Exciting new airline routes from June 2024 and beyond

13.07.2024 - 14:45 / thepointsguy.com

It was another busy month for airline network planners.

Though no single airline made a big, splashy expansion, there was a whole host of interesting changes filed last month — many of which haven't been reported.

Perhaps the biggest news in June was Allegiant Air's 18 route cuts that the carrier is blaming on delivery delays from Boeing. Allegiant's ultra-low-cost business model means that the airline often cuts and resumes routes with short notice, but it remains to be seen how many, if any, of the affected routes will be reinstated.

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You'll catch all the details from changes loaded last month below.

Alaska Airlines had a busy June with two route cuts and one new flight.

The airline removed flights from Tampa to Los Angeles and from Tucson to Paine Field in Everett, Washington. The latter route was supposed to resume Nov. 22.

The airline added a new route from its Portland, Oregon, hub. From there, Alaska will fly to New Orleans. This new winter-seasonal service will launch Jan. 6, 2025, and run through May 14, 2025.

Ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant Air filed perhaps the biggest network changes of any U.S. airline last month. Allegiant dropped 18 routes from its network and said it would withdraw from its Austin base due to the airport's terminal closure.

Allegiant blamed the far-reaching cuts on delivery delays from Boeing. The cuts primarily touch four of the airline's operating bases. The biggest cuts are at Nashville International Airport (BNA), where Allegiant will exit a whopping six routes.

The carrier expected to receive six Boeing 737 MAX aircraft before July, but it now expects them later this year (at the earliest), leading to this capacity reduction.

You'll find a map of all the slashed routes below.

American didn't make too many changes to its network last month, but it did add a few noteworthy new routes, including four from New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA). American operates a hub at LGA, and as part of the wind-down of the Northeast Alliance with JetBlue, the carrier will receive slots, or takeoff and landing permissions, for LGA flights that JetBlue had originally borrowed.

These slots come into effect in the winter season, and so American will resume service on routes to four "sun-and-fun" destinations: Orlando, Sarasota and West Palm Beach in Florida, and New Orleans.

The airline also added new flights from Charlotte to Governor's Harbour in the Bahamas.

It wasn't all good news for American, though, as the airline filed plans to scrap two routes: Boston to Memphis and Austin to Indianapolis.

Breeze is growing in Florida, where it will add three new routes to operating bases, or hubs.

The new routes