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Check out five new flight connections at the Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

South Florida airports are introducing new domestic and international routes, offering travelers more options and destinations.

JetBlue has restructured its Fort Lauderdale schedule, cutting some South American and U.S. routes but increasing flights to Caribbean and Northeast cities.

El Al is adding nonstop connections between Fort Lauderdale and Tel Aviv, catering to religious, business, and family travelers.

At Miami International Airport, European access is expanding with new flights from Condor Airlines to Frankfurt, and Air Serbia plans to connect Miami with Eastern Europe. Additionally, Icelandair is launching routes between Miami and Reykjavik, capitalizing on Florida’s appeal as a winter destination.

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories below were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.

An Air Serbia flight taking off.

NO. 1: A NEW MIAMI CONNECTION TO EUROPE? STATE-OWNED AIRLINE PLANS DIRECT FLIGHTS. WHAT TO KNOW

Learn more about the ties between Miami and Belgrade. | Published February 9, 2024 | Read Full Story by Vinod Sreeharsha

JetBlue planes wait at the gate at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in 2020. By Mark Konezny

NO. 2: JETBLUE CHANGES FLIGHTS AT FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT AFTER CANCELED MERGER WITH SPIRIT

See what’s next for South Florida routes. | Published March 20, 2024 | Read Full Story by Vinod Sreeharsha

Travelers at MIA on Wednesday December 20, 2023. By Pedro Portal

NO. 3: MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS NEW FLIGHTS TO EUROPE PLUS A NEW DESTINATION IN MEXICO 

Here are the destination details. | Published March 22, 2024 | Read Full Story by Vinod Sreeharsha

EL AL Israel Airlines will begin offering three weekly, nonstop flights to Tel Aviv from Miami International Airport in November.

NO. 4: ISRAEL’S EL AL IS ADDING FLIGHTS FROM FORT LAUDERDALE. HERE ARE DETAILS FOR TRAVELERS

The service will start soon. | Published March 29, 2024 | Read Full Story by Vinod Sreeharsha

Several homes and farms in Akureyri overlook the blue Eyjafjordur fjord, the longest in Iceland and popular for whale-watching.

NO. 5: ONE OF THE WORLD’S COLDEST SPOTS JUST MADE A BET ON HOT MIAMI. AIRPORT ADDS NEW FLIGHTS

Here are the details to make travel plans. | Published February 1, 2025 | Read Full Story by Vinod Sreeharsha

This report was produced with the help of AI tools, which summarized previous stories reported and written by McClatchy journalists. It was edited by journalists in our News division.