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American Airlines Cuts 25 Long-haul Routes

by Rocky Horan
Last updated April 2, 2020

American Airlines summer flight schedule is being revised to meet travelers demand. As fewer people are flying, American is reducing summer routes by 60%! This means not only a cancelation of several flights and routes; many other routes will not even be re-started for the 2020 summer season. Other new routes will be delayed to 2021. International summer flying will greatly be reduced from Philadelphia and Charlotte.

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American Airlines Delays New Routes

American Airlines has been in growth mode. Over the last year American announced new routes which include growth to Morocco, India, and New Zealand. All new routes which were to begin in the 2020 will be delayed until 2021. These routes were mostly to support new OneWorld and joint venture partners.

First, American will delay the launch of Philadelphia (PHL) to Casablanca (CMN). This route was to begin June 4, 2020. The seasonal route was going to be American Airlines only flight to Africa. Now American Airline flyers will have to wait until 2021 to fly American Airlines metal to the new Oneworld Royal Air Maroc’s partner hub.

Second, seasonal service from Chicago (ORD) to Krakow (KRK) that was to begin May 7, 2020 is now postponed.

Third, Seattle’s first and only flight to India is also on the chopping block. Seattle (SEA) to Bangalore (BLR) which was to begin this fall to support new OneWorld partner Alaska will also be postponed to 2021.

Fourth, new service between Dallas (DFW) and Tel Aviv (TLV) will not launch in October 2020. Currently, American is delaying the launch to September 2021.

Finally, American will not be launching new service to New Zealand in 2020. Instead, American will opt to delay the launch of new winter seasonal service from Los Angeles (LAX) to Christchurch (CHC) and from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Auckland (AKL) to winter 2021. Service was supposed to begin October 2020.

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Summer Schedule Cut By 60%

Comparing 2020 summer schedule to 2019, American Airlines will suspend more than 60% of their total international capacity. This will include an 80% reduction in transpacific service, 65% in transatlantic, and 48% reduction in Latin America!

American Airlines Service to Asia & South Pacific

American Airlines will slowly restart flights to Asia this summer. Many flights to Asia will restart on July 7, 2020. Many flights such as those to mainland China and Australia will not resume until October 2020.

Origin Destination Schedule change
DFW Auckland (AKL) Inaugural flight moves to winter 2021
DFW Hong Kong (HKG) Service resumes July 7
DFW Tokyo-Haneda (HND) Inaugural flight moves to July 7
DFW Seoul (ICN) Service resumes July 7
DFW Beijing (PEK) Service resumes Oct. 25
DFW Shanghai (PVG) Service resumes Oct. 25
LAX AKL Seasonal service resumes Oct. 25
LAX Christchurch (CHC) Inaugural flight moves to winter 2021
LAX HKG Service resumes Oct. 25
LAX HND Service resumes July 7; twice-daily service resumes October 25
LAX PEK Service resumes Oct. 25
LAX PVG Service resumes Oct. 25
LAX Sydney (SYD) Service resumes Oct. 23

American Service to Europe and Africa

American Airlines 2020 service this summer to Europe will greatly be reduced. Many flights are not scheduled to begin until June or July. Other flights are delayed until October. This will be one of the lightest transatlantic flight schedules American has had in recent history. More important, many destinations will not be served this year at all.

Huge Cuts to Europe

The following American Airlines routes will not operate during the 2020 summer season.

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These routes will not be part of AA’s 2020 Summer schedule. Map generated by gcmaps.com
Origin Destination
CLT BCN
CLT CDG
CLT DUB
CLT FCO
CLT MAD
DFW FCO
DFW MUC
JFK FCO
ORD Budapest (BUD)
ORD CDG
ORD FCO
ORD Krakow (KRK)
ORD Prague (PRG)
ORD Venice (VCE)
PHL ATH
PHL BUD
PHL Casablanca (CMN)
PHL Dubrovnik (DBV)
PHL Edinburgh (EDI)
PHL Reykjavík (KEF)
PHL Lisbon (LIS)
PHL PRG
PHL Shannon (SNN)
PHL Berlin (TXL)
PHL VCE

Some Routes Will Still Fly

The following routes will begin operating later this year. Many destinations will not see summer service, but only fall or winter service.

Origin Destination Schedule change
BOS London (LHR) Inaugural flight moves to October 25
CLT LHR Service resumes July 7; twice-daily service resumes October 2020
CLT Frankfurt (FRA) Service resumes Oct. 25
CLT Munich (MUC) Service resumes July 7
DFW Amsterdam (AMS) Service resumes June 4
DFW Dublin (DUB) Service resumes July 7
DFW Frankfurt (FRA) Service resumes June 4
JFK Barcelona (BCN) Service resumes Oct. 25
JFK Paris (CDG) Service resumes July 7
JFK LHR Service resumes June 4
JFK Madrid (MAD) Service resumes July 7
JFK Milan (MXP) Service resumes Oct. 25
LAX LHR Service resumes June 4
MIA BCN Service resumes Oct. 25
MIA CDG Service resumes Oct. 25
MIA MAD Service resumes July 7
MIA Milan (MXP) Service resumes Oct. 25
ORD Athens (ATH) Service resumes June 4
ORD BCN Service resumes July 7
ORD DUB Service resumes June 4
ORD LHR Service resumes June 4
PHL AMS Service resumes Oct. 7
PHL BCN Service resumes Oct. 25
PHL CDG Service resumes Oct. 25
PHL DUB Service resumes Oct. 7
PHL Rome (FCO) Service resumes Oct. 25
PHL LHR Service resumes June 4
PHL MAD Service resumes July 7
PHL Manchester (MAN) Service resumes Oct. 25
PHL Zurich (ZRH) Service resumes July 7
PHX LHR Service resumes Oct. 7
RDU LHR Service resumes June 4

American Airlines Service to Latin America

Finally, scheduled service to Latin America is also taking a beating during the 2020 summer and winter schedule. Many flights to Latin America will resume in October, just as things start to heat up south of the equator. In addition, some destinations see service resume as early as May 7. This is earlier than any other route in American Airlines network.

Origin Destination Schedule change
DFW Buenos Aires (EZE) Service resumes Oct. 25
DFW São Paulo (GRU) Service resumes July 7
DFW Lima (LIM) Service resumes July 7
DFW Santiago (SCL) Service resumes Oct. 25
JFK EZE Service resumes June 4
JFK Rio de Janeiro (GIG) Service resumes Dec. 17
JFK GRU Service resumes June 4
LAX EZE Service resumes Oct. 25
LAX GRU Service resumes Oct. 25
MIA Brasilia (BSB) Service resumes Oct. 25
MIA EZE Service resumes May 7; twice-daily service resumes Oct. 25
MIA GIG Service resumes June 4
MIA GRU Service resumes May 7; twice-daily service resumes Oct. 25
MIA SCL Service resumes May 7

American Airlines 2020 Schedule.

American Airlines schedule has been greatly reduced for 2020. These schedule changes do not include the near 70% reduction in domestic flying.  Overall, over 25 summer seasonal flights will not return this year. We can only hope that 2021 will be more fruitful. With the reduction of flights, it is hard to know if flights will be full as business travel and leisure travel increases once again. Only time will tell. Currently, all we do know is that there will be a huge reduction in route options for the remainder of this year.

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About Rocky Horan

Rocky started blogging on his own website When Doublewides Fly to share information about flying around the world on a dime. By maximizing miles and points, cheap deals, sales, backpacking. Now Rocky has traveled to 110 countries, all 7 continents and works as a travel advisor to help clients experience the world.

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