Despite being the world’s largest airline in multiple ways, American Airlines has a relatively small presence across the North Atlantic. Such geographic areas include Africa, parts of Asia such as South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Between August 2026 and next April, Cirium Diio data shows that the oneworld member will be the third-largest operator from the US to those places. American plans an average of 48 daily departures across the North Atlantic, up by 4% year-over-year. It has a considerably smaller presence than United Airlines (82 daily flights) and Delta Air Lines (66).
American Has Stopped Transatlantic Flights To 15 Airports
The carrier’s transatlantic schedule was examined using Cirium Diio data. This explored what existed between January 2006 and July 2026, which was then compared to what’s available from August 2026 until April 2027. This process identified that 15 airports have been removed from American’s network in the past 20 years. The number would be higher if the more distant past were considered.
The 15 eliminated destinations comprise 14 airports in Europe and one in the Middle East; they’ll be explored in the subsequent sections. American has not ended flights to any African airport, as the carrier has not flown to that vast continent. This is in distinct contrast to Delta and United. American has also not ceased flying to any city in South Asia, as it has only ever flown to Delhi, which continues to see the airline’s frames.
American had planned to fly to Africa. This was to be from its Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) hub to Casablanca, with the first departure to take place in 2020. But then the COVID-19 pandemic materialized, which put paid to that idea. American relies on fellow oneworld members and partners, especially British Airways, Iberia, Qatar Airways, and Royal Air Maroc, for Africa travel.
American No Longer Flies To These 14 European Airports
They are summarized in the following table. Airports include the now-closed Berlin Tegel, which was the primary airport serving the capital of Germany for years. Brandenburg took its place, but American does not fly there. Cirium shows that it only flew there for one season, from June to September 2019. That’s not surprising: the US Department of Transportation shows that the load factor was just 59.9%. Then COVID-19 happened, and the world temporarily changed dramatically, which led to many broad changes.
Many of the airports and routes saw aircraft that are no longer in American’s fleet, including the Boeing Boeing 757-200 (shown above) and the 767-300ER. One also saw the ex-US Airways Airbus A330-200 and A330-300. Indeed, several of the stated routes were inherited from merging US Airways and inheriting its Philadelphia hub.
Notice Keflavik. American flew to Iceland’s primary airport in 2018 and 2019. It did so from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), which is the carrier’s busiest hub. This was quite an unusual route, but it’s much stranger than that. American was, at the time, the third airline operating between DFW and KEF, alongside Icelandair and the now-defunct WOW Air. Needless to say, none of them lasted for long.
DFW (767-300ER, 777-200ER) and Raleigh/Durham (767-300ER, 777-200ER); both routes switched to Heathrow following the repealing of the Bermuda II accord because of the EU-US open skies agreement
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK; 767-300ER)
Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD; 767-300ER, 777-200ER)
ORD (767-300ER); now served by the oneworld member Finnair, although barely three-quarters of seats are filled
JFK (757-200, 767-300ER), ORD (767-300ER, 777-200ER), PHL (757-200). In 2009/2010, the carrier also flew from Boston to Brussels via London Heathrow (767-300ER)
ORD (767-300ER); now that Delta has also ended Düsseldorf flights, the German airport has no scheduled flights to the US at all
JFK (757-200); and ORD in the most distant past (which I flew)
PHL (757-200); the route shifted to Edinburgh and now variously uses the A321XLR, 787-8, 787-9
PHL (767-300ER); now has no flights to the US
PHL (767-300ER); United is now the only US airline to fly to Dubrovnik
Boston (757-200), ORD (757-200), PHL (757-200)
BOS (757-200), JFK (757-200, 767-300ER), Miami (767-300ER), ORD (757-200, 767-300ER, 787-8), PHL (A330-200, A330-300, 767-300ER, 787-8)
* Any airport that last saw American before 2006 is excluded
** Some would have had other routes that ended before 2006, but are not mentioned except in one instance
In the past 20 years, the carrier’s network involved many places that you may have forgotten, including Abuja. See them all here!
American Has Ceased Flying To This Airport In The Middle East
The carrier no longer flies to Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH). It did so from PHL between October 2023 and March 2026, when flights stopped due to the ongoing war in Iran. The 787-9 was used throughout. The route was, of course, to feed close partner Qatar Airways. Indeed, American replaced Qatar Airways, which served PHL between 2014 and 2023. American ended JFK-DOH flights to fly from its PHL hub instead. As such, Qatar Airways grew the number of flights to JFK. Qatar Airways will return to PHL next week.
By no longer serving DOH with its own frames, American does not currently fly to any airport in the Middle East. However, depending on the progress of the war, American is due to return in January, when it’ll fly from JFK to Tel Aviv. The latest information shows that Delta and United are due to return to the region in September 2026, but whether they do remains to be seen.
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