FORT WORTH, Texas, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Airlines is making changes to its international winter flying
schedule to add new service and better match capacity with customer
demand.
The moves include adding new service to Viracopos International
Airport (VCP) in Campinas, Brazil,
from American's hubs at Miami
International Airport (MIA) and New
York's John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK). This will mark
American's 10th destination in Brazil, further strengthening the airline's
position as the leading U.S. carrier in the country and providing
more options for customers traveling to and from the state of
Sao Paulo. To operate these new
routes, American will transition one daily frequency between
Miami and Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport
(GRU) and select weekly frequencies between JFK and GRU. The new
flight from JFK to VCP will operate three times per week beginning
Dec 1, 2014, and the daily flight
from Miami to VCP will launch
Dec. 2, 2014, pending government
approval. Both routes will be operated with Boeing 767-300 retrofit
aircraft featuring fully lie-flat Business Class seats with
all-aisle access.
By December, American will operate all of its flights between
MIA and GRU with state-of-the-art Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, to
better match demand for premium seating between these two important
destinations. With this change, all flights between GRU and DFW,
JFK and MIA will be operated with American's 777-300ER. The
aircraft features a three-class cabin configuration with fully
lie-flat seats in First and Business Class, international Wi-Fi,
and more customer and cargo capacity than any other aircraft
currently in American's fleet.
US Airways service from Charlotte Douglas International Airport
(CLT) to GRU will be discontinued beginning Oct.1, 2014.
Charlotte customers will still
have access to GRU through American's Latin America gateway in MIA. American
will also continue to serve GRU from its hubs in Dallas/Fort Worth, JFK and Los Angeles.
"American remains the leading U.S carrier to Brazil and this new service to Viracopos
demonstrates our commitment to providing customers more
opportunities to access our expanded network in Latin America," said Andrew Nocella, chief marketing officer –
American Airlines. "These schedule adjustments strengthen our
global network and solidify the foundation we have been
building."
Beginning this winter, the airline will make the following
seasonal schedule adjustments to Europe:
U.S.
Gateway
|
International
Airport
|
Date
Suspended
|
Date
Resumed
|
JFK
|
Dublin
(DUB)
|
Oct. 25,
2014
|
March 29,
2015
|
ORD
|
Dusseldorf
(DUS)
|
Oct. 25,
2014
|
March 29,
2015
|
PHL
|
Zurich
(ZRH)
|
Oct. 25,
2014
|
April 14,
2015
|
ORD
|
Manchester
(MAN)
|
Jan. 6,
2014
|
March 29,
2015
|
PHL
|
Rome (FCO)
|
Feb. 5,
2015
|
March 5,
2015
|
PHL
|
BCN
|
March 5,
2015
|
March 29,
2015
|
In addition, flights to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) in
Milan, Italy, will now be split
between JFK and MIA, with four weekly frequencies from JFK and
three from MIA between Jan. 6, 2015,
and March 28, 2015.
About American Airlines Group
American Airlines Group
(NASDAQ: AAL) is the holding company for American Airlines and US
Airways. Together with wholly owned and third-party regional
carriers operating as American Eagle and US Airways Express, the
airlines operate an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to 339
destinations in 54 countries from its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort
Worth, Los Angeles,
Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. The American Airlines
AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles programs allow members to
earn miles for travel, vacation packages, car rentals, hotel stays
and everyday purchases. American is a founding member of the
oneworld alliance, whose members and members-elect serve nearly
1,000 destinations with 14,250 daily flights to 150 countries.
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