The Cheap Airline Tickets Roundup

With spring finally around the corner, this week's roundup is dominated by low-cost airlines and legacy carriers announcing their summer schedules.

EVA Air accelerates West Coast presence From March 26, Taiwanese carrier EVA Air will be increasing the frequency of its flights between Los Angeles International and Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport from 14 to 17 round-trips each week.

United Express expands Chicago Service United Express this week announced plans to start flying between Chicago and Billings after launching new routes from the Windy City to Denver on March 3.

US Airways expands Hawaii service US has inaugurated two new routes from Phoenix to Kauai and Kona as well as a new service from Las Vegas to Maui.

Aloha's new intra-California route Staying in the sunshine, Aloha Airlines will be connecting Sacramento to Orange County's John Wayne Airport from May 2.

Delta swells summer schedule The legacy carrier plans to introduce 46 new nonstop flights to 17 new destinations this summer as well as introducing routes to Charleston and Quebec from Boston, Cincinnati to Anchorage and Traverse City, Hartford to Las Vegas and Atlanta to Bangor and Traverse City.

Delta's great Salt Lake expansion During a busy week officials at Delta also announced a raft of new services from its Salt Lake City hub.

JetBlue continues to grow Delta's low-cost rival JetBlue is also planning more routes, this week announcing nonstop service between Long Beach and Sacramento, Burbank and Las Vegas, and a transcontinental service between Burbank and Orlando.

Frontier takes cheap seats to Canada From May 25, Frontier Airlines will become the first U.S. low-cost airline to fly to Canada when it begins running flights from Denver to Calgary.

Air Canada connections to the West Meanwhile, Air Canada Jazz will be coming the other way when it launches flights from Toronto to Salt Lake City on June 2.

LAN to fly LA to San Paulo Travelers heading for the southern border will be able to fly nonstop from LA to San Paulo from March 22.

Wichita to Chicago fares drop In one of the few price reductions this week, United Airlines announced that it is cutting its prices on the route to compete with competition from Southwest.

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