Summary The 18 routes are operated by American Eagle, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit, Starlux, and Sun Country. 14 routes are brand-new for the specific airline. The remaining four links, all domestic, have been served by the carrier before, sometimes years ago.
August is an unusual time to begin new routes. It is too late to capture most peak summer demand, with services reliant on autumn and winter traffic. Nonetheless, the US welcomed 18 additional routes in August 2024.
In comparison, OAG data analysis shows that 30+ started in July, 108+ in June, and 117+ in May. One new long-haul route On August 17, Taiwanese carrier Starlux inaugurated flights to its third North American airport: Seattle. It made history by becoming the fourth – yes, the fourth – non-stop carrier between Taipei and the Washington State airport.
It runs three times weekly on the 306-seat A350-900 and codeshares with Alaska Airlines, an important competitive advantage that will help boost traffic and loads. The service is operated by an Airbus A350-900. Starlux joins Delta (which started non-stop flights in June 2024; it operated via Tokyo Narita until 2017), China Airlines (which resumed Seattle passenger service in July 2024), and long-standing carrier EVA Air.
Which operator will blink first? Want tickets? Get them here! 12 new domestic links (+ resumptions) Unsurprisingly, most are by ultra-low-cost carriers Frontier and Spirit. They include Frontier's first transcon service from New York JFK, an airport that joined its network in June 2024. The ULCCs have also started four intrastate routes within California and Texas, with Frontier becoming the fifth carrier between Los Angeles International and San José.
American Eagle ceased serving the airport pair in April 2024. Unless stated otherwise, all the airlines have head-to-head competition. While some publications mentioned that Spirit began Baltimore-Charlotte on August 14, Flightradar24 suggests that it did not start and that only one roundtrip service is planned (on August 26).
As such, it is not included. Airline Start date Route Frequency Frontier August 13 Atlanta-Boston Daily Frontier August 13 Atlanta-Los Angeles Daily (last served by the carrier in 2021) Frontier August 13 Atlanta-New York JFK Daily Frontier August 13 Boston-Charlotte Daily Frontier August 13 Los Angeles-Sacramento Daily Frontier August 13 Los Angeles-San José (CA) Daily Frontier August 13 Las Vegas-New York JFK Daily Frontier August 13 San Diego-Sacramento Daily Frontier August 14 Dallas/Fort Worth-Boston Four weekly Southwest August 5 Albany-Las Vegas Mainly four weekly (last served by the carrier in 2018; no direct competition) Spirit August 14 Baltimore-Milwaukee Daily (August only) Spirit August 14 Chicago O'Hare-Detroit Double daily (last served by the carrier in 2012) Spirit August 14 Dallas/Fort Worth-Houston Intercontinental Double daily (last served by the carrier in 2013) Spirit August 14 Rochester-Fort Lauderdale Daily (no direct competition; market last served by Frontier in 2022) Sun Country August 8 Minneapolis-Monterey (CA) Twice-weekly (no direct competition; airport pair never served before) Sun Country August 22 Minneapolis-Manchester (NH) Twice-weekly (no direct competition; market last served by Northwest in 2009) One new short-haul international route On August 10, American Eagle inaugurated the first-ever flights between Charlotte and Quebec City, becoming the North Carolina hub's 187th destination that month . Click here to fly! The 817 nautical mile (1,514 km) route operates on Saturdays only, with the last departure on November 2.
Just 13 roundtrip services are planned, all on the two-class, 74-seat CRJ900 operated by PSA Airlines for American Eagle . Québec City is American Eagle's joint-longest CRJ900 route from Charlotte..
