Summer season is heating up, however American Airways is already making winter trip plans.
The carrier has announced an expanded schedule for the winter season, with seven new routes and two new locations.
The 2 new locations are Santa Maria Airport (SMX) in Santa Maria, California, and Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN) in Solar Valley, Idaho.
“American is targeted on giving our prospects essentially the most choices to choose the proper trip vacation spot, and now there are much more methods to show journey desires into actuality” Jason Reisinger, American's Managing Director of International Community Planning, mentioned in an announcement.
From Solar Valley, the airline will add providers to its hubs at Chicago's O'Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD) and Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport (PHX). Santa Maria will get a nonstop route from Phoenix.
There may also be expanded service to Southwest Florida Worldwide Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers, Florida; Missoula Montana Airport (MSO) in Missoula, Montana; and Santa Fe Regional Airport (SAF) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
American Airways' new routes embrace:
- Fort Myers to Phoenix: Each day on a Boeing 737 from Nov. 20 by means of Dec. 3 and from Dec. 18 by means of Jan. 6, 2026.
- Missoula to Chicago: Each day on an Embraer E175 from Dec. 18 (American at present flies this route seasonally throughout the summer time).
- Santa Fe to Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX): Each day on a Bombardier CRJ700 from Oct. 6.
- Santa Fe to Chicago: Each day on a CRJ700 from Dec. 18 by means of Jan. 6, 2026.
- Santa Maria to Phoenix: Twice each day on a Bombardier CRJ900 from Oct. 16.
- Solar Valley to Chicago: Each day on a CRJ700 from Dec. 18 by means of April 6, 2026.
- Solar Valley to Phoenix: Each day on a CRJ700 from Dec. 18 by means of April 6, 2026.
Ticket gross sales for the brand new routes started June 30, so vacationers can begin eager about winter plans now.
Many of the new locations are widespread seashore or mountain locations already served by widespread airways. Santa Maria, nevertheless, is simply served by Allegiant Air with twice-weekly flights to Harry Reid Worldwide Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, per The Points Guy.
United was the final main airline to serve Santa Maria, with regional flights to San Francisco that led to 2016, in line with schedule information from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
On the Chicago-Missoula and Chicago-Solar Valley routes, American's solely competitors is United.
American Airways has been attempting to get into the market of smaller home locations lately, having added Provo Airport (PVU) in Utah in 2024, and McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD) in Carlsbad, California, earlier this 12 months.
Specializing in smaller leisure hubs is a part of the service's purpose to be seen because the go-to airline for seasonal leisure journey.
American has “opted to dig extra into smaller regional airports that present indicators of demand to and from the realm throughout particular home windows,” Katy Nastro, a journey knowledgeable at Going, a journey app and offers e-newsletter, told AFAR.
“Solar Valley and Fort Myers are two completely different however comparable examples of simply that. This showcases their guess on widespread snowboarding and solar areas. For instance, Fort Myers has proven the most important development in scheduled seats 12 months over 12 months, in line with Cirium analytics. American is attempting to experience that wave of development and curiosity.”
