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Airlines chase Puerto Rico’s 4-month Christmas season with new holiday routes
Carriers are adding seasonal and year-round service as Puerto Rico’s holiday calendar stretches from October into mid-January, officials said.
- Airlines are expanding service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to capitalize on a holiday season stretching from October through January, with new capacity totaling 15,624 seats.
- Discover Puerto Rico, the island's destination marketing organization, counts nearly 45 days of holidays from Thanksgiving through mid-January, prompting carriers to extend their seasonal strategies.
- Frontier launches service from Dallas, Houston, and Cleveland starting in November and December, while Southwest begins weekly service from Columbus, Ohio, on January 9, 2027. The Puerto Rico Tourism Company expects these flights to contribute about $10.4 million to the local economy.
- While 2025 marked the island's fifth consecutive record-breaking year with nearly 7.9 million nights booked, passenger traffic fell about 3% to about 9.4 million between January and August 2026.
- Celebrations continue well beyond the mainland's New Year, concluding with the Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián in Old San Juan on the third weekend of January, fitting an island where festivities remain vibrant long after the holiday peak.
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Airlines chase Puerto Rico’s 4-month Christmas season with new holiday routes
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