Thought I’d make a thread compiling every inaugural flight for next month. If this is well-received, I may do more.
This obviously does not include every inaugural flight in the world. I’m primarily taking the ones from North America as that’s what I’m most familiar with and have better memory on, but you can help add to this list by replying!
Choose whatever format, or use the one below. Please include the airline, date, origin and destination, and a source if possible.
Optional Format:
Airline:
- Route (From/To)
Inauguration Date: December
Source: (If possible)
Once I verify it, I’ll add it to the list.
Note this includes resumptions, but not seasonal resumptions.
If there’s any inaccuracies, please correct me.
…And here’s the list:
December 1:
Air Canada Rouge:
- Ottawa to Orlando, Fort Lauderdale
Air New Zealand:
- Christchurch to Singapore
Bamboo Airways:
- Hanoi to Taipei Taoyuan
British Airways:
- London (LHR) to Damman
December 2:
Lufthansa:
- Munich to Sao Paulo
December 5:
JetBlue:
- New York (JFK) to Guayaquil
United Airlines:
- San Francisco to Delhi
December 7:
Air Belgium:
- Brussels (CRL) to Pointe-à-Pitre to Martinique to Brussels (CRL)
United Airlines:
- Newark to Curaçao
VivaAerobus:
- Chicago O’Hare to Guadalajara, León/Del Bajío, Monterrey, Morelia, Zacatecas
December 8:
JetStar Airways:
- Gold Coast to Seoul
Air Canada Rouge:
- Toronto to Quito
Cabo Verde Airlines:
- Sal to Washington (IAD)
December 9:
Cabo Verde Airlines:
- Sal to Boston
Air Senegal:
- Dakar to Barcelona
Emirates:
- Dubai to Barcelona to Mexico City
December 10:
Aerolíneas Argentinas:
- Orlando to Buenos Aires
Frontier Airlines:
- Newark to Atlanta, Phoenix, and West Palm Beach
December 11:
Air Canada:
- Montreal to Sao Paulo
December 12:
Aeromexico:
- Guadalajara to San Jose (SJC)
Air Canada:
- Vancouver to Auckland
December 13:
Finnair:
- Helsinki to Punta Cana
December 15:
Avianca:
- Bogotá to Montevideo
United Airlines:
- Newark to Cape Town (United returns to Africa!)
Caribbean Airlines:
- Montego Bay to Fort Lauderdale
Hawaiian Airlines:
- Kahului to Las Vegas
WestJet:
- Toronto to Roatan
Finnair:
- Helsinki to Sapporo
December 16:
Avianca:
- Bogotá to Asunción
Azul:
- Belo Horizonte to Fort Lauderdale
Qantas:
- Sydney to Sapporo
Ethiopian Airlines:
- Addis Ababa to Lome to Houston
December 18:
American Airlines:
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Dallas/Fort Worth to Quito
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Los Angeles to Memphis
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New York (JFK) to Georgetown
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Phoenix to Cincinnati, Colorado Springs, Fargo, New Orleans, and Fort Lauderdale
American Eagle:
- Phoenix to Chihuahua, Cedar Rapids, Wichita
Air Transat:
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Vancouver to Liberia (LIR)
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Vancouver to San Jose (SJO)
Sun Country:
- Portland to Los Cabos
WizzAir:
- Vienna to Athens, Tirana, Cologne, Pristina
December 19:
Air Transat:
- Vancouver to Punta Cana
American Airlines
- Dallas/Fort Worth to Guayaquil
Spirit Airlines:
- Newark to San Juan
Sun Country:
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Madison to Orlando
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Las Vegas to Orlando
December 20:
Air Transat:
- Vancouver to Fort Lauderdale
Sun Country:
- Minneapolis to Sarasota, Nassau
December 21:
American Airlines:
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Dallas/Fort Worth to St. Thomas
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Chicago (ORD) to St. Thomas
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Chicago (ORD) to St. Lucia
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Charlotte to Grenada
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New York (JFK) to Liberia (LIR)
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Philadelphia to Eagle/Vail
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New York (LGA) to Bermuda
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New York (LGA) to Montrose
American Eagle:
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Dallas/Fort Worth to Acapulco
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Dallas/Fort Worth to Huataluco
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Miami to Columbia (CAE), Northwest Arkansas (XNA), Oklahoma City
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New York (LGA) to Key West
Delta Air Lines:
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Boston to Miami
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Boston to Punta Cana
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New York (JFK) to Bogota
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Detroit to San Juan
Delta Connection:
- Boston to Sarasota
Gol Airlines:
- Manaus to Orlando
EVA Air:
- Taipei to Da Nang
December 22:
Delta Air Lines:
- New York (JFK) to Mumbai (DL’s return to India!)
December 27:
Hainan Airlines:
- Chongqing to Budapest
December 28:
SAS Scandinavian:
- Sälen-Trysil to London (LHR), Aalborg, and Copenhagen
December 30:
Shanghai Airlines:
- Xi’An to Budapest
Turkish Airlines:
- Istanbul to Xi’An
December 31:
Malaysia AIrlines:
- Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Daxing
Shanghai Airlines:
- Chengdu to Budapest
Are any of you planning to be on any of these flights or might go planespotting? If so, leave a reply! Send some pictures if you get them! I’ll add pictures to this thread when they’re posted online.
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