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Texas' state capital will become the airline’s 11th US destination this summer.

The carrier is also resuming a slew of grounded routes next summer.

Nine new routes are being added to the airline’s route map from the Texan airport.

The carrier is already the largest operator at BOI.

The Texas-based carrier will add 10 domestic routes and four international routes from the state's capital.

The airline says leisure bookings are exceeding pre-COVID-19 levels.

Routes looks at the current state of the growing US-Mexico transborder market in the wake of the FAA’s decision to downgrade Mexico’s safety rating to Category 2.

The ULCC is currently the second largest Mexican carrier on transborder US routes by capacity.

Three Airbus A320s will be stationed at the ULCC’s new base from November.

The carrier hopes the point-to-point routes will stimulate business travel this summer as well as attracting leisure traffic.

The airline has grown its network by eight destinations over the last year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new routes will be operated be wholly owned regional carrier Horizon Air.

Two aircraft will be based at the Iowa airport from July.

The launch of new routes this spring will spur the carrier to near pre-COVID capacity this summer, executives say.

The carrier also plans LAX-Austin, Texas service.

The airline will deploy A321neos on new domestic services.

JetBlue plans to build out Los Angeles as its sole West Coast focus city.

Mint service from Newark to LAX and SFO will come first.

US leisure carrier Sun Country is hoping to extend the suspension of service to a chunk of its domestic network for a further three months.

This week: Pegasus Airlines is adding more capacity into Israel; Viva Air Colombia is moving into a market vacated by Avianca; and Delta Air Lines is resuming service between Seattle and Dallas/Ft. Worth after a 14-year hiatus.

The ULCC believes it can stimulate more demand to and from Texas’ capital.

This week: AirAsia X to open Okinawa service; Norwegian to add Austin - Paris non-stop; and WestJet plans seasonal flights between Calgary and Rome.

Low-cost long-haul carrier Norwegian is to boost frequencies to some of its US destinations from London next summer, but will reduce service to Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Miami and Orlando.

US low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is set to add nine routes from Texas’ state capital Austin, a stronghold for Southwest Airlines.

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