American Airlines to resume European routes, increase Domestic routes and open Admirals Lounges

American Airlines is starting to climb up from the bottom, with Domestic and International routes returning, and Admirals Clubs reopening.

American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Climbing out of O’Hare – Image, Economy Class and Beyond

Domestic Capacity

American Airlines is going to offer 55% of the flights it offered last year within the United States of America. Routes will be boosted out hubs, including Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Charlotte Douglas International Airport to destinations customers are searching and booking most, with increased flying to major cities in Florida, Gulf Coast cities as well as mountain destinations.

American Airlines Boeing 737-800 departing Chicago O’Hare – Image, Economy Class and Beyond

The airline also increased frequency of flying to Asheville, North Carolina, Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina for business and leisure travellers.

The new domestic schedule will be available for booking on Sunday 7th June.

International Capacity

Europe and Latin America return to the schedules for those who need to travel. Note, that some flights will have more than one flight a week. Capacity is still down, with 20% of last years summer flights flying.

Operating from today (5th June)

• Dallas-Fort Worth – Amsterdam
• Dallas-Fort Worth – Paris
• Dallas-Fort Worth – Frankfurt
• Miami – Antigua 
• Miami – Guayaquil
• Miami – Quito
  
• Chicago O’Hare – London Heathrow
• New York-JFK – London Heathrow

These flights below are all-new flights not previously announced by the airline

Europe

• Charlotte – London-Heathrow – Service resumes 5th August
• Charlotte – Munich – Service resumes 5th August
• Chicago O’Hare – Athens – Service resumes 5th August
• Chicago O’Hare – BCN – Service resumes 5th August
• Chicago O’Hare – Dublin – Service resumes 5th August
• Dallas-Fort Worth – Dublin – Service resumes July 7, 3x/week
• New York-JFK – Paris – Service resumes 5th August
• New York-JFK – London-Heathrow – Service remains 1x/day through 5th August
• New York-JFK – Madrid (Madrid) – Service resumes 5th August
• Los Angeles – London-Heathrow – Service resumes 5th August
• Miami – Madrid – Service resumes 5th August
• Philadelphia – London-Heathrow – Service resumes 5th August
• Philadelphia – Madrid – Service resumes 5th August
• Philadelphia – Zurich – Service resumes 5th August, 3x/week
• Phoenix – London-Heathrow – Service resumes 25th October
• Raleigh-Durham – London-Heathrow – Service resumes 5th August

Latin America

• Dallas-Fort Worth – São Paulo – Service resumes 25th October
• New York-JFK – Buenos Aires – Service resumes 9th September
• New York-JFK – São Paulo – Service resumes 5th August
• Miami  – Buenos Aires – Service resumes 9th September
• Miami  – Rio de Janeiro – Service resumes 5th August
• Miami  – São Paulo – Service resumes 5th August
• Miami  – Santiago – Service resumes 25th October

Admirals Clubs

For those of you who have been itching to return to an Admiral Club, they will start reopening in phases from the 22nd June

The following locations will open June 22 with pre-packaged snack offerings and a full-service bar for customers to enjoy complimentary and premium beverages. Hours vary by location and capacity and offerings could be limited.

• Charlotte – Concourse C
• Chicago – Concourse H/K
• Dallas – Terminal A and Terminal C
• Los Angeles – Terminal 4
• New York JFK – Terminal B (only prepackaged food and water will be available, per local restrictions)
• New York  LaGuardia – Concourse D (only prepackaged food and water will be available, per local restrictions)
• Miami – Gate D30
• Philadelphia – Terminal B/C
• Phoenix – Gate A7
• Washington National – Terminal B

The following lounges will reopen as service centres as opposed to lounges. As such, you can get help, but not enjoy the lounge:

• Atlanta – North Terminal, Concourse T
• Austin – Gate 22
• Nashville – Concourse C
• Boston – Terminal B
• Dallas – Terminal D
• Houston  – Terminal A
• Pittsburgh –  Main Lobby
• Raleigh-Durham – Terminal 2
• Orlando – Gate 55
• San Francisco – Terminal 1
• Orange County – Gate 8
• St. Louis – Concourse C
• Tampa – Gate 85

In all operational lounges, expect to see glass shields in receptions and service desks, foot-operated door openers in restrooms (where they can fit them), Hand sanitiser stations and plenty of signs to practice social distancing.

In Quotes

Vasu Raja, American’s Senior Vice President of Network Strategy said

“We’re seeing a slow but steady rise in domestic demand. After a careful review of data, we’ve built a July schedule to match,” 

“Our July schedule includes the smallest year-over-year capacity reduction since March. We’ll continue to look for prudent opportunities to restore service so our customers can travel whenever and wherever they are ready.”

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