Summary
- American Airlines is relaunching two Florida routes in February 2024.
- The primary route is from Boston to Palm Beach, last served in 2006, and can run once weekly with Airbus 319s.
- The second route is from LaGuardia to Tampa, last repeatedly served in 2008, and will even run once weekly with Embraer E175s.
American Airlines is relaunching two Florida routes in February 2024; one last served 17 years ago and one other sporadically throughout the pandemic.
Boston – Palm Beach
Florida is one of the vital popular states year-round in the US. With its warm weather and beaches, and even Disney World in Orlando, people flock to Florida from all around the world to enjoy what the Sunshine State has to supply. In winter, domestic schedules remain strong in several cities, and American Airlines (AA) is resuming service on two routes which have not been consistently served for years.
The primary is from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI), last served in April 2006. The seasonal route typically ran from November to May, though in 2006, it ran from February to April. Based on Cirium, the last flight on the route was operated on April 2, 2006, with the now-retired McDonnell Douglas MD-80.
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Service on the 1,197-mile route will resume on February 17, once weekly with the Airbus 319s, which might carry 128 passengers. Below is the breakdown of the brand new route:
Origin |
Departure |
Flight number |
Departure time |
Arrival time |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boston |
Palm Beach |
1970 |
14:15 |
17:50 |
Palm Beach |
Boston |
1970 |
18:35 |
21:45 |
Image: aa.com
Roundtrip fares departing Boston on the seventeenth and returning on the twenty fourth start at $796, but flying nonstop in each directions would cost $938 in principal cabin.
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As of right away, there isn’t any indication that American plans to operate the route beyond February. Easy Flying has asked the airline for confirmation.
LaGuardia to Tampa
The last time American flew from Recent York City’s LaGuardia Airport to Tampa International Airport was in February 2021, however the last time the 2 cities were connected with regular service was in April 2008. Until April 6, 2008, the 2 cities were connected twice day by day year-round with the MD80s. Greater than 17,000 seats were available monthly on the route. In February 2020, right before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, American brought the route back before cutting service and resuming again in July 2020. It was then cut again and re-added in February 2021, and it has not been served since then.
Based on Cirium, the LGA-TPA route will even resume with once-weekly service on February 17. Republic Airways will operate the 1,011-mile route on the Embraer E175s, which might carry 76 passengers. Below is the schedule for the flights:
Origin |
Departure |
Flight number |
Departure time |
Arrival time |
---|---|---|---|---|
LaGuardia |
Tampa |
4625 |
10:45 |
13:41 |
Tampa |
LaGuardia |
4639 |
14:11 |
17:01 |
Image: aa.com
Flights from LaGuardia to Tampa can be found starting at $370 roundtrip from the seventeenth to the twenty fourth, but to fly nonstop would cost $748 roundtrip.
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Miami operations
American Airlines is by far the most important airline in Miami, with greater than 80 destinations uncontested. The South Florida city is crucial to its Latin America and Caribbean destinations however the airline also serves a couple of European destinations. Most recently, American launched flights from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, its Arizona hub, to Jacksonville International Airport in Florida.
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