With Airways Increasing in Austin and Extra Flights to Mexico — Right here Are the Airline Routes We’re Most Excited About in March

• This month’s hottest new routes mirror main airways increasing their presence at Austin’s airport.
• There are additionally a variety of eagerly anticipated European routes, together with Madrid, Munich, and Oslo.
• Practically each month extra flights to Mexico have been added and this March isn’t any completely different.

Escape the swimwear, placed on the sun shades, and prepare for spring break. As we start to throw off our winter blues and search out hotter climes in March, airways are prepared with a bevy of latest routes.

In Journey + Leisure’s newest highlights of essentially the most thrilling new routes, March sees a flurry of exercise in Austin, extra choices to Mexican seashores, and new hyperlinks to Europe.

Austin’s growth good points seven new nonstops

Few cities noticed the expansion of Austin over the previous few years. The metro space inhabitants elevated practically 8% from 2020 via 2023, among the many quickest of huge cities nationally, based on the U.S. Census Bureau. And lots of of these folks need to journey. Delta Air Traces, Frontier Airways and Southwest Airways step up in March with seven new nonstops, together with to sunny Orlando, Panama Metropolis, Fla., and Phoenix.

Delta’s newest addition to its rising Austin base is Panama Metropolis, Fla., with a day by day flight from March 9. Economic system fares begin at $289 a method for the practically two-hour flight that departs Austin round 12:30 p.m. and lands in Panama Metropolis simply in time for comfortable hour.

Frontier is piling on with 4 new routes from Austin this month. Starting March 6 and seven, the discounter will join the Texas capital with Chicago O’Hare, Cincinnati, Orlando and Phoenix. Fares earlier than the airline’s plethora of charges vary from $59 one strategy to Chicago to $79 one strategy to Cincinnati. Frontier will serve Orlando from Austin on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays; Chicago on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays; and each Orlando and Phoenix on Mondays and Fridays.

And Southwest, the most important airline by a mile in Austin, will add new nonstops to Milwaukee and Reno. Starting March 6, it’ll hyperlink Austin to Milwaukee at 3:20 p.m. on weekdays, and to Reno at 2:15 p.m. on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Milwaukee fares begin at $139 a method and Reno fares at $182.

Three new Mexico choices

Southwest opens two new nonstops to the Mexican seaside resorts of Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta this month. On March 8, flights from Nashville to Los Cabos takeoff at 11:20 a.m. for the four-and-a-half hour journey, and from Sacramento to Puerto Vallarta at 8:25 a.m. for the three-and-a-half hour trek. Each routes function on Saturdays with fares beginning at $244 a method.

And Aeromexico is giving denizens of the Valley of the Solar a brand new choice to Mexico Metropolis’s numerous cultural scene, scrumptious meals, and historic sights. Day by day flights depart Phoenix simply earlier than 2 p.m. and arrive in Mexico Metropolis simply after 6 p.m. starting March 30. Economic system fares begin at $173 a method.

New Madrid, Munich, and Oslo flights

American Airways, Lufthansa-affiliate Uncover Airways and SAS Scandinavian Airways will launch three new transatlantic nonstops this month. American joins its accomplice Iberia with a day by day flight to Madrid from Chicago O’Hare on March 30. The eight-hour flight takes off from Chicago at 9:55 p.m. on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and lands within the Spanish capital at 12:55 p.m. the subsequent day. That’s early sufficient to swing by the world-class Museo Nacional del Prado and seize tapas afterwards.

Uncover will debut the one nonstop between Orlando and Munich on March 30. The nine-and-a-half hour flight takes off from Florida at 11:25 p.m. on an Airbus A330 and lands in Munich mid-afternoon the subsequent day. Flights function on Thursdays and Saturdays.

And SAS is increase its hyperlinks with accomplice Delta with a brand new nonstop to New York’s JFK airport from Oslo. Starting March 30, the flight takes off from JFK at 5:10 p.m. on an Airbus A321LR — a longer-range variant of the favored A321neo — and lands in Oslo simply after 6 a.m. the subsequent day. Economic system fares for the brand new flight begin as little as $615 a method.

Three new handy Washington, D.C. choices

Alaska Airways, American, and Delta all debut new longer flights from Washington, D.C.’s handy Reagan Nationwide Airport (DCA) in March. Alaska will launch the airport’s solely nonstop to San Diego on March 18. The day by day flight takes off from Washington at 8 a.m. and lands in Southern California five-and-a-half-hours later at 10:35 a.m. Economic system fares begin as little as $129 a method.

American debuts Reagan Nationwide’s solely nonstop to San Antonio on March 2. The day by day flight departs Washington at 7:45 p.m. and lands four-hours later at 10:45 p.m. within the Texas metropolis. Economic system fares begin as little as $119 a method.

And Delta launches a nonstop to its Seattle hub from the close-in airport on March 9. The day by day flight takes off from Washington at 4:40 p.m. and lands six-hours afterward the West Coast at 7:40 p.m. Economic system fares start at $144 a method.