Summary
- Ten routes are domestic and operated by seven airlines.
- Six routes are international and operated by four airlines.
- Only one long-haul route is set to begin: London Gatwick-Las Vegas by Norse Atlantic.
Airlines plan to add 16 US routes in September. As always, some are new, and others are resumptions. The list is very different from those that started in August. I am sure as many as possible will make it into my weekly routes newsletter.
One-off flights and charter flights are excluded.
Ten domestic additions
The table below summarizes them in start date order. On September 3,
Delta Air Lines
regional unit, Delta Connection, will begin flying from New York LaGuardia to Tulsa, the carrier’s second Oklahoma route from the Big Apple. It will compete directly with American Eagle’s daily E175 service.
Photo: Minh K Tran | Shutterstock
Until 2022, LaGuardia-Tulsa had never been served. Now it will have a record two airlines. Greater NYC had no Tulsa flights for years. Between January 2015 (when United Express ended its longest-served Newark-Tulsa route) and November 2022 (when American Eagle started flying from LaGuardia), everyone had to fly via a hub.
|
Start date |
Airline |
Route |
Served by the airline before? |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 3 |
American Eagle |
Chicago O’Hare-Evansville |
Yes (for years until 2022) |
Double daily CRJ200 (do you like those 50-seat, all-econ RJs?); it’s way too long to be among the airline’s shortest routes |
|
September 3 |
Delta Connection |
New York LaGuardia-Tulsa |
No |
Daily CRJ900 |
|
September 4 |
American |
Los Angeles-Los Angeles |
Yes (regularly until 2018, then in September from 2019) |
Six roundtrip 102-seat A321T flights for the Toronto Film Festival |
|
September 4 |
Cape Air |
Hyannis-New York JFK |
No |
Daily Cessna 402 until June; codeshares with JetBlue, which runs summer seasonally |
|
September 4 |
Spirit |
Burbank-Sacramento |
No |
Double daily A320neo (daily from October 9) |
|
September 4 |
Spirit |
Burbank-San Jose |
No |
Mainly double daily A320neo (daily from October 8) |
|
September 5 |
JetBlue |
Boston-Presque Isle |
No (Presque Isle is new to JetBlue’s network) |
Daily E190; Essential Air Service funded |
|
September 5 |
Spirit |
Nashville-New Orleans |
Yes (2019-2020) |
Four weekly A320neo |
|
September 5 |
Sun Country |
Las Vegas-Williston |
Yes (last served December 2023; returns annually) |
Twice-weekly 737-800 |
|
September 26 |
United Express |
Los Angeles-St George |
Yes (until 2009, then 2011-2013, then 2017-2020) |
Daily CRJ200 |
Six international routes
They are shown below. Recall that one-offs are excluded. Despite this, it is worth noting that
American Airlines
plans Philadelphia-São Paulo on September 5 for the NFL, with the return flight on September 7. The Boeing 787-8 will be used.
Photo: Soos Joszef | Shutterstock
Only one new long-haul route, Norse Atlantic from London Gatwick to Las Vegas, made the cut. That’s no surprise: September is quite an unusual time to begin them. Many more will take off on/around October 27, when northern airlines switch to winter schedules. Still, my favorite international additions are Aerus’ links to Texas aboard nine-seat Cessna Caravans.
|
Start date |
Airline |
Routing |
Served by the airline before? |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
September 3 |
Atlantic Airways |
Faroe Islands-Stewart |
Yes (August/September 2023) |
Weekly A320neo flights; ends later in September |
|
September 12 |
Aerus |
Monterrey-Brownsville |
No (airport pair last served by Aeromexico Connect in 2013) |
Initially daily, later 10 weekly, Cessna Caravan |
|
September 12 |
Aerus |
Monterrey-Corpus Christi |
No (aside from just three Aeromar ATR flights in 2006, the airport pair is brand-new) |
Four weekly, later five weekly, Cessna Caravan |
|
September 12 |
Aerus |
Monterrey-Laredo |
No (airport pair last served by Aeromexico Connect in 2013) |
Five weekly Cessna Caravan |
|
September 12 |
Norse Atlantic |
London Gatwick-Las Vegas |
No (Sin City is new to its network) |
Three times weekly 787-9 |
|
September 16 |
WestJet |
Winnipeg-Nashville |
No (the airport pair is brand-new) |
Twice-weekly 737 MAX 8 |