American Adds Three Regional Routes, Drops Tulum

‍DALLAS – American Airlines (AA) is making a few changes to its route network. According to The Points Guy, the Dallas-based (DFW) airline has announced new flights from Chicago (CHI) to two regional destinations and will commence services from Phoenix (PHX) to another regional destination. 

The routes include CHI to Bismark (BIS) in North Dakota, CHI to Boise in Idaho, and PHX to Appleton (ATW) in Wisconsin. Envoy Air (MQ), an American Eagle affiliate, will provide the three new services. These flights will be operated with an Embraer E175 aircraft. 

Daily services from CHI to BIS and BOI will commence on June 5 next year. Flights between PHX and ATW will begin on February 15, 2025. However, these will only operate once weekly on Saturdays. The flight is slated to be one of the longest routes operated by an AA regional affiliate airline. 

American To Terminate New International Route

While AA announces these new additions to its route network, the carrier is also making a significant change. The DFW-based airline will terminate services between Charlotte (CLT) and Tulum (TQO) in Mexico on February 13, 2025. 

In a statement, an AA spokesperson said that this service was terminated due to continuous evaluation of its route network. That said, AA will still operate scheduled flights to TQO from Dallas (DFW) and Miami (MIA).

“American has made the difficult decision to discontinue service between Charlotte and Tulum, Mexico. American will continue to offer service from Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami to Tulum," the airline said.

Tulum is one of AA’s newest destinations. After the official opening of TQO’s international airport, the airline only started flying there in March. However, with several carriers now offering services to TQO, there is too much capacity. 

"I think the whole industry getting in there all at the same time was too much capacity to absorb all at once we need to get people more familiar with Tulum - there are plenty of people familiar with Tulum, but we had way more seats than people familiar with Tulum, so you're seeing us and the whole industry scale back and take a step back a bit," Brian Znotins, AA’s network chief said.