Flight Alerts: 21 Exciting New Nonstop Routes Launching This Week

Flight alerts highlight new nonstop routes launching this week, with five selected services running between June 17 and 23. Air Canada opened Montreal–Palma de Mallorca on June 17, the first scheduled flights from Canada to Palma, operating three times weekly with a 255-seat Boeing 787-8. The next day, Canada’s largest carrier began Halifax–Brussels under a codeshare with Brussels Airlines, using a 169-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8 on a three-weekly schedule. On June 17, Air Transat started Montreal–Dakar twice weekly with an A321LR, marking the first time the Francophone market is served by any carrier and the first LR service from Canada to sub-Saharan Africa. The following day, Air Transat launched Toronto–Tirana weekly with an A330-200, also the only North America–Albania operation. In Europe, easyJet launched multiple routes and Wizz Air started three, while Ryanair began none in the period.