Exciting new airline routes from February 2024 and beyond

01.03.2024 - 16:05 / thepointsguy.com / Airlines

Airline network planners may have taken an extended holiday break in January, but they were back in full force this month.

Nearly every major U.S. airline announced a slew of route map adjustments in February, including some new long-haul domestic routes (like Delta Air Lines' Boston-to-Honolulu flight) and some exciting international flights (like American Airlines' New York-to-Tokyo service).

It wasn't all good news in February, though, as some airlines filed service cuts to smaller cities like Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

You'll catch all the exciting network updates that you might've missed this month just below.

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Alaska didn't make too many moves this month, but the two that it did make were big ones.

The first — canceling service between San Francisco and Dallas — aligns with the carrier's push into leisure markets following the peak of the pandemic. Alaska has repeatedly said it's not seeing nearly as much business traffic as it did before the pandemic.

The second might spark (another) turf war with Delta. Alaska will add service from Portland to Delta's megahub in Atlanta.

The two carriers have had a rocky relationship over the past many years, and it'll be interesting to see if (and how) Delta responds.

Allegiant continues its push into underserved leisure markets with 10 new routes across 14 cities.

The big winners are the airline's bases in Los Angeles and Knoxville, Tennessee, which each received three new routes this month.

Two Florida destinations — Jacksonville and St. Petersburg — also received a slew of new routes.

Avelo just posted its first profit since beginning operations in 2021, and what better way for the airline to celebrate than by announcing three tranches of network expansions?

Avelo is growing on the East Coast with four new routes from its New Haven, Connecticut, base, as well as opening an outstation in Albany, New York.

On the West Coast, the carrier is doubling its flight schedule from California's Sonoma County.

American's long-haul network got some TLC from the carrier's network planning department this month.

The airline began the month by announcing its hotly anticipated winter schedule, which includes new long-haul service from Dallas-Fort Worth to Brisbane, Australia. This route will be operated by American's new flagship Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which will feature all-new onboard products for the carrier.

And just a few days ago, the carrier formally unveiled the schedule for its new flights from New York to Tokyo. They'll take off on June 28 onboard a Boeing 777-200ER.

The airline also announced its return to Bridgetown, Barbados, this winter with two routes: one from New York and