Exciting new airline routes from October 2023 and beyond

01.11.2023 - 15:11 / thepointsguy.com / David Neeleman

Even though the leaves are just starting to turn, airline network planners are already getting excited for next summer.

That's when hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the skies once again for one of their big annual trips. And as more travelers look to trade the crowds in major cities like London and Paris for more off-the-beaten-path destinations like Faro, Portugal, the U.S. carriers are taking note.

Instead of simply boosting frequencies on existing routes to major hubs across the Atlantic, some carriers, like United Airlines, are launching nonstops to these far-flung destinations.

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The same story is true at home. For instance, American Airlines announced a bevy of routes from its New York hub to nearby — but often hard-to-reach — summer escapes, such as Hyannis and Martha's Vineyard in Massachusets.

Either way, October was a busy month for the airline network planners. Here's a recap of all the changes that you might've missed.

Last month's recap: Exciting new airline routes from September 2023 and beyond

American is betting that a trip to New England might be in the cards for you this upcoming summer.

The Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier announced a slew of new regional routes earlier this month to popular summer destinations in the Northeast, such as Hyannis and Martha's Vineyard.

In total, the airline added eight new routes and made Hyannis its newest route map pin. Additionally, American will fly a new transborder service from Charlotte to Vancouver, British Columbia, next summer, and it'll resume flying to Bermuda from Washington, D.C.

American didn't cut any routes this month, but it did add a bunch of new temporary flights for the Super Bowl in Las Vegas and the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

In fact, American will fly its swankiest jet — the three-cabin Airbus A321T — to Las Vegas for the fanciest way to fly commercially to the big game.

Alaska Airlines has a new longest route: New York to Anchorage, Alaska. At 3,386 miles, this new service, launching next summer aboard a brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8, will become the airline's longest.

That said, it might not be the most comfortable ride: Imagine spending eight hours straight cramped in the back of a single-aisle domestic jet. Even the first-class recliners don't lie flat.

In addition to the new flights to New York, Alaska will launch once-weekly flights on Saturdays between San Diego and Anchorage.

Breeze, the latest brainchild of serial airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, is back in expansion mode. This fast-growing upstart launched flights in May 2021, and just this month, Breeze announced one new destination and four new