11 Routes Begin In Just 5 Days: Where American Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest & United Fly Now

Between October 29 and November 2, American Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest, and United Airlines started or resumed 11 routes. The condition for inclusion is that none of the markets could have been served since January 1, 2025. They are likely to be in my next celebratory Weekly Routes article (see the most recent edition).

Two of the routes are long-haul: United from both Chicago O’Hare and Washington Dulles to Tel Aviv. For obvious reasons, they were last operated in October 2023. According to OAG data, its resumption means the Star Alliance member has 28% of all US-Tel Aviv passenger flights in November. Its share will reduce next year, as American will return to Tel Aviv and Delta will resume flights from Atlanta and Boston to Israel.

These 11 Routes Began Or Restarted In 5 Days

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All but one of them involves mainline equipment. The sole exception is the intra-Florida market from Miami to Sarasota, which Envoy Air operates on behalf of American Eagle. It overnights in Sarasota. With no local traffic, this market is, of course, served for connectivity reasons in Miami.

At just 155 nautical miles (287 km) each way, this very short city pair has become American’s second-shortest domestic route from its Miami hub. Only Key West covers less distance. When international services are included, it currently ranks third, behind Freeport and Key West. However, it’ll drop to fourth in February, when American Eagle takes off to Bimini.

JetBlue Is Increasingly Focusing On Fort Lauderdale

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Fort Lauderdale has long been JetBlue’s third-most-served airport. This continues today. The airline is undergoing many changes under the leadership of its new CEO, Joanna Geraghty. This includes finding airports and cities where it can win, which it increasingly believes is Fort Lauderdale.

Schedule analysis for December 2025 shows that JetBlue has 28% more Fort Lauderdale flights than it did in that month last year. This compares to no growth across the airline’s full operation. It has added a dozen-plus routes from the South Florida airport, with most of them beginning or resuming in December.

JetBlue has benefited from the shrinkage of the also-suffering Spirit, whose December offering at Fort Lauderdale has fallen by 15%. This means that JetBlue is now the airport’s top operator, up from second place a year ago. It has 27% of its departures, up by five points year-over-year.

United Airlines From Tokyo Narita To Koror

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Until United’s launch on October 29, this route from Tokyo Narita to Koror, Palau, had been unserved since Japan Airlines ended it in 2020. Delta served it until 2018. It is, of course, part of United’s resurgent Tokyo Narita hub, which now has 11 routes: Cebu, Denver, Guam, Houston Intercontinental, Kaohsiung, Koror, Los Angeles, Newark, Saipan, San Francisco, and Ulaanbaatar.

Palau is well-known for inbound tourism, particularly related to water. The market from the Japanese capital is not large—around 13,000 passengers in the past year without nonstop flights—but it is pretty high-yielding. It’ll be good to see how it develops with United.