July was the busiest month for aviation news this year so far.
From Delta Air Lines’ meltdown to Southwest Airlines’ new seating policies, travelers have a lot to gain. Airline network planners also seemed to be working overtime in July as the rush of route news did not stop.
Several airlines made major network announcements last month, and some carriers released small adjustments that don’t warrant their own story.
Either way, this report is one you don’t want to miss. You’ll find all the details of July’s route changes in our comprehensive monthly roundup below.
Alaska Airlines
Alaska’s network headliner from July announced that it would Add a total of 18 routes, including one new destination (Eagle, Colorado).
The airline’s new routes mainly target leisure traffic during the winter months. In fact, some routes are backed by an agreement with Apple Vacations, a major vacation outfitter.
Alaska also added new service from Los Angeles to both La Paz and Monterrey in Mexico.
It wasn’t all good news for the route map, however. Alaska unveiled plans to drop flights from San Diego to Cancun and Orange County, California to Bozeman, Montana. Additionally, the airline has suspended service between LA and Bozeman.
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Allegiant Air
Ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant Air Last month announced another Splash route expansion. This time, the airline unveiled eight new routes to 13 popular cities in Florida. All flights are designed to take flyers to warm-weather destinations during the winter.
The biggest winner in Allegiant’s latest route announcement is Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) in Georgia, which has landed three new nonstop routes to Florida.
American Airlines
July was a busy one at American Airlines with three major network changes.
American added a new international destination last month: South Caicos, Turks and Caicos. The flight begins on February 15, 2025, from Miami. The South Caicos area has several popular resorts and will also be home to a new Marriott Luxury Collection property next year.
The airline has also added two more routes from New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Florida. This is the latest addition following the breakup of the Northeast Alliance with JetBlue.
In terms of cuts, American made a big move in Austin, cutting five routes about nine months after cutting 21 mostly regional routes from Austin.
The airline also suspended flights from Phoenix to London for the winter season and brought its flagship jet, the Boeing 777-300ER, to Charlotte for the first time with regularly scheduled service.
Avello Airlines
Avelo Airlines was a blockbuster in July with its announcement Largest network expansion ever. The expansion includes three new cities among 18 routes. Two of those cities are the airline’s first international destinations: Montego Bay, Jamaica and Cancun.
Avello has also added two new routes as part of its West Coast schedule extension. The new routes are from Salt Lake City and Ontario, California to Sonoma County.
However, it was not all additions in July. Avello also dropped six cities from its network, including Lansing, Michigan; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Dubuque, Iowa; Mosinee, Wisconsin; Binghamton, New York; and Brownsville, Texas.
Breeze Airways
Delta Air Lines
Delta didn’t have any major network announcements last month, but it did make a handful of small updates.
The first is the addition of new service between Detroit and Nassau, Bahamas. This new flight will start on December 21 with Saturday only service.
The airline is also adding flights from Detroit to Mexico’s new Tulum airport starting January 11, 2025.
The airline also added routes from Las Vegas to Orange County, California, and LA to Mazatlan, Mexico, but both flights are technically restarts for the carrier.
In the end, the airline brought back its most The troubled regional jet, the CRJ-200, is on a handful of routes from Salt Lake City, but those jets will have to head to the desert in the coming weeks.
Frontier Airlines
It was a dark month for the Frontier Airlines network, which saw More than 50 root cuts in last 31 days. Some of the affected routes were added recently by the airline, some as early as this May.
For its part, Frontier said the cuts were due to “current industry supply and demand imbalances”. The airline said it may resume some of these routes next year “depending on the relevant seasonal performance”.
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways just made a network announcement in July, and it wasn’t pretty.
JetBlue will add a handful of new routes throughout New England, with a heavy emphasis on flying between the Northeast and Florida. The airline will also add service to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) in New Hampshire.
Southwest Airlines
Southwest was busy making big changes last month, starting with Retiring the open seating policy in favor of assigned seats. The airline will also add a premium extra-legroom product.
On the network side, the airline added four new routes, all previously operated by the carrier.
The additions were offset by 11 route cuts during the winter months.
Southwest told TPG that this is a “seasonal suspension,” meaning the airline plans to fly them again in the future. However, the airline has not published any resumption dates, so we will have to monitor whether the carrier follows through on its word.
United Airlines
United didn’t make many network changes last month, but it did file a unique limited-time daily route from Newark to Port of Spain from December 19, 2024 to January 6, 2025. This route technically represents recovery from earlier. epidemic, and it will be administered for the peak winter holiday period.
Separately, so will the airline Drop service to Fukuoka, one of Japan’s largest cities and one of the more unusual United destinations. The airline used to fly to Fukuoka from its Guam hub, which it inherited as part of the merger with Continental Airlines.
Aeromexico
Last month, Aeromexico filed several new routes:
- Atlanta to Manzanillo will see once-weekly service on Embraer 190 starting in November.
- Newark to Mexico City will see daily service on the Boeing 737 MAX starting in October. Newark will become a new destination for Aeromexico once this flight begins.
- Denver to Monterey is starting Dec. 21 with once-weekly service on the Boeing 737 MAX.
- LA to Manzanillo is starting Dec. 21 with once-weekly service on a Boeing 737-800.
Avianca
Avianca announced last month that it was resuming service between Chicago and Bogota, Colombia, for the first time in five years. Avianca is a member of the Star Alliance, and can tap into United’s domestic network from Chicago to increase the number of one-stop trips it can sell.
Fiji Airways
Fiji Airways is planning a major US expansion with its longest route yet: service from Dallas-Fort Worth to Nadi, Fiji. At 6,625 miles, the Dallas-to-Nady route is 760 miles longer than the airline’s current longest route to Vancouver, British Columbia.
The carrier has not yet made a formal announcement. It has only applied for permission to operate the route from the US Department of Transportation. We will be monitoring this closely in the coming months.
Flair Airlines
Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier Flare Airlines dropped service from Las Vegas to Toronto in a schedule update last month. The route was originally launched in November 2021.
WestJet
Canadian carrier WestJet cut two routes last month, as seen for the first time in a serium schedule. This includes service from Orlando and Tampa to Hamilton, Canada.
The airline also announced new daily service between Seattle and Kelowna beginning January 17, 2025. Kelowna is popular in the winter because of its proximity to some of British Columbia’s top ski resorts.
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