For most airlines, the third quarter of each year (July-September) is critical to either making the most money or losing the least. With usually the highest demand and fares, these three months help boost a carrier’s coffers to help it to withstand the much more challenging winter.
In Q3 2026, Cirium Diio data shows that nearly 40 scheduled passenger operators will fly between the US and Europe. They will collectively have an average of 609 daily departures. Compared to the same period last year, flights are up by a modest 0.3%, which might reflect the political situation and the increasing cost of visiting the US nowadays.
Cirium data was used to examine all scheduled routes from the US to Europe in Q3 2025, which was then compared to what is available in the same period this year. This simple process identified that 29 routes are no longer served. None have switched to only operating at other times of the year.
24 of the cessations involve European carriers. They include the now-defunct Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY, which operated three US routes in the examined period in 2025. When added to one Icelandair link that has been pulled, Keflavik International Airport (KEF) accounts for four of the 29 cuts (14%).
More cessations involve London Gatwick Airport (LGW) than anywhere else. Delta Air Lines has pulled out, while British Airways has ended two US routes and the troubled Norse Atlantic has reduced its offering. When all of Europe is concerned, Norse has ended more routes than any other operator, although that is partly because of its then broad operation from multiple European airports and also its dubious selection of opportunities, few of which have worked.
European Carriers Have Ended These 24 US Routes
They are summarized in the following table, which is organized by when each airport pair was last served by the stated carrier. The only requirement is that they operated at some point in Q3 2025 but will not do so in the same period this year.
Aer Lingus’ two entries relate directly to ceasing all transatlantic services from Manchester Airport (MAN). MAN-Barbados ended too, but that is not included for obvious reasons. Then there’s the rarely mentioned IberoJet. That was the first carrier to have nonstop flights from Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD) to Orlando (MCO). However, as Iberia launched that route in October 2025, IberoJet decided not to return.
It is a similar situation for Neos. That small Italian operator decided not to resume seasonal service from Bari / Palese International Airport (BRI) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) after United Airlines announced it’d begin flying from Newark to BRI. United debuted in May 2026.
Discover (Frankfurt to Anchorage), Edelweiss (Zurich to Denver and Seattle), IberoJet (MAD to MCO), Norse (Athens to Los Angeles, Berlin to JFK, LGW to Miami), PLAY (KEF to Baltimore, Boston, and Stewart)
BA (LGW to JFK and Las Vegas), Condor (Frankfurt to Miami), Neos (BRI to JFK), Norse (LGW to Los Angeles, Paris CDG to JFK and Los Angeles), TUI (Birmingham to Melbourne, Florida)
Icelandair (KEF to Detroit); this had the carrier’s lowest US load factor
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US Carriers Have Ended These Five European Routes
In August last year, United’s final service from Newark to Stockholm Arlanda took off. Given SAS had switched from Star Alliance to SkyTeam, this move was perhaps unsurprising. It was the Boeing 757’s longest transatlantic operation.
The following month, Delta’s ended its JFK to LGW operation. It had only returned to the UK’s second-busiest airport in April 2023. In that period, the SkyTeam member competed directly with BA (pulled out), JetBlue (pulled out), and Norse (now only seasonal). With so much competition, it’s hardly surprising that they all consolidated at LHR.
In October 2025, Delta ceased flying from JFK to Geneva, while JetBlue pulled out of JFK to Amsterdam. Three months later, Delta’s final service from the Big Apple to Brussels took place. While LGW and Geneva no longer Delta’s frames at all, the airline continues to operate from ATL to the capital of Europe.
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