Philadelphia sees surge in American Airlines' international flights

Examining long-haul services reveals that Dallas/Fort Worth leads followed by Philadelphia New York JFK and Miami Using American s schedule submission to Cirium Diio for comparison shows multiple winners and losers among oneworld member s top US airports for international departures Six of these airports have grown year on year while four have not

Philadelphia has seen significant growth with a14 increase in departures from last summer Philly ranks as American s fourth busiest international airport its primary hub for Europe and the only one offering Middle Eastern service until New York JFK Tel Aviv returns Conversely Phoenix and Washington Reagan each have experienced5 fewer services year on year

Nearly11 of American s Philly flights are international The airline plans an average of34 daily takeoffs although there will be as few as27 on April1 and October25 only or up to43 on Saturdays from June7 until August2

The Pennsylvania hub s international network includes33 summer destinations such as Liberia Costa Rica which is served weekly until April3 Toronto is the most served destination primarily flown four times daily using various aircraft models . Montreal follows closely behind along with London Heathrow Cancun and Punta Cana

Additionalsummer routes include Milan Malpensa starting May23 seasonal which had its last flight in2009 under US Airways On the same day Edinburgh will see flights resume having last been served in2019 using now withdrawn757s This time it ll be serviced by7878 aircraft markingthe first useof any widebody plane there

The33 airports span24 countries with Canada Italy UK Spain Mexico beingthe five most served nations They account for57 oftakeoffs Barbados welcomed Philadelphian flightsin November2024 followedby CostaRica thenext month Higher frequencieson multipleroutes likeQuebec City double daily E175 ERJ145forfirst timesince2022 PuntaCana alsodouble daily lasthadthatfrequencyin2019 contributePhiladelphia s growth too