Route Roundup: Delta Links Austin and NW Arkansas, Alaska Adds Guadalajara

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Delta is connecting Austin with Northwest Arkansas, Alaska Airlines is taking Seattle to Guadalajara next spring, and EgyptAir has opened bookings for spring flights to Chicago and Los Angeles. Further afield, Sunrise Airways brings back its Cap-Haitien–Boston flight and Porter starts winter-sun flying from Edmonton. On the cuts side, Breeze ends Washington Dulles–Tri-Cities at the end of November and has pulled its planned winter return of Providence–Cancun. This roundup covers announcements published November 4–5, 2026. Where an airline has not published a detail, we list it as TBA.

New Routes

Delta Air Lines: Austin (AUS) → Northwest Arkansas (XNA)

• Starts: March 7, 2027 (return flight XNA–AUS starts March 8)
• Frequency: Daily
• Aircraft: Embraer E175, operated by SkyWest as Delta Connection

The evening departure from Austin overnights in Bentonville/Fayetteville country and comes back on an early-morning flight. That timing is aimed at business travelers heading to and from the corporate cluster around Northwest Arkansas.

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Alaska Airlines: Seattle (SEA) → Guadalajara (GDL)

• Starts: March 18, 2027 (currently scheduled through August 7, 2027)
• Frequency: 3 times weekly (seasonal, summer 2027)
• Aircraft: Boeing 737-800

This is a red-eye southbound, and the return is a midday departure from Guadalajara. We could not find an Alaska press release yet; details come from AeroRoutes’ schedule report.

EgyptAir: Cairo (CAI) → Chicago O’Hare (ORD)

• Starts: March 28, 2027 per the booking period (season runs to June 19, 2027)
• Frequency: 3 times weekly (seasonal)
• Aircraft: Airbus A350-900

EgyptAir: Cairo (CAI) → Los Angeles (LAX)

• Starts: March 28, 2027 per the booking period (season runs to May 21, 2027)
• Frequency: 3 times weekly (seasonal)
• Aircraft: Airbus A350-900

AeroRoutes says EgyptAir has opened reservations for both U.S. points in the second quarter of 2027. It also notes that a schedule-filing issue left some dates unbookable, so exact first-flight dates may shift.

Sunrise Airways: Cap-Haitien (CAP) → Boston (BOS) (resumption)

• Starts: November 17, 2026
• Frequency: Once weekly
• Aircraft: Airbus A320, operated by Global X

The route comes back after a seasonal break of about 10 weeks.

Sunrise Airways: Santo Domingo (SDQ) → Antigua (ANU)

• Starts: December 6, 2026
• Frequency: Once weekly
• Aircraft: Embraer ERJ145, operated by Sunrise Airways Dominicana

Porter Airlines: Edmonton (YEG) → Phoenix (PHX), Las Vegas (LAS), Los Cabos (SJD), Puerto Vallarta (PVR)

• Starts: Puerto Vallarta began November 3, 2026; Phoenix November 6, 2026; Los Cabos and Las Vegas November 16, 2026
• Frequency: Phoenix daily; Los Cabos 4 times weekly; Las Vegas 4 times weekly; Puerto Vallarta 3 times weekly (all seasonal)
• Aircraft: Embraer 195-E2 (132 seats)

Qatar Airways: Doha (DOH) → Bogotá (BOG) → Caracas (CCS) → Doha

• Starts: TBA (Aviation Week reports the service has launched but gives no start date)
• Frequency: 2 times weekly (Wednesdays and Sundays)
• Aircraft: Boeing 777-200LR

Ryanair: Shannon (SNN) → Milan Bergamo (BGY)

• Starts: March 28, 2027
• Frequency: 2 times weekly (Wednesdays and Sundays)
• Aircraft: TBA

Arkia: Tel Aviv (TLV) → Tallinn (TLL)

• Starts: April 1, 2027
• Frequency: 2 times weekly (summer 2027)
• Aircraft: Airbus A321neo

Arkia: Tel Aviv (TLV) → Yerevan (EVN)

• Starts: April 2, 2027
• Frequency: 3 times weekly (summer 2027)
• Aircraft: Airbus A320neo / A321neo

SunExpress: Antalya (AYT) → Almaty (ALA)

• Starts: March 22 (summer 2027 schedule)
• Frequency: 2 times weekly (Mondays and Thursdays)
• Aircraft: TBA

SunExpress: Izmir (ADB) → Astana (NQZ)

• Starts: May 1 (summer 2027 schedule)
• Frequency: 2 times weekly (Wednesdays and Saturdays)
• Aircraft: TBA

S7 Airlines: Vladivostok (VVO) → Phuket (HKT)

• Starts: December 25, 2026
• Frequency: 2 times weekly
• Aircraft: Boeing 737-800

Air Zimbabwe: Harare (HRE) → Johannesburg (JNB) (resumption)

• Starts: December 2, 2026 (first flight open for booking; no official launch date announced)
• Frequency: 3 times weekly
• Aircraft: Embraer ERJ145

Neos: Milan Malpensa (MXP) → Nanjing (NKG) (resumption)

• Starts: March 29, 2027 (currently listed through April 27, 2027)
• Frequency: Once weekly
• Aircraft: Boeing 787-9

AeroRoutes notes these flights show up in reservation systems but not yet on Neos’ own website.

World2Fly Portugal: Lisbon (LIS) → Porlamar, Venezuela (PMV)

• Starts: June 1, 2027 (through September 28, 2027)
• Frequency: Once weekly (seasonal)
• Aircraft: Airbus A330-300

Enter Air: Warsaw (WAW) → Fuerteventura (FUE)

• Starts: December 24, 2026
• Frequency: Once weekly (regular charter, winter 2026/27)
• Aircraft: Boeing 737

Finnair: Helsinki (HEL) → Kajaani, Kemi, Kokkola, Joensuu and Jyväskylä

• Starts: Late February 2028 (exact date TBA)
• Frequency: TBA
• Aircraft: ATR (variant TBA)

Finnair plans to fly these domestic routes commercially once the current government-supported (PSO) contracts end. Sales are expected to open in spring 2027.

Polaris Airlines (new Moldovan carrier): Chișinău (KIV) launch network

• Routes and starts: Istanbul (airport TBA) November 5, 2026; Bologna, Prague and Verona November 18; Milan Malpensa November 19; Rome Fiumicino November 20; Dublin November 21, 2026
• Frequency: 3 times weekly on each route (Istanbul rising to 5 weekly from November 15 and daily from December 8)
• Aircraft: TBA by route (the airline’s first commercial flight is on an Airbus A321)

Routes Being Discontinued

Breeze Airways: Washington Dulles (IAD) → Tri-Cities, TN (TRI)

• Last day / effective: November 30, 2026

The A220-300 route started only in December 2025. Simple Flying put it on a list of at least 11 Breeze routes dropped during 2026. Most of the others ended earlier in the year and are not new news.

Breeze Airways: Providence (PVD) → Cancún (CUN)

• Last day / effective: TBA (the planned December 19, 2026 – March 20, 2027 winter season has been removed from sale; no removal date published)

The Saturday route ran as an eight-week trial in early 2026 and is no longer bookable.

Discover Airlines: Munich (MUC) → Fez (FEZ)

• Last day / effective: Planned once-weekly service from October 25, 2026 has been removed (never launched)

Service reductions (routes continue)

• WestJet, Calgary (YYC) → Dublin (DUB): stays at 3 weekly from May 25, 2027 instead of rising to 4 weekly.
• RwandAir, Kigali (KGL) → Paris CDG → Brussels (BRU): remains 4 weekly instead of 5; the Monday flight is off sale from December 14, 2026 to January 31, 2027.

Sources

• AeroRoutes: Delta Adds Austin – Fayetteville/NW Arkansas Service From March 2027
• Aviation A2Z: Delta Plans New Flights from Austin to This Famous Business City
• AeroRoutes: Alaska Adds Seattle – Guadalajara From March 2027
• AeroRoutes: EGYPTAIR Opens Chicago / Los Angeles Bookings in 2Q27
• AeroRoutes: Sunrise Airways Resumes Boston Service From mid-Nov 2026
• AeroRoutes: Sunrise Airways Adds Santo Domingo – Antigua From Dec 2026
• Aviation Week: Routes & Networks Latest: Rolling Daily Updates | W/C Nov. 2, 2026 (Porter, Qatar Airways, Ryanair, SunExpress, Finnair)
• AeroRoutes: Arkia Adds Tallinn / Yerevan in NS27
• AeroRoutes: S7 Airlines Vladivostok – Phuket report (Nov 4, 2026)
• AeroRoutes: Air Zimbabwe Plans Johannesburg Service Resumption in Dec 2026
• AeroRoutes: Neos Resumes Milan – Nanjing in Mar/Apr 2027
• AeroRoutes: World2Fly Portugal Adds Porlamar Service in NS27
• AeroRoutes: Enter Air Schedules Warsaw – Fuerteventura in NW26
• AeroRoutes: Polaris Airlines Outlines Planned NW26 Network
• Simple Flying: Breeze Airways Cancels 11 Nonstop Routes: See Map & List Now
• RusTourismNews: Breeze Airways Drops 11 Nonstop Routes, Including Flights to Cancun
• AeroRoutes: Discover Airlines Assumes Additional Lufthansa Mainline Routes in NW26
• AeroRoutes: WestJet Reduces Calgary – Dublin Service in NS27
• AeroRoutes: Rwandair Extends Brussels / Paris Service Reductions into Jan 2027