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What you need to know December2024 This report presents a roundup of what’s been happening toNorth America’sairlines over the last month. Majorairlines Air Canada Three new Vancouver routes for summer 2025 The summer 2025 schedule willsee Air Canada introduce three new routes from Vancouver. FromJune 3,it will start year-roundtwice-weeklyservice to Tampa.Athrice-weeklyseasonal service to Raleigh will runfromJune 4 to September 29, whilefourweekly flights to Nashville will operate betweenMay 1 andOctober 30. Among existing routes, Austin frequency will increase tofiveper week, Denver will be upgraded totwice-dailyservice, and Miami will get an extraweeklyservice. New Manila link StartingApril 2, 2025, Air Canadawill launch directfour-timesweekly service from Vancouver to Manila.This will be the airline’s first route to the Philippines. Delta Air Lines JFK-Rio flightsresuming On December 20, Delta Air Lines resumed seasonal flights from New York JFK to Rio de Janeiro.Thedailyservices will operate until lateMarch 2025. It will compete with a daily seasonal service operated byAmerican Airlines. Low-cost carriers Avelo Airlines Two new North Carolina hubscoming in 2025 Avelo Airlines has announced plans for the 2025 opening of two new North Carolina bases at Charlotte’sConcord-Padgett Regional airport and at Wilmington International airport.In the first week ofApril, fromWilmington it will starttwice-weeklyservices toBoston, Nashville and Rochester. It will also launchtwice-weeklyflights from Concord-Padgett toDaytona Beach and Nashville. Elsewhere, Avelo will starttwice-weeklyflights from Raleigh-Durham toMontego Bay and Punta Cana onFebruary 12 and 22, respectively. Fivenewroutes from Connecticut Avelo is to launch five new routes from Connecticut in early 2025.From Tweed-New Haven airport, it willstarttwice-weeklyflights to Jacksonville onFebruary 14and toDallas/Ft Worth onMarch 7. It will also addtwice-weeklyseasonal servicesto Detroit and Portland, Maine onApril 4andMay 22, respectively. Elsewhere in the state, Avelo will starttwice-weeklyseasonal service from Bradley Internationalairport toPunta Cana in the Dominican RepubliconFebruary 21. Breeze Airways Corporate clients may drive some new routes Having expanded its distribution to some key corporate channels, Breeze Airways is now willing totalk tocorporate clients about the future development of its network.If it makes operational and financial sense,Breeze could open routeswhere companies currently rely on private jets for their travel needs. Frontier Airlines First-class eating and extra loyalty benefits coming in 2025 In 2025, ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlineswill introduce first-class seating and new loyalty benefits. Itwill offera first class comprising the first two rows of seating from late in the year. Elite Gold loyalty program members (and above) willreceive free upgrades early in 2025. Platinum andDiamond Elite members will be able to fly with a companion at no extra cost from mid-2025. JetBlue Airways Transatlantic network expanding in 2025 JetBlue Airways will expand its transatlantic network in 2025. StartingMay 22, it will introducedailyseasonal services from Boston to Edinburgh and Madrid.This means the summer season will see JetBlueoperate seven daily non-stop flights from Boston to Europe. First-class seating coming in 2026 As part of its strategy to return to profitability, JetBlue plans to install first-class seatingon domestic flightsin 2026. It’s responding to strong customer demand forpremium options. First-class will be offered in atwo-by-two configurationat the front of domestic aircraft not already offering the airline’s Mint product. Spirit Airlines Third quarter lossesalmost double Bankrupt low-cost carrier Spirit Airlinessaw its third quarter losses deepen from $189 million last year to$296 million.Its revenue for the period was down slightly from $1.26 billion to $1.20 billion.Spirit’s net lossalmost doubled from $158 million to $308 million. Other airlines Alaska Air Group Long-haul network planned from Seattle Using Hawaiian Airlines’ widebody aircraft, Alaska Air Groupwill launch new long-haul services fromSeattle to Seoul Incheon and Tokyo Narita in 2025.Dailyflights to Tokyo will start inMay, with Seoulservices following inOctober.By 2030, Alaska Air Group plans to expand its long-haulinternationalnetwork to at least 12 destinations. Porter Airlines Two newFloridaroutes fromHalifax andOttawa Canada’s Porter Airlines has launched two new seasonal services from Ottawa to Florida.It’s now offeringthrice-weeklyservice to Fort Myers andfourweekly flights to Tampa.The airline has also launchedthrice-weeklyflights from Halifax to Tampa anddailyservices to Orlando. Two new domestic servicesfrom Toronto Pearson Porter Airlineshas launcheda new domestic service from TorontoPearson airport. Using 132-seat Embraer195-E2, it now offersthrice-weeklyservices to Thunder Bay, providing