Avianca commenced two new routes to Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday 15 July, from Barranquilla and Cali in Colombia respectively. Both the 1,770-kilometre route from Colombia’s north and the 2,525-kilometre service from the country’s south will be maintained daily with the 180-seat A320 aircraft. The Star Alliance member does not face any direct competition on either […]
July 27, 2026 | Latest Route News +
JetBlue Airways rolled out the first of its eight new routes from Fort Lauderdale on Thursday 8 July. 8 July: Cleveland (daily) 9 July: Baltimore (3-daily) 9 July: Charlotte (3-daily) 9 July: Chicago ORD (2-daily) 9 July: Detroit (2-daily) 9 July: Houston (3-daily) 9 July: Nashville (3-daily) 9 July: Ponce (daily) All of the new […]
July 21, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Allegiant Air added flights between Fort Lauderdale and Chattanooga in Tennessee on Thursday 12 February. The 1,105-kilometre service will run 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, with 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The LCC is the sole operator on the route. What they said April Cameron, CEO of Chattanooga Airport, said: “We’re thrilled to see Allegiant continuing […]
February 23, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Bahamasair introduced flights between North Eleuthera and Fort Lauderdale on Sunday 23 November. The 355-kilometre service will operate 2-weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays, with the ATR42 turboprop aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two. Flight UP171 departs North Eleuthera at 11:40 local time, arriving in Fort Lauderdale at 13:00. The return service, operating […]
December 1, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Frontier Airlines launched the first of six new routes from Fort Lauderdale on Thursday 20 November. 20 November: Baltimore (2-weekly) 20 November: Chicago ORD (2-weekly) 20 November: Dallas DFW (2-weekly) 20 November: Detroit (2-weekly) 21 November: Charlotte (2-weekly) 22 November: Houston (weekly) The LCC faces competition on all six of its new routes, which will […]
November 26, 2025 | Latest Route News +
JetBlue introduced flights between Fort Lauderdale and Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, on Thursday 4 January, becoming its first new route of the new year. The 630-kilometre interstate service will be maintained daily with the A320 aircraft. The airline will compete directly against Silver Airways’ daily flights. Fort Lauderdale becomes the first route ever to […]
January 5, 2024 | Latest Route News +
El Al introduced a new limited transatlantic service between its Tel Aviv hub and Fort Lauderdale. The 10,595-kilometre route will be maintained weekly, on Wednesdays, over the Jewish holidays, until 12 October. The service will be restored 2-weekly from 15 April. El Al will deploy its 238-seat 787-8 aircraft. It faces no competition between the […]
September 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Spirit added another airport to its network by commencing operations from Charleston in South Carolina on Wednesday 5 April. The airline is introducing four routes. 5 April: Fort Lauderdale (daily) 5 April: Philadelphia (daily) 6 April: New York EWR (daily) 7 September: Las Vegas (6-weekly) The ULCC faces no competition on its flights to Las Vegas and is one […]
April 10, 2023 | Latest Route News +
JetBlue is the seventh largest airline serving the US this April-June (Q2) by available seats, and fifth biggest internationally. According to Cirium schedules information data, JetBlue has 12.2 million one-way seats this Q2, its highest in any April-June period and 3.1% above its previous record (Q2 2018). As shown below, international capacity is at its […]
March 29, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Spirit is continuing to grow its presence in San Antonio in Texas with the introduction of daily flights to Baltimore/Washington and Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday 8 March. Services on both routes are being maintained with the 182-seat A320. The ULCC faces competition from Southwest which offers a daily alternative from Baltimore/Washington and a weekly service […]
March 9, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Norfolk in Virginia is the latest US airport to welcome Spirit (IATA code NK). On Tuesday 7 March the ULCC launched daily flights from Orlando MCO, followed by a daily service from Fort Lauderdale on 8 March. The first service from Norfolk to Orlando MCO took place on 8 March. Competition on the 1,055-kilometre route to Orlando is […]
Avelo introduced new routes from Raleigh-Durham (IATA code RDU) in North Carolina recently, becoming the ULCC’s latest base. Four new routes, all to Florida, have been added: 16 February: Fort Lauderdale, 4-weekly on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays 16 February: Fort Myers, 3-weekly on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays 17 February: Sarasota/Bradenton, 3-weekly on Mondays, Fridays […]
February 20, 2023 | Latest Route News +