Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay

Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport (MBJ) expects to reopen for limited commercial flights on Oct. 31, but seven gates will remain closed for repairs.

Breeze Airways has received a U.S. flag carrier certificate from the FAA, enabling the carrier to launch service to three near-international destinations in early 2026.

U.S. carrier Avelo Airlines has commenced its first international route after opening a new base at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport.

Avelo Airlines, the U.S. carrier launched in 2021, will operate international routes for the first time in November with service to Jamaica and Mexico from the northeast U.S.

From Oct. 30, Canada Jetlines will launch Toronto-Orlando service, and from Nov. 5, the carrier will commence flights between Toronto and Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Norwegian LCC Norse Atlantic Airways will make its debut in the Caribbean and Asia later this year.

The carrier has also commenced six new routes from Phoenix.

Barry Biffle says the Airbus aircraft, the first of which Frontier is scheduled to receive in 2026, opens up long-haul possibilities.

The Jamaican city will be the 70th destination served from Frontier’s Denver base.

The ULCC will serve six destinations from the Connecticut airport this winter.

The ULCC is expanding its Latin America offerings from the central Florida airport.

The acquisition of Toronto-headquartered Sunwing will increase WestJet’s footprint in leisure markets as demand continues to rebound.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

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

The carrier will be the first since 2007 to operate nonstop service between PHL and Oakland, California.

The carrier, which has ramped up ATL flying, will eventually base 400 crew members at the airport.

The Canadian carrier has resumed international flights and announced plans to launch a new route to Kingston in Jamaica.

After it emerged that British Airways is planning the launch of a subsidiary to run short-haul routes out of London Gatwick from next summer, Routes looks at the carrier’s operations from the UK airport pre-pandemic and the latest schedules filed for 2022.

More winter sun destinations are being offered by Canada’s Sunwing.

The carrier’s first international flights from the Scottish capital in its 37-year history will begin in December.

Orlando International has secured 17 of the 20 new routes being launched by the US carrier.

Twenty-one new routes are being added to the ULCC’s network over the coming months.

The Florida-based ULCC plans to be 45% larger at MCO compared to pre-COVID-19.

The six transborder services to three new US points follow the Canadian airline’s Request for Proposals on Route Exchange.

The airline’s latest network expansion is on top of eight routes announced one day earlier.