American Airways will give winter-weary vacationers some warm-weather escapes later this 12 months.
The Fort Value-based airline introduced this week that it will add three new routes throughout Latin America for the winter season.
The brand new flights embody service between Chicago and two locations in Mexico: Mexico Metropolis and Queretaro. American may even add service between Philadelphia and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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American’s new day by day service from its Chicago hub at O’Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD) to Mexico Metropolis Worldwide Airport (MEX) will debut on Oct. 26, whereas the airline will solely function choose flights in the course of the peak vacation season from Dec. 18, 2025, to Jan. 5, 2026, on the brand new route from Chicago to Queretaro Worldwide Airport (QRO).
In the meantime, the brand new day by day service from Philadelphia Worldwide Airport (PHL) to Santo Domingo’s Las Americas Worldwide Airport (SDQ) will start on Dec. 18.
Along with the three new routes, the airline is increasing vacation service throughout Latin American between Dec. 18, 2025, and Jan. 5, 2026. This enlargement touches three routes from PHL and eight from Miami Worldwide Airport (MIA), which is American’s main gateway hub to factors south of the border.
In complete, American plans to function greater than 2.3 million round-trip seats all through Latin America in the course of the December vacation season, which is a hopping a million extra seats than its closest competitor.
Not solely will these new flights enchantment to these trying to escape throughout winter break, however they’re going to additionally probably be widespread with VFR (or “visiting buddies and kinfolk”) flyers trying to go house for the vacations.
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Curiously, American’s enlargement in Latin America comes as two of its largest opponents additionally introduced new flights to the area for the winter season.
This week, Delta introduced first-ever flights from Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport (SLC) to Jorge Chávez Worldwide Airport (LIM) in Lima, Peru, taking off on Dec. 4, whereas United Airways introduced a sizeable enlargement throughout the area.
United is including one new vacation spot from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) — Tepic Worldwide Airport (TPQ), which serves the Mexican state of Nayarit, on the Pacific coast — in addition to two new routes from Denver Worldwide Airport (DEN) to MEX and to Punta Cana Worldwide Airport (PUJ) within the Dominican Republic.
However regardless of all of the competitors, American remains to be the undisputed chief in service to Latin American. “Because the main U.S. airline in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, at American we’re targeted on rising our community, giving our prospects entry to their favourite locations within the area — from the tropical paradise of Puerto Rico to the dynamic and cosmopolitan metropolis of Mexico Metropolis, and past. With these new routes and extra flying, subsequent winter we’ll function 10% extra seats than the earlier 12 months, a testomony to our dedication to the area and our prospects,” mentioned José Freig, American’s vp of worldwide operations, in an announcement.
Tickets for the brand new flights will likely be obtainable on the market beginning July 14 throughout all of American’s channels.
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