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JetBlue to launch new service to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood from Baltimore/Washington and Philadelphia, will also expand to Mexico City

JetBlue Airways (New York) has announced plans for two new routes that will grow its presence in the Baltimore-Washington and Philadelphia metropolitan areas and continue its expansion in its focus cities in Orlando and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood.

Beginning November 12, JetBlue will operate new once daily service between Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and Orlando International Airport (MCO) — the same day JetBlue launches previously announced service between Baltimore/Washington and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. Within the National Capital Region, JetBlue also operates flights out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).

Beginning November 19, JetBlue will operate twice daily service between Philadelphia (PHL) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (FLL). Philadelphia is one of the largest markets JetBlue currently does not serve from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and will play a part in its growth towards 100 daily flights to meet increasing customer demand in South Florida.

JetBlue will serve both routes with its Airbus A320 aircraft.

JetBlue’s Daily Schedule between Baltimore-Washington and Orlando as of November 12, 2015:

BWI – MCO MCO – BWI

11.20 a.m. – 1.56 p.m. 2.42 p.m. – 5.15 p.m.

JetBlue’s Daily Schedule between Philadelphia and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood as of November 19, 2015:

PHL – FLL FLL – PHL

7.30 a.m. – 10.09 a.m. 9.45 a.m. – 12.21 p.m.

1.05 p.m. – 3.50 p.m. 6.30 p.m. – 9.13 p.m.

JetBlue also announced plans to begin flying to Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport, one of the largest markets in the Americas. Mexico City will be JetBlue’s second destination in Mexico and its 35th in the Latin America and Caribbean region, where JetBlue continues to expand its presence as a leading U.S. airline.

Daily service to Mexico City International Airport (MEX) will launch on October 1 from JetBlue’s two focus cities in Florida, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Orlando International Airport (MCO).

Service from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood and Orlando to Mexico City will operate in the evening, with flights back to the U.S. from Mexico City offered in the early morning.

JetBlue will serve both routes with its Airbus A320 aircraft.

JetBlue continues to grow its footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean. The airline recently announced plans to serve Quito, Antigua, and Grenada, and to offer its successful Mint experience from New York to Aruba and Barbados on Saturdays between November 7, 2015 and April 30, 2016, and daily between December 19, 2015 and January 4, 2016.

Copyright Photo below: Brian McDonough/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-232 N746JB (msn 3622) in the special New York Jets motif arrives at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL).

JetBlue Airways aircraft slide show:

The growing route map from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport:

Volaris to introduce the new Airbus A321 on June 1

Volaris (Mexico City) will introduce the new Airbus A321-200 initially on the Mexico City – Cancun route on June 1. This will be followed by the Mexico City – Moneterrey route on August 17 per Airline Route.

Copyright Photo below: Gerd Beilfuss/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A321-231 D-AZAN (msn 6558) became XA-VLH when it was handed over on April 20. A second A321 will follow.

Volaris aircraft slide show:

Southwest Airlines to fly to Liberia, Costa Rica, announces new international routes from Houston Hobby

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) extended its bookable flight schedule through January 4, 2016, offering new international service between eight cities and Houston (Hobby) by the end of this year, including the carrier’s 97th destination, Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport at Liberia in the Guanacaste beach and resort region of northwest Costa Rica, subject to foreign government approval.

Beginning October 15, 2015, Southwest will off new, nonstop service from Houston (Hobby) and:

Cancun, Mexico (twice daily)
Mexico City, Mexico (once daily)
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (once daily)
San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos, Mexico (once daily)
Belize City, Belize* (once daily)
San Jose, Costa Rica* (once daily)

*subject to approval of foreign government

Beginning November 1, 2015, additional daily international flights begin from:

Houston (Hobby) and Liberia/Guanacaste, Costa Rica* (once daily)
Houston (Hobby) and Montego Bay, Jamaica* (once daily)

*subject to approval of foreign government

During the upcoming summer travel season, Southwest will offer up to 159 departures a day from Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport serving 45 destinations nonstop while contractors, designers, and workers enter the homestretch of constructing a $156 million, five-gate international terminal complex, along with associated City of Houston projects for new parking and roadway improvements.

Other International Flights

Also pending the approval of the Mexican government, new once-daily service between Denver and Puerto Vallarta begins November 1, 2015.

Daily service between Orange County/Santa Ana and both Mexican resort areas of Puerto Vallarta and San Jose del Cabo/Los Cabos will be augmented by a second, seasonal trip on Saturdays beginning November 7.

The same day, Southwest also begins Saturday-only service between Baltimore/Washington and Liberia, Costa Rica, subject to foreign governmental approval.

New Domestic Flights

The flight schedule extension beginning November 1, 2015, includes recurrent and new seasonal flying as well as new, twice daily service between Indianapolis and New York LaGuardia, daily service between Denver and Cleveland, and new flights between Austin and both Seattle/Tacoma and Boston (Logan). New service between Akron/Canton and Las Vegas begins daily operation on November 15, 2015, and on November 22, 2015, Southwest will begin daily flights between Orange County/Santa Ana and both St. Louis and Kansas City.

Houston (Hobby) International Terminal Project

In early 2012, Southwest Airlines approached the City of Houston seeking permission to look into the construction of a five-gate international facility at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to offer near-international service. Mayor Annise Parker later offered her support to bring the proposal before the full Houston City Council, which voted to authorize construction of the $156 million facility. The carrier announced its intention to serve an initial complement of international destinations from Houston (Hobby) in December 2014, and on Mar. 7, 2015, the carrier launched seasonal international service on Saturdays between Aruba and Houston (Hobby).

Copyright Photo below: Tony Storck/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8H4 N8656B (msn 42530) with APB Split Scimitar Winglets approaches the runway at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.

Southwest Airlines aircraft slide show (current livery):

AeroMexico is coming to Vancouver

AeroMexico (Mexico City) has announced the beginning of its new nonstop flight between Mexico City and Vancouver starting on December 9, 2015, as the third destination the carrier serves in Canada, together with Toronto and Montreal.

Passengers will be able to fly to Vancouver from Mexico City on the carrier’s Boeing 737-700 aircraft with 124 seats, 12 in Clase Premier, Aeromexico’s Business Class cabin, with the following flight schedules:

Vancouver – Mexico City*

AM697 11:20 p.m. – 07:00 a.m. Daily

Mexico City – Vancouver*

AM696 06:00 p.m. – 10:05 p.m. Daily

*Times are published in local time and are subject to change without notice.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-752 EI-DRD (msn 35117) completes the final approach to the runway at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

AeroMexico aircraft slide show:

New videos from JustPlanes

Video Above: PilotCAM 717 into Pantelleria (close to hills)

Video Above: Washington Reagan National Airport.

Video Above: Washington Dulles International Airport.

Video Above: PilotCAM 777 Approach into Mexico City

Volaris to start Leon – Los Angeles flights

Volaris (Mexico City) will start a new route linking the city of Leon in Guanajuato with Los Angeles, California. With four flights a week, the new service is scheduled to initiate operations on June 8, 2015.

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-233 N518VL (msn 5488) named “Raul” prepares to land at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Volaris aircraft slide show:

Interjet to start Mexico City-Houston flights

Interjet (Mexico City) is expanding its presence at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The airline will start daily nonstop service from Mexico City to IAH on May 14.

Copyright Photo: Eddie Maloney/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A320-214 “EcoJet” XA-JCV (msn 3514) touches down at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport (LAS).

Interjet aircraft photo gallery:

Interjet aircraft slide show:

Route Map from Mexico City:

AeroMexico to fly to Ontario and Sacramento from Mexico City

AeroMexico (Mexico City) has announced the beginning of its new service from Mexico City to the cities of Ontario and Sacramento, California, starting on April 5 and 6 of this year, respectively.

AeroMexico will operate four weekly flights to Ontario and three weekly flights to Sacramento, operated with Boeing 737 jet airliners with 124 passenger seats — 12 in Clase Premier, the AeroMexico Business Class Cabin:

These flights are in addition to the five weekly flights to Sacramento and four weekly flights to Ontario that AM currently offers from Guadalajara.

AeroMexico currently operates 10 different routes serving five destinations in California.

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-752 N908AM (msn 30038) arrives in Las Vegas in the now old 1999 livery.

AeroMexico aircraft slide show:

AeroMexico to operate the Boeing 787 domestically between Mexico City and Monterrey

AeroMexico (Mexico City) has announced that it will begin offering four weekly flights in April connecting Mexico City and Monterrey with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Adding the Dreamliner to this route will also allow the airline to increase the seat capacity of its morning flights by 51%, meaning that more customers will be able to travel to and from Terminal B at the Monterrey International Airport, connecting to the other domestic and international destinations served by Aeromexico.

AeroMexico’s seven Dreamliners operate on routes to Buenos Aires, London (Heathrow), Los Angeles, Madrid, New York (JFK), Paris (CDG), Santiago and Tokyo (Narita) routes.

Copyright Photo: Fred Freketic/AirlinersGallery.com. Brand new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner XA-AMR (msn 36844) is the third AM aircraft to wear this registration. Pictured at New York (JFK), XA-AMR was delivered new on February 9, 2015 and is named “Ciudad de Mexico”.

AeroMexico aircraft slide show:

Volaris to lease two Airbus A321-200s from Air Lease Corporation

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) (Los Angeles) today (February 10) announced long term lease agreements with Volaris (Mexico City), the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico and the United States, for two new Airbus A321-200 aircraft with Sharklets powered by IAE V2533-A5 engines. Both aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Airbus and scheduled for delivery in spring 2015.

This will be a new type for Volaris.

Volaris aircraft slide show: