American Airways is shaking up its route map at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to raised compete within the Massive Apple.
The modifications embrace 4 new routes, together with one that can see the Oneworld alliance service return to the New York-Atlanta market — a route it final flew in 2023. American additionally will add new service from LGA to Fort Lauderdale and Madison in Wisconsin starting in September. The fourth new route will are available in Charleston, South Carolina, the place American will convert its seasonal service to year-round and add extra flights to the schedule.
American may also add extra flights on its present schedules this winter to Burlington, Vermont; Columbia, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Detroit; Fayetteville in northwest Arkansas; Greensboro, North Carolina; Indianapolis; Pittsburgh and Tulsa.
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Nevertheless, the added routes and extra flights will come come on the expense of seven routes from LaGuardia. American will minimize its present LGA service to Cincinnati and Dayton in Ohio; Knoxville, Tennessee; Louisville; Minneapolis; Omaha, Nebraska; and Sarasota, Florida, a spokesperson mentioned.
The spokesperson described the modifications at LaGuardia as “reoptimizing” the airline’s slot portfolio on the airport to raised serve New Yorkers.
“In New York, we’ve a big and constant buyer base, important AAdvantage penetration, important co-brand [credit card] penetration, and we’re excited in regards to the evolving place that we’re creating,” mentioned Steve Johnson, American’s chief technique officer, throughout its quarterly earnings name in April. “LaGuardia would be the largest, I believe, operation that we have had in historical past. We have optimized it, we predict, for our New York prospects.”
Of the highest 5 locations for native vacationers — or ones not connecting to a different flight — from LaGuardia in 2024, Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale are the one two that American doesn’t serve, U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics information reveals.
Including flights on these key routes might bolster American’s attractiveness to native New York fliers.
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Each Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale are served nonstop from LaGuardia by Delta Air Strains, JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airways, schedule information from aviation analytics agency Cirium reveals. Frontier Airways and Southwest Airways additionally fly the LaGuardia-Atlanta route.
American pulled again in New York below its alliance with JetBlue that led to 2023. Since then, the airline has slowly constructed again its flight choices at JFK Worldwide Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
And whereas American and JetBlue had been understood to be in talks over a doubtlessly renewed alliance, the previous disclosed Monday that these talks had been over and it was suing the latter for not less than $1 million associated to the top of their earlier pact.
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American will compete with Delta on each the LaGuardia-Charleston and LaGuardia-Madison routes, in addition to Spirit on the previous, Cirium schedules present.
Beneath are American’s additions at New York LaGuardia this winter:
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport (ATL): Six every day flights starting Sept. 3.
- Burlington’s Patrick Leahy Worldwide Airport (BTV) in Vermont: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 3 by April 5, 2026.
- Charleston Worldwide Airport (CHS) in South Carolina: Two every day flights starting Sept. 3, and three every day flights from Nov. 2.
- Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) in South Carolina: Improve to 2 every day flights from one on Sept. 3.
- John Glenn Columbus Worldwide Airport (CMH) in Ohio: Improve to 5 every day flights from 4 on Sept. 3.
- Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW): Improve to 4 every day flights from three on Sept. 3.
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport (FLL): Two every day flights starting Nov. 2.
- Greensboro’s Piedmont Triad Worldwide Airport (GSO) in North Carolina: Improve to 4 every day flights from three on Sept. 3.
- Indianapolis Worldwide Airport (IND): Improve to 5 every day flights from 4 on Sept. 3.
- Madison’s Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) in Wisconsin: One every day flight starting Sept. 3.
- Northwest Arkansas Nationwide Airport (XNA): Improve to a few every day flights from two on Sept. 3.
- Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport (PIT): Improve to 5 every day flights from 4 on Sept. 3.
- Tulsa Worldwide Airport (TUL): Improve to 2 every day flights from one on Sept. 3.
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