AILEVON PACIFIC Aviation Consulting-Weekly Airline Schedule Update – June 10th 2024
Themes of the Week
- Americans love football and so do the airlines; Alaska, Allegiant and Southwest added more special flights this week.
- Discover discovers a new MCO route.
- JetBlue is adding two new Caribbean routes to JFK.
- United will suspend several China and India routes this winter.
- United has refiled Faro, Portugal in May 2025.
- Volaris added LAS to Tijuana (TIJ).
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Capacity Update
For a detailed view of capacity changes by airline and route click here.
Aeroméxico
- Removed ATL to Merida, Mexico (MID) from July onward. Service started in March.
Alaska
- Added PDX to DTW for the Oregon and Michigan college football game on November 2.
- Upgauged PDX to ABQ flights to mainline during the Balloon Fiesta.
- Suspended flights from December 3 through 17 and January 6 through February: FLL to PDX and SFO; and SFO to TPA.
- Removed LAX to TPA from future schedules.
- Suspended winter service from JAC to SFO.
Allegiant
- Announced and filed special flights for NFL games this fall.
- Removed BWI to SRQ and EUG to LAX from future schedules.
- Suspended several flights from Mid-August through January.
- Reduced September and October capacity 5% week over week.
American
- Reduced September capacity 4% week over week.
- Filed seasonal suspensions in five routes.
Canada Jetlines
- Suspended MIA to YYZ from November onward.
Discover
- Announced and filed new service from Munich, Germany (MUC) to MCO starting in March.
JetBlue
- Announced and filed two new twice weekly routes starting this fall: JFK to Bonaire (BON) and St Vincent (SVD).
- Suspended JFK to RNO from August 12 through September.
Southwest
- Filed previously announced NFL football game flights from BUF to HOU, IND, LAX and MCI this fall.
- Seasonally suspended several routes this fall.
- Reduced August and September capacity 2% week over week.
Spirit
- Extended the schedule through January 8.
- Increased August through October capacity 1% week over week.
- Resumed BNA to MSY in September. Market last served in April 2020.
- Filed new summer seasonal service from mid-August through September 3 in BWI to CHS and MKE; and DTW to ORD.
United
- Suspended many China and India routes from October through March 28.
- Refiled EWR to Faro, Portugal (FAO) to start on May 23.
Volaris
- Announced and filed new service from Tijuana, Mexico (TIJ) to LAS starting October 29.
- Removed Huatulco, Mexico (HUX) to ORD from future schedules.
Vuela El Salvador
- Filed new service between San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL) and MIA starting October 28.
WestJet
- Seasonally suspended MCO to YHM from July through October 26.
Note 1: Schedule information presented in the Weekly Airline Schedule Summary comes from what is loaded in Cirium schedules via Diio Mi and may not reflect what airlines are actually selling.
Note 2: The Weekly Airline Schedule Summary and linked Capacity Summary are not intended to be an all-inclusive source for every schedule change made every week.





