Get ready for another Eurosummer: American announced a heap of new routes, including 2 cities it has never flown to

Aug 27, 2026 07:03 PM - 2 hours ago 5

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American Airlines is flying to Porto and Vienna for the first clip ever. Daniel SLIM / AFP via Getty Images

It's been a large week if you're reasoning of readying a European vacation adjacent summer.

American Airlines announced 7 caller world routes connected Thursday. All but 1 of them spell to Europe, including 2 cities it hasn't flown to before.

  • Charlotte to Barcelona
  • Chicago to Tokyo
  • New York JFK to Amsterdam
  • New York JFK to Nice, France
  • Philadelphia to Porto, Portugal
  • Philadelphia to Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Philadelphia to Vienna

Porto and Vienna will beryllium served by American for the first clip ever, starting March 28 and May 6, respectively. It will beryllium the only US hose serving the Austrian capital.

Both routes will usage the Airbus A321XLR, the newest craft type that has helped unlock caller destinations. It's a single-aisle pitchy pinch an expanded range, opening up long-haul destinations that wouldn't capable enough seats connected a wide-body aircraft, but still includes lie-flat beds successful business class.

The routes to Amsterdam and Nice, besides starting March 28 and May 6, respectively, usage the XLR, too.

Flights to Reykjavik are returning for the first clip since 2019, group to motorboat connected May 27. American cited the emergence of "coolcations" — successful which travelers activity colder destinations to flight basking summertime temperatures — for bringing backmost this

The hose is besides reintroducing a 4th regular formation from New York JFK to London Heathrow. Since American and British Airways are some portion of the Oneworld alliance, it's easy to book connecting flights to different European cities.

Tickets for the caller routes will beryllium disposable starting Monday.

American's route-reveal comes 2 days aft United Airlines announced 10 caller world routes.

Nine of those are to Europe, and it's besides making usage of the Airbus A321XLR to unfastened up caller cities for illustration Luxembourg.

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Pete Syme is an aviation newsman for Business Insider, based successful London.He writes astir each things related to the industry, specified as flight diversions, aviation safety, airline updates, travel tips, plane tours, and aviation leaders.Pete has appeared connected BBC News to talk a Heathrow Airport closure and connected Sky News to talk astir Boeing.Before joining Business Insider successful 2022, he graduated pinch an MA successful Newspaper Journalism from City, University of London. While getting his BA successful English from the University of Exeter, he was the award-winning lawman editor of the student newspaper, Exeposé.You tin get successful touch by emailing [email protected] or via Signal @syme.99.

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