Several of the routes are new in 2024.
Summary
- Only one in 56 US/Canadian flights to Europe will operate during the day in August.
- There are 23 non-stop services with 10+ airlines.
- Azores Airlines and Delta have new daytime services in 2024.
Daytime Europe-bound flights are pretty few and far between. Using Cirium to analyze all scheduled non-stop flights from the US/Canada to Europe in August shows that they account for just 1.8% of the total.
The schedule’s lack of popularity is due to many reasons. Among them is the length of haul, insufficient point-to-point demand, lack of aircraft use (most have to remain overnight at one end of the route), and probably lower yields from less interest in beds. However, from a passenger’s perspective, they can help with jetlag.
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Daytime North America-Europe routes
The following enormous table summarizes the 23 services. Several are new for 2024, while others operate during the day for the first time, such as some of Azores Airlines’ flights from New York JFK back to Funchal, Madeira.
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Notice that 10 of the 23 routes are by Azores Airlines. Despite being a narrowbody operator, nine airport pairs will be on wet-leased widebody aircraft: the A330-200 from Plus Ultra and the Boeing 767-300ER from EuroAtlantic. For some routes, the situation appears partly due to a lack of crew rest areas on Azores Airlines’ narrowbodies.
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The information is based on
August 2024
and may differ at other times. As some departure/arrival times vary, the most common time is stated. All times are local. As always, things are subject to change. The
bold
in the table contents signifies the route or daytime schedule is new in 2024.
|
Departure time (US/Canada)* |
Routing |
Arrival time (Europe)*** |
Airline |
Comments about August |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
06:55 |
New York JFK-Istanbul |
23:40 |
Turkish Airlines |
Daily A330-300 |
|
07:30 |
Boston-London Heathrow |
18:55 |
British Airways |
Daily 777-200ER |
|
07:55 |
New York JFK-London Heathrow |
19:45 |
British Airways |
Daily 777-200ER |
|
08:10 |
New York JFK-Paris CDG |
21:35 |
Delta |
Daily 767-400ER |
|
08:20 |
New York JFK-London Heathrow |
20:10 |
Virgin Atlantic |
Daily A350-1000 |
|
08:30 |
Chicago O’Hare-London Heathrow |
22:10 |
American |
Daily 787-9 |
|
08:30 |
New York JFK-London Heathrow |
20:45 |
JetBlue |
Daily A321LR |
|
08:30 |
Newark-London Heathrow |
20:40 |
United |
Daily 767-300ER |
|
09:29 (yes, 29) |
New York JFK-London Heathrow |
21:40 |
American |
Daily 777-200ER |
|
10:30 |
Saint Pierre-Paris CDG |
20:05 |
Air Saint-Pierre |
Weekly 737 (wet-leased) |
|
10:55 |
Halifax-London Heathrow |
21:00 |
Air Canada |
Daily 737 MAX 8 |
|
11:00 |
New York JFK-Terceira |
20:45 |
Azores Airlines |
Weekly A330-200 (wet-leased) |
|
11:00 |
New York JFK-Porto |
22:30 |
Azores Airlines |
Weekly 767-300ER (wet-leased) |
|
11:15 |
Toronto-Porto |
23:10 |
Azores Airlines |
Weekly 767-300ER (wet-leased) |
|
11:30 |
Toronto-Funchal |
23:15 |
Azores Airlines |
Weekly 767-300ER (wet-leased) |
|
11:35 |
Boston-Terceira |
20:40 |
Azores Airlines |
Weekly A330-200 (wet-leased) |
|
11:35 |
Boston-Ponta Delgada |
20:40 |
Azores Airlines |
Four weekly A320neo (yes, A320) |
|
11:50 |
New York JFK-Funchal** |
23:00 |
Azores Airlines |
Weekly 767-300ER (wet-leased) |
|
12:10 |
Boston-Porto |
23:25 |
Azores Airlines |
Weekly 767-300ER (wet-leased) |
|
12:10 |
Boston-Funchal |
23:10 |
Azores Airlines |
Weekly 767-300ER (wet-leased) |
|
12:35 |
Boston-Keflavik |
21:50 |
Icelandair |
Daily 737 MAX 8 |
|
13:00 |
New York JFK-Keflavilk |
22:35 |
Icelandair |
Five weekly 737 MAX 8 |
|
13:25 |
Toronto-Terceira |
23:20 |
Azores Airlines |
Twice-weekly A330-200 (wet-leased) |
|
* Local |
** First time during the day |
*** Local |
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