New Flight Horizons: Exciting Routes Taking Off in 2024

As the new year unfolds, air travelers can anticipate a wave of fresh flight options, both domestically and internationally, as major carriers respond to the rising demand for travel. Here’s a glimpse of some noteworthy routes set to launch in 2024.

Alaska Airlines

Portland, Oregon to Nashville, Tennessee (daily, year-round, starting March 14)Anchorage, Alaska toNew York City‘s JFkAirport (starting June 13, becoming the carrier’s longest flight at 3,386 miles)

American Airlines

Expansion at Dallas/Fort Worth hub with over 850 daily departures, including new destinations like Albany, New York; Redmond, Oregon; Barcelona, Spain; and Tulum, Mexico.

Other new destinations include Copenhagen, Denmark; Naples, Italy; Nice, France; Tijuana, Mexico; Ocho Rios, Jamaica; Governor’s Harbour, Bahamas; Pasco, Washington; and Hyannis, Massachusetts.

Delta Air LinesExpansion from Austin, Texas, connecting with Nashville, Tennessee; Midland-Odessa, Texas; McAllen, Texas; Cincinnati; and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (flights starting April 22).

New service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Seattle (starting July 8).

Frontier Airlines

Expanded operations in 10 key markets, including Tampa to Hartford, Connecticut; Cleveland to Montego Bay, Jamaica; Dallas to Jacksonville, Florida; and Pittsburgh to Atlanta (flights starting as early as March 7).

Hawaiian Airlines

New daily nonstop service between Salt Lake City and Honolulu (starting May 15).

JetBlue

Daily nonstop service between New York’s JFK Airport and Tulum’s Felipe Carrillo Puerto Tulum International Airport (starting June 13).

Seasonal service from JFK and Boston Logan International Airport to Dublin Airport and Edinburgh Airport (March 13 – September 30, 2024).

Southwest Airlines

Daily service between Orlando and various destinations, including Cancun, Grand Cayman, Nassau, Providenciales, Punta Cana, and San José (starting June 4).

Daily service between Burbank and Kansas City, New Orleans, San Antonio, and St. Louis (starting June 4).

Daily nonstop service between Colorado Springs and Baltimore/Washington (starting June 4).

Spirit Airlines

Nonstop service to Tulum, Mexico from Fort Lauderdale and Orlando (starting March 28).

United Airlines

22 weekly flights to Tulum, Mexico from Newark/New York, Houston, and Chicago (starting March 31).

Application to become the first U.S. carrier for nonstop service between Houston and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.