ZACH GRIFF\/THE POINTS GUY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMarch wasn’t a great month for Delta’s network. The airline shaved a handful of flights from its Los Angeles schedule, including service to London; Bozeman, Montana; and Vail, Colorado. Delta also ended its point-to-point experiment in New York’s Westchester County, where it flew to Orlando and West Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n
Delta did add one new flight, though \u2014 a regional connection between Detroit and Fort Wayne, Indiana.<\/p>\n
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Frontier Airlines<\/h2>\n
Frontier made headlines again for a big expansion in the New York area. The Denver-based carrier is returning to Newark in June, and it’ll also open a new outstation at JFK.<\/p>\n
Frontier is launching flights from these airports to San Juan, Puerto Rico. It wasn’t immediately clear how Frontier was able to get slots at the congested JFK airport.<\/p>\n
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JetBlue Airways<\/h2>\n
Without the Spirit merger, JetBlue began plotting its path to profitability with a major route announcement. The update sees JetBlue pulling out of four cities and cutting a large chunk of short-haul routes from Los Angeles, effectively ending the carrier’s quest to turn LAX into a West Coast focus city, or hub, of sorts.<\/p>\n
This likely isn’t the only network announcement coming from JetBlue, as industry insiders expect the carrier to make further tweaks to its route map in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
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Silver Airways<\/h2>\n
Silver Airways is scrapping a route before it even begins.<\/p>\n
The carrier filed plans to cut service between Key West and Fort Myers in Florida before service was even supposed to commence in April, Cirium schedules show. This route was just announced in February.<\/p>\n
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Spirit Airlines<\/h2>\n
Spirit Airlines is also trying to turn itself around, especially now that the JetBlue merger is officially dead. The airline has been busy tweaking its network, and March saw some more noteworthy changes.<\/p>\n
This includes adding nine new routes \u2014 Boston; Portland, Oregon; and Salt Lake City are the big winners. Furthermore, the airline cut 13 routes just a few days after a big expansion.<\/p>\n
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Southwest Airlines<\/h2>\n
Southwest extended its schedule through the peak winter holiday season, and as part of that, made some network adjustments.<\/p>\n
This includes cutting service between Los Angeles and Hawaii (which is expected to resume in the coming years, according to a carrier spokesperson), as well as adding three new seasonal flights.<\/p>\n
Southwest is also working on technology to help it offer red-eye flights for the first time in its history.<\/p>\n
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United Airlines<\/h2>\n
United’s network planners are among the busiest teams at the airline. The carrier debuted three splashy new routes, including its first-ever service to Marrakech, Morocco; Medellin, Colombia; and Cebu, Philippines.<\/p>\n
That last route will be operated by a Boeing 737 from Tokyo, and it’ll be timed perfectly with connections from the U.S. mainland.<\/p>\n
Closer to home, United also filed plans to connect its Washington, D.C., hub at Dulles International Airport (IAD) with Mobile, Alabama \u2014 a big win for locals based in Mobile.<\/p>\n
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Gol Airlines<\/h2>\n
Gol Airlines, which is based in Brazil, will connect Orlando with Fortaleza beginning in June with once-weekly flights.<\/p>\n
This 3,604-mile service will be operated by a Boeing 737 MAX, and at nearly 8 1\/2 hours, this represents one of the longest (and most uncomfortable) routes operated by a MAX worldwide.<\/p>\n
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Hainan Airlines<\/h2>\n
If Hainan gets its way, the carrier will launch the first new route from the U.S. to China since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n
The Haikou, China-based airline proposed to the U.S. Department of Transportation that it launch flights between Seattle and Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG).<\/p>\n
We’re still waiting on the final ruling, and we’ll report back when it’s issued.<\/p>\n
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Porter Airlines<\/h2>\n
Porter continues to grow its network with new routes from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Montreal.<\/p>\n
Porter will operate each of these routes with its brand-new Embraer E195-E2 jets, which seat 132 passengers in a 2-2 configuration.<\/p>\n
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