They are operated by a whopping 22 airlines.
Summary
- The additional routes involve 29 European airports and 25 in the US/Canada.
- Dublin has gained the most services, while JFK did in North America.
- Over a quarter of the 65 airport pairs have never been served.
It is always intriguing to examine how things have changed over a year. Examining all flights using Cirium information for July 2024 versus July 2023 indicates 65 US/Canada to Europe routes have been introduced or will be. They include both new routes and resumptions. This analysis follows a recent look at the 23 routes to have been removed versus last year.
The US & Canada Have Lost 23 Transatlantic Routes To Europe This Summer
They involve 13 airlines.
Before we dive in…
The 65 routes are listed below in alphabetical airline order. Again, it is based on operating in July 2024 but not July 2023. Various services have already started, such as Air Canada between Toronto and Brussels, Air France to Raleigh Durham, and Turkish Airlines to Detroit.
The most recent commencements (when writing) are JetBlue’s two Dublin routes, both of which left the US on March 13, 2024. It marked the carrier’s entry into the Irish market.
The 10 Shortest Transatlantic Flights This Summer
Will you have time to sleep on any of these services?
More than three-quarters of the identified routes are new to the airline. There are more brand-new airport pairs (17, indicated in
bold
) than resumptions (15, indicated by an *).
First, there’s…
For space reasons, the frequency, start date, aircraft, period of operation, etc., aren’t mentioned. The exception is if it began last year or operated last year except in July or for another notable reason.
- Aer Lingus: Dublin to Denver and Minneapolis*
- Air Canada: Montreal to Lyon (no flights in summer 2023), Madrid, Stockholm Arlanda; Toronto to Brussels (began Aug 2023), Stockholm
- Air France: Paris CDG to Minneapolis*, Phoenix, Raleigh Durham (replaced Delta)
- American: Chicago O’Hare to Venice*; Dallas/Fort Worth to Barcelona; Philadelphia to Copenhagen, Naples, Nice
- Austrian: Vienna to Boston
- Azores Airlines: Funchal to Boston and Toronto; Porto to Boston, JFK, Toronto*
- Condor: Frankfurt to Calgary*, Miami, San Antonio (first European flight)
- Delta: Atlanta to Zurich*; JFK to Munich, Naples, Shannon*; Minneapolis to Dublin
- Iberojet: Madrid to Orlando
- Icelandair: Keflavik to Halifax* and Pittsburgh
- ITA Airways: Rome Fiumicino to Chicago O’Hare and Toronto (OK, they previously had Alitalia)
- JetBlue: Boston to Amsterdam (began Sept 2023), Dublin, Paris CDG; JFK to Amsterdam (Aug 2023), Dublin, Edinburgh
- Level: Barcelona to Miami
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Then there’s…
- Lufthansa: Frankfurt to Minneapolis and Raleigh Durham; Munich to Seattle (briefly served by Condor in 2017)
- Neos: Palermo to JFK
- Norse Atlantic: Athens to JFK; London Gatwick to Miami (Sept 2023, replaced Fort Lauderdale); Oslo to Miami (Sept 2023, replaced Ft Lauderdale); Paris CDG to Los Angeles
- SAS: Copenhagen to Atlanta
- SWISS: Zurich to Toronto and Washington Dulles
- Turkish Airlines: Istanbul Airport to Detroit (Nov 2023)
- United: Chicago O’Hare to Athens; Newark to Faro and Keflavik*; San Francisco to Barcelona
- Virgin: Manchester to Las Vegas*
- WestJet: Calgary to Keflavik; Halifax to Dublin*, Edinburgh (replaced Glasgow), London Gatwick*; St John’s to London Gatwick*, Toronto to Dublin* and Edinburgh*
Will you be flying any of these routes this summer? Let us know in the comment section.
