American airlines is offering its passengers more opportunities to jet off to sunny destinations in the Caribbean and Central America this winter, announcing eight new routes and expanding service on 16 others.
On November 5, American Airlines is scheduled to begin daily flights from New York (JFK) in Bridgetown (BGI) in Barbados. Subsequently, Saturday-only service from Philadelphia (PHL) to Bridgetown will begin on November 9.
Photo: Barbados. Courtesy of Photo by Kathryn Maingot / Unsplash
On December 5, American Airlines will introduce daily service from Miami (MIA) to La Romana (LRM) in the Dominican Republic. American is thus the only American carrier to offer flights to this Caribbean destination.
Additionally, on December 7, American Airlines will launch five Saturday-only services. These include flights from JFK and Charlotte (CLT) to Argyle International Airport (SVD) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. American will be the only major American airline to serve this small Caribbean country.
Other services scheduled to launch on December 7 are from JFK to St. Lucia (UVF) and St. Maarten (SXM) and from Philadelphia to Liberia (LIR) to Costa Rica.
More frequencies on existing destinations
In addition to these new routes, American Airlines will improve winter service on 16 existing routes from various U.S. airports. For example, starting November 5, American's services from Phoenix (PHX) to Cancun (CUN) and Puerto Vallarta (PVR) in Mexico will double and triple in frequency, respectively, to better meet passenger needs.
Photo: Cancún, Mexico. Courtesy of Braden Collum / Unsplash
Additional expanded DFW services will begin December 5, with flights to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (GCM), Huatulco, Mexico (HUX), Nassau, Bahamas (NAS) and Zihuatanejo, Mexico (ZIH), increasing to once per day. and flights to Comayagua, Honduras (XPL), which expand to twice weekly.
From Miami, flights to Bonaire (BON) and Ocho Rios, Jamaica (OCJ) will increase to one daily service on December 5, while flights to Tortola, British Virgin Islands (EIS) will increase to five peak day flights at from December 7. Then, on December 19, American's Miami-Cancun service will temporarily increase to six daily flights until January 6, 2025.
During the same period, flights from Los Angeles (LAX) and Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Los Cabos, Mexico (SJD) will increase to two flights daily. Meanwhile, flights from Chicago to Nassau and Charlotte to Antigua (ANU) will increase to daily services starting December 5.
Photo: Los Cabos, Mexico. Courtesy of Paulina Vasquez / Unsplash
“This year, customers will have more reasons than ever to choose American for nonstop fun in the sun,” said Brian Znotins, senior vice president of network and schedule planning at American Airlines. “We are excited to continue growing our network in the region with more flights this winter to the Caribbean and Latin America than any other U.S. carrier.”
According to American Airlines, this winter's schedule will include 11% more departures and 10% more capacity than the winter 2023 schedule, which itself was a record.
In total, the airline will offer more than 2,350 peak weekly flights to more than 95 destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean during the upcoming winter season.
