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American Airlines added a few regional flights to its route map this weekend. It also dropped a relatively new route to Tulum International Airport (TQO).
The Points Guy reports that American added these three new regional flights:
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to/from Bismarck Municipal Airport (BIS) (1x daily; starts on June 5th)
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to/from Boise Airport (BOI) (1x daily; starts on June 5th)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) to/from Appleton International Airport (ATW) (1x weekly on Saturdays; run between February 15th and May 3rd)
All three flights will be operated by Envoy Air as American Eagle using Embraer E175 aircraft. These offer 12 First Class, 20 Main Cabin Extra, and 44 Main Cabin seats. United currently flies to Boise daily. The other two routes do not have nonstop competition.
Tulum Losing Its Luster?
Tulum International Airport (TQO) opened to foreign carriers on March 28th. All of the US airlines rushed to add service and we saw tons of flights started by American, Delta, JetBlue, Spirit, and more. Spirit announced that it would fly from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Orlando International Airport (MCO). Neither of those routes materialized and they were cut before they began.
Personally, I was supposed to go to Tulum this fall, but my flights kept having schedule changes. I got frustrated and cancelled the trip. American is now the second airline to cut service. Its flights to/from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) will cease flying on February 13th. American will still offer service from both Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Miami International Airport (MIA).
Anthony’s Take: It’s good to see Chicago get some new routes. I’m not surprised by the Tulum cut and think we’ll see other carriers also scale back service as it’s oversaturated.
(Image Credits: American Airlines and Spencer Watson.)
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