Planning your 2024 vacations? Air travel is expected to become even more popular this year and airlines are adding new destinations to take advantage of it.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicts that 4.7 billion people will be in the air at some point in 2024, breaking the pre-pandemic record of 4.5 billion in 2019. In its survey, 44% of the travelers polled said they would be traveling more in the next 12 months than the previous 12. Only 7% said they would travel less.
In response to demand over the last couple of years, airlines are taking people to even more places to and from Florida airports. Here’s some of the ones coming up.
VPS: Destin-Fort Walton Beach to New York Metro
Avelo Airlines will offer non-stop service between Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) and Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) in Southern Connecticut twice a week starting May 17.
FLL: Fort Lauderdale to D.C., Phoenix, Nashville, Tel Aviv
Three airlines, American, Southwest and Allegiant, will be offering expanded service from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in 2024.
- American Airlines: The twice-daily nonstop service to Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. that began in November will continue through May 5, 2024.
- EL AL Israel Airlines: The seasonal nonstop flights to Tel Aviv are expected to expand to year-round in the spring of 2024.
- Southwest Airlines: Flights to Phoenix; Omaha, Nebraska; Albany, New York; Hartford, Connecticut; and Louisville, Kentucky started in January.
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RSW: Fort Myers to Key West, Worcester, Massachusetts
So far in 2024 JetBlue Airways has already started nonstop service from from Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) to Worcester (ORH) in Massachusetts.
Silver Airways announced it will start four weekly nonstop service to Key West starting April 18.
Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) added a lot of new routes at the end of 2023 with new flights to New Orleans, Columbus, Raleigh-Durham. Syracuse, Long Island, Minneapolis, Toronto, San Juan and more.
JAX: Jacksonville to California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) is getting its own new routes.
- Allegiant Air: New service to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Knoxville, Tennesee starting on June 12.
- Breeze Airways: Twice daily nonstop service to San Diego, California coming May 1.
- Frontier Airlines: Service from Cleveland, four times a week, will begin May 22.
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MIA: Miami to Mexico, Spain, Trinidad and more
American Airlines is expanding its service to Miami International Airport (MIA) in 2024 to new locations in its Latin American and Caribbean network. Daily service to Tulum, Mexico will begin March 28. Trips to Antigua, Anguilla, Georgetown, Guyana, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic will start on June 5.
LEVEL announced three weekly flights to Barcelona starting March 31.
Condor Airlines plans three trips a week between Miami and Frankfurt, Germany this May.
MCO: Orlando to just about everywhere
Orlando International Airport (MCO) is adding or resuming dozens of routes in 2024. The new routes will be:
- FEBRUARY: Breeze is adding flights to Burlington, Vermont (Feb. 14); Madison, Wisconsin (Feb. 14); Stewart, New York (Feb. 15) and Evansville, Indiana (Feb. 23).
- MARCH: Bermuda Air will start flying from MCO to Hamilton, Bermuda on March 26.
- APRIL: Breeze will add Mobile, Alabama on April 10. Delta will offer trips to Augusta, Georgia from April 10 – 15 so you can watch the Masters.
- MAY: Allegiant will add Asheville, North Carolina (May 3); Allentown, Pennsylvania (May 16) and Knoxville, Tennesee (May 17). Breeze will start flying to Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina (May 24) and Hartford, Connecticut (May 29).
- JUNE: Canada Jetlines will offer flights to Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 2. Iberojet will start taking you to Madrid, Spain from June 23 through Sept. 15. You can fly to Santiago, Chile on Latam Airlines from June 16 to Sept. 28. Southwest will add new routes to Cancun, Mexico; Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands; Nassau in the Bahamas, Providenciales in Turks & Caicos; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and San Jose, Costa Rica, all starting June 4.
- JULY: Viva Aerobus will offer flights to Merida, Mexico on July 1.
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PBI: Palm Beach to Augusta, St. Louis, Tampa, Tallahassee, Nassau, San Juan, Chicago, more
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) may be on track to break its record of passengers, again, with several new routes added this year.
- American Airlines: Extended nonstop service to Chicago O’Hare throughout the summer.
- Delta Airlines: Direct to Augusta, Georgia
- Frontier Airlines: Nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico three times a week beginning June 2.
- Silver Airways:
- Daily flights to Tampa and Nassau beginning March 5
- Service to Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, times a week beginning March 5.
- Tallahassee service three times a week beginning March 6
- Pensacola service two times a week beginning March 7
- Southwest Airlines: Nonstop service to St. Louis during spring training. The St. Louis Cardinals train in Jupiter at Roger Dean Stadium.
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PNS: Pensacola to Philadelphia
Frontier Airlines will begin offering nonstop flights between Cleveland and Pensacola International Airport (PNS) on May 21 and flights between Philadelphia and Pensacola on May 22.
SRQ: Sarasota to New York
Allegiant Air announced it will launch service from the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) to Plattsburgh, New York on June 12.
PIE: St. Petersburg to Indiana, Texas
Allegiant Air also announced new routes from Evansville, Indiana and McAllen, Texas to the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE), also starting June 12.
TLH: Tallahassee to Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach
In January JetBlue made its first trip from Fort Lauderdale to Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) to launch its new year-round flights between the two cities. More routes are expected, depending on interest.
Silver Airways announced direct weekly flights from Tallahassee to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) starting in March.
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