American Airways to Minimize These Routes to Las Vegas, Orlando, and Extra — Here is Why

American Airways goes again to fundamentals in Austin after experimenting with dozens of latest nonstop flights throughout the pandemic.

The service will now not be an choice for Austinites keen to go to Bourbon Road in New Orleans after October or take in the historical past of Boston’s Freedom Stroll after November. Nonstop flights to each cities are among the many seven that may finish within the subsequent few months.

Additionally gone are American’s nonstops from Austin to Las Vegas and Orlando in October; Nashville and Raleigh-Durham in November; and Orange County, Calif., in January 2025, Cirium Diio schedule knowledge exhibits.

The reductions deliver to an finish a pandemic experiment for American that peaked at nonstop flights from Austin to greater than 45 cities in early 2023.

The cuts are a part of a “steady analysis” of American’s community, an airline spokesperson advised Journey + Leisure on Monday.

“American will proceed to supply prospects entry to our complete international community of greater than 350 locations with one-stop connections,” the spokesperson added.

Different elements embrace the fast airline business development in Austin throughout the pandemic and the now slowing journey restoration. American has additionally confronted some pushback from labor teams to its growth within the Texas capital that’s lower than 200 miles from its fundamental Dallas-Fort Value hub.

American will proceed to supply flights from Austin to eight of its hubs — Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Value, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, and Phoenix — plus seasonal nonstops to Aspen, Cancun, and Los Cabos.

Austinites nonetheless have loads of flight choices on routes the place American is ending service. Southwest Airways, the most important service in Austin, serves Las Vegas, Nashville, New Orleans, Orange County, Orlando, and Raleigh-Durham nonstop. And Delta Air Strains, which is slowly constructing a “focus metropolis” within the Texas metropolis, flies to Boston, Las Vegas, Nashville, New Orleans (from February), Orlando, and Raleigh-Durham.

Spirit Airways additionally flies from Austin to Las Vegas and Orlando, and JetBlue Airways to Boston.