Regardless of the warmth and the crowds in Europe this summer time, American Airways is betting on continued demand for flights throughout the pond subsequent 12 months. The provider introduced a serious growth Thursday to its summer time 2024 roster that may add three new locations to its Europe lineup, one new route, and the resurrection of a number of flights it hasn’t operated since earlier than the pandemic.
The information marks the most important transatlantic growth for American since 2019.
“Final summer time, we determined that with Boeing delays and uncertainty round deliveries, we actually needed so as to add new locations final summer time however we thought there was numerous danger to that,” stated Brian Znotins, American’s senior vp of community planning on the airline’s Inform Me Why podcast sequence. “However this summer time, we’ve acquired the airplanes from Boeing, we’re able to rock ‘n’ roll, and we’re excited to have new locations within the combine.”
So, the place in Europe is American heading in 2024?
American Airways’ new Europe locations and flight routes for 2024
The three new locations for American will all be flying out of Philadelphia Worldwide Airport and embody:
- Copenhagen, Denmark (day by day, beginning June 6, 2024)
- Naples, Italy (day by day, beginning June 5, 2024)
- Good, France (day by day, beginning Could 6, 2024)
Flights for every of the brand new locales in Europe will happen on Boeing 787-9 plane, and tickets could be bought on-line or by way of the American app as of August 20, 2023.
American Airways may even be flying a brand new route from Dallas to Barcelona. (The airline already flies to the Spanish metropolis from 4 different U.S. hubs: Chicago, Miami, New York, and Philadelphia.) The Dallas to Barcelona route will kick off on June 5, providing day by day service on a Boeing 777-200 plane.
American’s resumed and expanded Europe routes for 2024
Along with the brand new locations and routes, American Airways is altering service on present routes to convey up the seasonal restart date (or to make the operations year-round). The increasing routes all fly day by day and embody:
- Chicago, Illinois, to Athens, Greece, beginning sooner than regular on Could 6, 2024, on a Boeing 787-8
- Charlotte, North Carolina, to Dublin, Eire, beginning sooner than regular on March 5, 2024, on a Boeing 777-200
- New York (JFK) to Athens, Greece, beginning sooner than regular on March 31, 2024, on a Boeing 777-200
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Venice, Italy, beginning sooner than regular on April 4, 2024, on a Boeing 787-8
- Charlotte, North Carolina, to Madrid, Spain, increasing to year-round service efficient October 29, 2023, on a Boeing 777-200
- Dallas, Texas, to Dublin, Eire, increasing to year-round service efficient October 29, 2023, on a Boeing 787-8 in winter and 777-200 in summer time
- Dallas, Texas, to Rome, Italy, increasing to year-round service efficient October 29, 2023, on both a Boeing 787-8 and 787-9
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Barcelona, Spain, increasing to year-round service efficient October 29, 2023, on a Boeing 787-8
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Lisbon, Portugal, increasing to year-round service efficient October 29, 2023, on Boeing 787-8s in winter and 787-9s in summer time
American Airways may even convey again the Chicago, Illinois, to Venice, Italy route, which it final flew in 2019. As of now, it would the one airline flying between the 2 cities. The day by day flights will resume on June 5, 2024, on a Boeing 787-8.
American’s expanded winter service to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America
For individuals who want to journey sooner and to hotter climate locales in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America, American Airways additionally introduced that it will likely be beefing up the variety of day by day flights on present routes, together with:
- Charlotte, North Carolina, to Eleuthera, Bahamas, day by day from February 15 to April 3, 2024, on a Bombardier CRJ 700
- Charlotte, North Carolina, to Georgetown, Bahamas, day by day from February 15 to April 3 on a Bombardier CRJ 900
- Charlotte, North Carolina, to Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, day by day from February 15 to April 3, 2024, on an Embraer E175
- Dallas, Texas, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, day by day from October 29 onward on a Boeing 787-9
- Dallas, Texas, to Cozumel, Mexico, increasing to 2 day by day flights from January 8 to April 3, 2024, on a Boeing 737-800
- Dallas, Texas, to Nassau, Bahamas, increasing to 2 day by day flights from February 15 onward on a Boeing 737-800
- Miami, Florida, to Anguilla, increasing to 2 day by day flights from January 8 to April 3, 2024, on an Embraer E175
- Miami, Florida, to Bridgetown, Barbados, increasing to a few day by day flights from January 8 to April 3, 2024, on a Boeing 737-800
- Miami, Florida, to St. Maarten, increasing to a few day by day flights from January 8 to April 3, 2024, on a Boeing 737-800
- Miami, Florida, to Tortola, British Virgin Islands, increasing to a few flights on Saturdays from January 8 to April 3, 2024, on an Embraer E175
In earlier years, the Eleuthera, Georgetown, Marsh Harbour, and Buenos Aires routes have been solely flown a handful of instances per week. The opposite locations (other than Tortola, which solely flies at some point per week) beforehand had one or two day by day flights seasonally.