American Airlines will make further capacity cuts this summer to address record low customer demand. The airline will:
- Suspend more than 60% of international capacity for the peak summer travel season versus the same period last year.
- Delay the launch of new routes, including service from Philadelphia (PHL) to Casablanca (CMN), Chicago (ORD) to Krakow (KRK) and Seattle (SEA) to Bangalore (BLR) to 2021.
- 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.
- Suspend 25 total summer seasonal flights until summer 2021.
Summer and winter capacity will be reduced
American will suspend more than 60% of its total international capacity this summer compared to the same peak period in 2019, which includes an 80% reduction in Pacific capacity, 65% reduction in Atlantic capacity and 48% reduction in Latin America capacity. These changes are due to significantly decreased customer demand as well as government travel restrictions — both related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The reduced summer schedule, as well as the previously announced domestic schedule reductions for May, will be reflected on aa.com starting Sunday, April 5.
The airline previously announced that new service to Auckland (AKL) from Dallas-Ft. Worth, Christchurch (CHC) from Los Angeles and Bangalore from Seattle would all begin in October 2020, but American will now begin operating those routes in winter 2021. The resumption of existing service to AKL from LAX — which was originally slated to resume in early October 2020 — will now resume at the end of October 2020.
American will further extend the start date of new routes. Service to London (LHR) from Boston (BOS) will now launch in October 2020 and service to Tel Aviv (TLV) from DFW will begin in September 2021. Service to CMN from PHL and KRK from ORD will not launch this year, as well as 23 existing summer seasonal routes.
A full list of changes to the international summer schedule is below. There are no further changes at this time.
Updated Asia Pacific schedules:
| 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 |
Updated Europe and Africa schedules
The following routes will begin operating later this year
| 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 | 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 |
The following routes will not operate this summer season
| Origin | Destinations |
|---|---|
| CLT | BCN, CDG, DUB, FCO, MAD |
| DFW | FCO, MUC |
| JFK | FCO |
| ORD | Budapest (BUD), CDG, FCO, Krakow (KRK), Prague (PRG), Venice (VCE) |
| PHL | ATH, BCN, BUD, Casablanca (CMN), Dubrovnik (DBV), Edinburgh (EDI), Reykjavík (KEF), Lisbon (LIS), Prague (PRG), Shannon (SNN), Berlin (TXL), Venice (VCE) |
Updated Latin America schedules:
| 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 |
For complete details, visit aa.com.
