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Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue and United Are Adding New Cities and New Routes

July 20, 2012 at 8:31 AM | by | Comments (0)

Sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we’ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· Hawaiian Airlines:
Aloha to our friends down in New Zealand, as Hawaiian Airlines is schedule to arrive sooner than later. Beginning on March 13 of next year the carrier is set to connect Auckland with Honolulu without a stop. Tickets aren’t on sale as of yet, but we do know that Boeing 767-300ERs will take care of all the flying fun between the two cities. Unfortunately, we doubt that these flights will come cheap, but there’s always plenty of frequent flyer miles in our piggy bank—well, sometimes.

· Air Berlin:
Spring Break 2013 might not exactly be at the forefront of your mind, but if you want to skip the beach and head over to Europe there’s always Air Berlin. If everything goes according to plan, the carrier should be launching nonstop flights between Chicago-O’Hare and Berlin beginning on March 23. The new option will be doing its thing thrice weekly through May, and then they’ll add a couple more flights for a grand total of five per week. Airbus A330s will be doing the heavy lifting, and the flights will be some of the first to touch down at the brandy new Berlin Brandenburg Airport.

· JetBlue:
With a major presence in Boston—along with plenty of other cities in surrounding states—JetBlue has shown New England the love for quite some time. However, there was always one spot missing—Providence, Rhode Island. That’s no longer the case for those that like to fly to or through TF Green, as JetBlue just announced that Providence is going to be their 75th destination. Nonstop flights to both Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale are set to fire up towards the end of November. Best of all, one-way fares will start at just $75 each way to celebrate the new route—happy booking!

Also of note for JetBlue: New York to Cartagena, Colombia, now on sale starting at $149 each way and starting up November 2, 2012.

· AirTran:
There’s a little bit of an identity crisis going on with AirTran, as after all, they’re quickly being gobbled up and absorbed by Southwest Airlines. However, before the fly off into the sunset there’s still time for some new destinations. This week AirTran announced that they’d be adding some flights to and from Detroit, as they look to connect the Motor City with Fort Myers, Florida. Snowbirds rejoice, as the new flights are set to do their thing beginning on Valentine’s Day of 2013. It’s not too long of a flight, but there’s always in-flight WiFi to keep you entertained—just in case.

· United:
They mean business when it comes to announcing some new routes, so that must be why United announced a whole bunch of them all at once—and all from Chicago-O’Hare. Monterrey, Mexico becomes a nonstop option as of December 19, and after that each and every Saturday there will be a flight over to the Bahamas beginning on February 9. Flights to Thunder Bay, Ontario and Jackson, Mississippi are also headed to schedule. Finally, United will be bringing some planes to Anchorage this winter, in addition to their usual summer seasonal offerings.

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