlando
- Mobile (BFM): March 4th · last flight
Raleigh-Durham
- Sarasota (SRQ): January 8th · last flight
Wilmington, Delaware (ILG)
- Daytona Beach (DAB): January 5th · last flight
- Myrtle Beach (MYR): January 7th · last flight
- Nashville (BNA): January 8th · last flight
According to our database, Avelo has 16 Boeing 737s in its fleet.
| Aircraft | Registration |
|---|---|
| Boeing 737-7H4 | N701VL |
| Boeing 737-7H4 | N702VL |
| Boeing 737-7H4 | N703VL |
| Boeing 737-752 | N705VL |
| Boeing 737-752 | N706VL |
| Boeing 737-7H4 | N707VL |
| Boeing 737-7H4 | N708VL |
| Boeing 737-86N | N801XT |
| Boeing 737-8F2 | N802XT |
| Boeing 737-8F2 | N803XT |
| Boeing 737-86N | N804VL |
| Boeing 737-86N | N805VL |
| Boeing 737-8EH | N806VL |
| Boeing 737-8EH | N807VL |
| Boeing 737-8EH | N808VL |
| Boeing 737-8EH | N809VL |
Breeze Airways
Beginning May 29th, Breeze will inaugurate services between Hartford and Orlando. In accordance with its website, the airline will offer three weekly services on Airbus A220-300s.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday
- MX 522 Hartford BDL 06:00 · 08:53 MCO Orlando
- MX 523 Orlando MCO 21:01 · 23:48 BDL Hartford
Cargojet and Canadian North
In late December, both carriers announced the renewal of a 20-year partnership with the objective, among others, of increasing the operational capacity from the Canadian Arctic.
This expansion agreement will expand cargo service to the Arctic, which continues to increase the demand from different communities in northern Canada.
Cargojet’s fleet
- Boeing 757-200: 18
- Boeing 767-200: 4
- Boeing 767-300: 21
Canadian North’s fleet
- ATR 42: 13
- ATR 72: 2
- Boeing 737-300: 9
- Boeing 737-400: 4
- Boeing 737-700: 7
Delta Air Lines
The airline confirmed that it will change the aircraft used on the New York JFK – Buenos Aires route as of March 30th. Delta currently operates with its 238-seat Boeing 767-400(ER).
For the first time, the airline will fly to Argentina on Airbus A330-900neo jets, which are configured for 281 passengers.
Initially, as a seasonal route, Delta was scheduled to end flights between New York and Buenos Aires on March 30th, but with this change, the last service will be on April 14th. Regarding the flight frequency, it will remain the same.
Daily (timetables between Mar 30th and Apr 14th)
- DL 115 New York JFK 23:20 · 11:30+1 EZE Buenos Aires
- DL 114 Buenos Aires EZE 21:30 · 07:35+1 JFK New York
Daily · currently
- DL 115 New York JFK 21:10 · 10:15+1 EZE Buenos Aires
- DL 114 Buenos Aires EZE 22:25 · 07:25+1 JFK New York
In addition to New York, Delta Air Lines offers daily service between Atlanta and Buenos Aires year-round.
Frontier
The carrier will launch seven routes between March and May. Three of them will start on March, and the remaining ones on May.
March
- Hartford (BDL) – Tampa (TPA): 5 weekly · March 7th
- Dallas (DFW) – Jacksonville (JAX): 3 weekly · March 8th
- Cleveland (CLE) – Montego Bay (MBJ): 3 weekly · March 9th
May
- Pittsburgh (PIT) – Dallas (DFW): 3 weekly · May 16th
- Pittsburgh (PIT) – Philadelphia (PHL): 14 weekly · May 16th
- Pittsburgh (PIT) – Atlanta (ATL): 4 weekly · May 17th
- Pittsburgh (PIT) – Raleigh-Durham (RDU): 4 weekly · May 17th
Hawaiian Airlines
Effective May 15th, Hawaiian will begin operations between Honolulu and Phoenix with the new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The airline currently has seven weekly flights, frequency that will remain unchanged.
Daily · (Airbus A330-200 currently)
- HA 36 Honolulu HNL 11:15 · 20:10 PHX Phoenix
- HA 37 Phoenix PHX 08:10 · 12:00 HNL Honolulu
Hawaiian Airlines schedules the first regular service with its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner for mid-April.
jetBlue
The company will inaugurate flights to the new Tulum airport, which entered service on December 1st, next June. Operations will be from/to New York, once a day on Airbus A320-200s.
Daily
- B6 2879 New York JFK 07:55 · 11:15 TQO Tulum
- B6 2880 Tulum TQO 12:45 · 17:55 JFK New York
The new Tulum airport currently has only domestic connections. At the end of March, international routes will begin, all of them from the United States.
Lynx Air
The Canadian ultra low cost carrier will introduce new routes from Calgary, Halifax, Ottawa and Toronto between March and May.
Lynx Air will operate with its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft configured for 189 passengers in single class.
March
April
- Halifax (YHZ) – St. John’s (YYT): 4 weekly · April 10th
May
- Toronto (YYZ) – San Francisco (SFO): 3 weekly · May 3rd
- Calgary (YYC) – Ottawa (YOW): 4 weekly · May 17th
New Pacific Airlines
At the end of December, the company informed through its website the discontinuation of its services between Ontario and Las Vegas. New Pacific operated twice weekly on Boeing 757-200 planes configured for 175 passengers.
The airline will be left with the following schedule:
Ontario – Las Vegas had been its first scheduled route, when the carrier still was named “Northern Pacific Airways”.
Norse
Starting May 30th, Norse Atlantic Airways will inaugurate a new route between Europe and the United States. Services will be performed with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, five times a week.
Norse, which currently operates to New York JFK from London and Paris, will begin flights from Athens. Delta Air Lines and Emirates will be its competitors on this route:
- Delta Air Lines (JFK-ATH-JFK): 5 weekly · Airbus A330-900neo
- Emirates (ATH-EWR-ATH): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
Porter
C-GZQV, the registration of Porter Airlines’ newest member.
The Canadian low cost carrier has incorporated the Embraer E195-E2, fresh from the Embraer factory in São José dos Campos, Brazil. On December 22nd, the aircraft departed for Vieux Fort, arriving in Toronto on the 23rd.
Two days later it entered service, covering PD 119 from Toronto to Montreal.
Porter now has 26 jets in its fleet, all of them Embraer E195-E2s.
Southwest
The airline will launch five new routes from Hollywood Burbank Airport in June. These five connections will begin on June 4th, and will have daily service with Boeing 737-700s.
Schedule
- Boise (BOI)
- Kansas City (MCI)
- New Orleans (MSY)
- San Antonio (SAT)
- St. Louis (STL)
Albuquerque, Austin, Chicago Midway, Dallas Love Field, Denver, Eugene, Houston (HOU), Las Vegas, Nashville, Oakland, Phoenix, Portland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and San Jose are Southwest’s destinations to/from Burbank.
Spirit
Last December 4th, the company commenced flights between Fort Lauderdale and Cancún with Airbus A321neo aircraft. Spirit was already operating this route on Airbus A320s.
The A321neo will have service to Cancún until at least mid-February.
Daily except Tuesday and Wednesday (A321neo)
- NK 1610 Fort Lauderdale FLL 07:00 · 08:59 CUN Cancún
- NK 1611 Cancún CUN 09:55 · 11:45 FLL Fort Lauderdale
Daily
- NK 1522 Fort Lauderdale FLL 10:25 · 12:20 CUN Cancún
- NK 528 Cancún CUN 13:15 · 14:55 FLL Fort Lauderdale
United Airlines
On December 8th, United inaugurated regular operations between San Francisco and Christchurch, its second destination in New Zealand. The flights will be carried out with 243-seat Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jets.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- UA 730 San Francisco SFO 23:30 · 10:35+2 CHC Christchurch
Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- UA 731 Christchurch CHC 14:15 · 06:20 SFO San Francisco
United Airlines routes between the US and New Zealand, in addition to SFO-CHC:
- Los Angeles (LAX) – Auckland (AKL): 4 weekly · Boeing 787-9
- San Francisco (SFO) – Auckland (AKL): 7 weekly · Boeing 777-300(ER)
United is the only airline operating to Christchurch from the United States.
United Parcel Service
During late December, UPS added two new Boeing 767-300(F) fresh from Boeing’s Everett factory. The aircraft, registered N382UP and N383UP, departed bound for San Antonio.
Days later, the Boeing 767s flew to Louisville (SDF), prior to the start of operations.
United Parcel Services has nearly 300 jets in its fleet, of which 88 are Boeing 767-300(F). In addition, it has 6 767s on order, and their registration numbers will run from N384UP to N389UP.
WestJet
In April, WestJet will inaugurate services to Minneapolis/St. Paul from Regina. According to its website, the Canadian carrier will offer a daily flight with Dash 8-Q400s configured for 72 passengers.
Daily
- WS 3758 Regina YQR 08:15 · 11:16 MSP Minneapolis
- WS 3759 Minneapolis MSP 13:15 · 14:36 YQR Regina
WestJet international connections from/to Regina
Cuba
- Varadero (VRA): 1 weekly · Boeing 737 MAX 8
Mexico
- Cancún (CUN): 3 weekly · Boeing 737
- Puerto Vallarta (PVR): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-700
United States
- Las Vegas (LAS): 1 weekly · Boeing 737-700
- Orlando (MCO): 1 weekly · Boeing 737-700
- Phoenix (PHX): 2 weekly · Boeing 737-700
Cover photo: John Newsome – JetPhotos (Minneapolis).
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