by Krish Patel

American Airlines is going to be making some changes to its domestic route network. The Dallas/Fort Worth based airline recently filed plans to add four new routes and cut two others in existence.

For starters, AA will add summer seasonal service to Hyannis, Massachusetts, from its hubs in Philadelphia and Chicago O’Hare. Both routes are planned to be operated by Envoy Air, an affiliate of American Eagle, AA’s regional subsidiary. 

In addition, two limited-time routes will be launched for the spring break season and operate exclusively on Saturdays, but they might be extended if there’s a sufficient amount of demand. American Airlines will launch service to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Springfield, Missouri, from its hub in Miami. The routes will operate from February 15, 2025 through March 29 of the same year. 

However, not all news is good news. While AA is launching four services, it’s removing two other seasonal routes effective immediately. This includes the airline’s service from Chicago ORD to Reno, Nevada, and Charlotte CLT to Spokane, Washington. When they last operated as summer seasonal services, it seems that they didn’t perform very well. 

American Airlines launched service to Hyannis from its hubs at New York LaGuardia and Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport, so it’ll be interesting to see how well the new services operate. Hyannis is located on the Cape Cod peninsula and serves as a popular destination among summer tourists who want to relax on the region’s nicest beaches, so American made a good decision to attract more travelers who live in other cities to a popular destination. 

American’s new services are going to attract more passengers to destinations that are popular among tourists during certain seasonal periods. It’ll be interesting and exciting to see how each of the four new routes operate and if they carry enough passenger demand. After all, there’s nothing as exciting in aviation as a new route being launched by an airline.