Boston Aviation

Delta has announced a new domestic route from Boston to Memphis. Beginning October 4, 2020, the airline will provide daily non-stop service between the airports on an Embraer 175 with 76 seats. Boston was Memphis's top unserved destination. This route was operated by Delta until January 2014, when Delta closed its hub in Memphis. Good luck to Delta on its new route! Source:  www.localmemphis.com

Frontier has announced a new route from Boston Logan Airport to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of May 1, 2020, the airline plans to begin daily service between the two cities on an Airbus A319. This will become the airline's fifth destination from Boston Logan Airport. Frontier will become the fourth airline to serve the route, in addition to American, Delta, and JetBlue. This means that on some days, the route will see up to 25 flights each way. Source:  www.routesonline.com

JetBlue has announced some changes to its route network from Boston. Beginning June 13, 2020, the airline will operate seasonal flights to Bozeman, Montana from Boston, twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, on an Airbus A320-200. This airport is a great starting point for travelers, interested in visiting Yellowstone National Park. Additionally, this is a new state for Boston, as the airport has not had service to the state previously. Unfortunately, however, with the changes, came the announcement that the airline is terminating two destinations from Boston. As of April 29, 2020, the airline will terminate its service to Oakland, California. In addition, the airline has announced the plan to eliminate the once-weekly flight between Boston and Havana, Cuba. Unfortunately, the airline has been unable to make that route work. The loads on the flight were consistently terrible, and although the airline decided to cut its losses. Unfortunately, this means that Boston will no longer hav...

Allegiant Air has announced its plans to start service to Boston with four new destinations for Boston. Allegiant is a low-cost carrier, that mostly offered service from fairly small cities to leisure destinations, however, as of recently, the airline has been expanding into larger and larger airports. The airline plans to start seasonal service to Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 7, 2020; Knoxville, Tennessee on May 8, 2020; Asheville, North Carolina on May 8, 2020; and Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Florida on May 14, 2020. These are all new destinations for Boston, that are not served by another airline currently. I did not expect to see Allegiant launch service to Boston, however, I wish them good luck in the highly competitive environment of Boston. Source:  www.usatoday.com

Air Canada and WestJet have announced flights to Boston from Calgary. Air Canada announced that they intend to operate the seasonal route from Calgary on an Airbus A319-100 beginning June 22, 2020, to September 6, 2020. The route will depart Calgary at 16:15 and will arrive in Boston at 22:46, while the return flight will depart Boston at 06:30 and will arrive in Calgary at 09:32. This announcement was followed up days later by WestJet's announcement of the seasonal route from Calgary to be operated daily on a Boeing 737-700, beginning May 14, 2020, and terminating October 12, 2020. The flight is scheduled to depart Calgary at 09:45 and arrive in Boston at 16:15, while the return flight will depart Boston at 17:00 and will arrive in Calgary at 20:15. I have long thought that a Boston to Calgary route was necessary for Boston, however, we are going from no flights to two daily flights. In the long run, I do not think that this sustainable, and I expect that one airline will end up b...

American's growth spurt in Boston is continuing with the announcement of service to Austin. The airline will add 11 weekly flights to Austin from Boston on a Boeing 737-800 as of April 7th, 2020. The airline will join JetBlue, Delta, and Southwest in operating the route. Good luck to the airline on its new route! Source:  www.routesonline.com

Frontier Airlines has announced its fifth destination from Boston. The airline will start service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, as of April 23, 2020. Flights will be operated daily by an Airbus A321. The flight will depart Boston at 12:23 and will arrive in San Juan at 16:25, while the return flight will depart San Juan at 01:54 and will arrive in Boston at 06:06. Frontier will join Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Airways in the operation of this flight. Prices for flights to San Juan should have decreased noticeably from Boston in the last year, as we have gone from only direct flights by JetBlue, to the entrance of two low-cost carriers in that time frame. Good luck to Frontier with its new route! Source:  www.routesonline.com

TAP Air Portugal has announced a new route from Boston Logan Airport. The airline intends to offer service to Ponta Delgada, Azores Islands, Portugal from Boston. Beginning June 4th, 2020, the route will be operated five times weekly on an Airbus A321neoLR during the summer season and three times weekly throughout the winter season. The flight will depart Ponta Delgada at 16:15 and arrive in Boston at 17:20, while the return flight will depart Boston at 22:30 and will arrive in Ponta Delgada at 07:20 the next day. Currently, this route is served by Azores Airlines, I am interested to see whether both airlines will be able to operate this route profitably, or will we see an airline back down. Source:  www.routesonline.com

In a number of new route announcements by Minnesota based Sun Country Airlines, the airline has announced a new service to Boston Logan Airport. Beginning May 7, 2020, the airline will fly between Madison, Wisconsin, and Boston, Massachusetts twice a week on Sundays and Thursdays. The airline will utilize a Boeing 737 on the route. This is a new destination for Boston and will become Sun Country Airlines' second destination from Boston, in addition to Minneapolis. Although I am glad to see a new destination served from Boston, I do wonder if Sun Country will be the best airline for the route. Due to the fact that Sun Country does not possess regional aircraft, they are using a large Boeing 737 on the route, therefore they are only flying the route twice weekly. Alternatively, if the route was operated by a regional aircraft of Delta Air Lines or JetBlue Airways they could likely fly the route at a higher frequency. Good luck to Sun Country Airlines on its new Boston route! Source:...

Austrian Airlines has announced its plan to begin service to Boston in the summer of 2020. Beginning March 29, 2020, Austrian will fly four weekly flights on its Boeing 767-300ER to Boston from Vienna. The frequency of the flight will increase to six weekly as of April 22, 2020, on all days except Mondays. The flight will depart Boston Logan Airport at 18:15 and arrive in Vienna at 08:25 the next day. The return flight will depart Vienna at 13:25 and arrive in Boston at 16:30. Boston's transatlantic growth just is not stopping! Good luck to Austrian on their new route! Source:  www.routesonline.com

American is continuing its announcements of Boston flights. American Airlines has announced its plan to begin flights to Key West, Florida. Beginning February 15, 2020, American Airlines will fly the route once weekly on Saturdays on an Embraer E175. This is a new destination for Boston. Good luck to American on its new service! Source:  www.boston.com

LEVEL, the airline, has announced a new route from Boston Logan Airport. The airline plans to introduce a 3 weekly service to Paris-Orly Airport. The flights will begin March 31, 2020, and will be flown on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays on an Airbus A330-200. The flights will depart Boston at 23:00 and will arrive in Paris at 12:05 the next day. The return flight will depart Paris at 19:15 and will arrive in Boston at 21:00. For those unfamiliar with LEVEL, LEVEL is a low-cost long-haul airline owned by the IAG, parent company of British Airlines, Iberia, Aer Lingus and more,  currently, the airline flies from Boston to Barcelona, therefore, it will be their second route from Boston. Additionally, this means that Boston will have service to both airports in Paris. Good luck to LEVEL on its new route! Source:  www.routesonline.com

Just as it started to seem as if American Airlines was giving up on its routes out of Boston, while allowing Delta to grow, American Airlines has announced its own transatlantic route from Boston, just over 2 years since the airline canceled its  last transatlantic flight from Boston.  Beginning March 28, 2020, American Airlines will begin to fly daily from Boston to London-Heathrow on a Boeing 777-200ER. The flight will depart Boston at 19:30 and arrive in London-Heathrow at 07:30. The return flight will depart London at 09:35 and arrive in Boston at 12:35. The addition of this flight means that Boston will have 10 flights per day to London as of next summer, and this is all before JetBlue adds its planned route to Boston! British Airways will have 4 flights per day to London-Heathrow, American Airlines will have 1 flight per day to London Heathrow, Virgin Atlantic will have 2 flights per day to London-Heathrow, Delta will have 1 flight to London-Heathrow as well as 1 f...

Delta Air Lines is continuing its growth out of its Boston Logan Airport hub. Delta announced a seasonal route on an Airbus A330-300 to Rome-Fiumicino beginning May 21, 2020. The route will be flown daily, in addition to flights by Alitalia and Norwegian. Additionally, the airline has announced its plan for another daily flight to Paris-Charles de Gaulle on a Boeing 767-300ER during the summer season. Congratulations to Delta on continuing their growth at Boston! Source:  www.routesonline.com

American Airlines has announced 2 new seasonal services from Boston Logan Airport. The airline intends on launching a once-weekly service on Saturdays from Boston to Grand Cayman and Nassau, Bahamas. Both of these routes will launch January 11, 2020, and will be operated on Boeing 737-800. Interestingly, both of these routes were previously operated by US Airways until 2010, which was later acquired by American Airlines. Good luck to American Airways on their new routes! Source:  www.routesonline.com               www.routesonline.com

A small addition, however, notable. Cape Air has announced its intentions to launch service from Boston to Portland, Maine. The airline plans to offer 4 daily flights on its 9-seat Cessna 402 aircraft. Due to Cape Air's codeshare with JetBlue Airways, this will allow for additional connection opportunities through Boston Logan to the world. Source:  www.routesonline.com

Delta Air Lines has announced multiple new routes from Boston recently. The airline intends on offering service to London-Gatwick Airport on a daily basis on its Boeing 757-200 beginning May 21, 2020. The flight will depart Boston Logan at 21:00 and will arrive in London at 08:45 the next day. The return flight will depart London at 10:30 and arrive in Boston at 13:20. In addition, Delta will offer seasonal service to Manchester, United Kingdom, on its Boeing 757-200 beginning May 21, 2020. The flight will depart Boston at 22:00 and arrive in Manchester at 09:30. The return flight will depart Manchester at 11:30 and arrive in Boston at 14:00. However, this route will replace the existing two times weekly flight of Virgin Atlantic from Manchester on the Airbus A330-200. For Delta this will represent its 8th trans-Atlantic destination from Boston, not counting joint ventures and codeshares. Congratulations to Delta on its continued growth at Boston! Source:  news.delta.com

Frontier Airlines has announced a new route from Boston Logan Airport to Miami International Airport. Beginning November 15, 2019, the airline will fly an Airbus A320, 4 times weekly between the two airports. As of December 6, 2019, the airline will reduce the route to 3 times weekly. This will be Frontier's fourth route from Boston Logan Airport, with the other routes being to Orlando, Raleigh Durham, and Denver. In addition, Frontier will be the third airline to serve the Boston to Miami sector in addition to American Airlines and Delta Airline's recent announcement of service between the two cities. Source:  www.routesonline.com

Today, March 31, 2019, was certainly an eventful day at Boston Logan. As the winter airline schedule flipped to the summer schedule, Boston saw a plethora of new routes. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched their 3x weekly flight from Amsterdam. This flight is in addition to Delta's return to its summer schedule which includes 2x daily flights from Amsterdam as opposed to the single daily flight from Amsterdam during the winter. Additionally, Delta Air Lines has resumed its daily service to Dublin from Boston, the route will fly on a Boeing 757-200 until May 23, 2019, when the flight will switch to a Boeing 767-300ER. Also, SAS has resumed its seasonal service to Boston. Norwegian Airlines launched flights to Boston to Rome-Fiumicino Airport. This service is in addition to its service from London, Paris, and their upcoming flights to Madrid. Finally, Virgin Atlantic has added its second daily service to Boston from London-Heathrow Airport. The flight has a late arrival from Boston an...

It is official! Royal Air Maroc will add service to Boston. Beginning June 22, 2019, Royal Air Maroc, Morocco's flag carrier airline, will fly three times weekly on a Boeing 787-8. The flights will depart Casablanca at 17:05 local time and will arrive in Boston at 19:30 local time. The return flight will depart Boston at 21:15, local time, and will arrive in Casablanca at 08:50, local time, the next day. The flight will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays until October 1, 2019, when they will begin flying the route Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. This is Boston's second non-stop flight to Africa, however, the TACV flight to Praia, Cape Verde is only once weekly and offers very limited connection opportunities. Due to Royal Air Maroc's extensive destinations map in Africa, this will be one of the best ways to find connections to other parts of the continent. Congratulations and good luck to Royal Air Maroc on their new route to Boston! Source:  www.routesonline...