Yesterday United Airlines revealed how they’re more or less abandoning NYC for now (including LaGuardia and Newark), and now American Airlines has revealed how they’re drastically reducing NYC flying.
They’ll be offering 13 daily flights to three NYC area airports combined, when last year they offered over 270 daily flights over the same period.
American Airlines hugely reduces NYC flying
American Airlines has announced plans to operate a very limited number of flights to the NYC area between April 7 and May 6, 2020:
- All flights will operate between 10AM and 6PM
- NYC-based crews won’t be operating these flights
- All crews will be operating direct turns, so that no one has to overnight in the NYC area
- There will be seat blocking to ensure social distancing
As American Airlines describes it, this decision comes as the NYC area has been hit especially hard with COVID-19 cases, causing demand for flights to rapidly evaporate.
American will operate three daily flights to JFK
Going forward, American will operate just three daily flights from JFK, to the following hubs:
- 1x daily to Charlotte
- 1x daily to Dallas
- 1x daily to Miami
That’s it. This also means that American Airlines is suspending their premium A321T service between New York JFK and both Los Angeles and San Francisco. Wow. We won’t even see a single daily American flight in those markets anymore.
As a point of comparison, American had an average of 80 daily departures from JFK at the same time last year.
American will operate eight daily flights to LGA
Going forward, American will operate just eight daily flights from LGA, to the following six airports:
- 2x daily to Charlotte
- 2x daily to Dallas
- 1x daily to Boston
- 1x daily to Chicago
- 1x daily to Miami
- 1x daily to Washington DCA
As a point of comparison, American had an average of 170 daily departures from LGA at the same time last year.
American will operate two daily flights to EWR
Going forward, American will operate just two daily flights from EWR, to the following hubs:
- 1x daily to Charlotte
- 1x daily to Dallas
Note that for a couple of days American will operate flights to Chicago still, as those flights will be suspended on April 9.
As a point of comparison, American had an average of 21 daily departures from EWR at the same time last year.
Bottom line
These reductions don’t come as much of a surprise, as American Airlines will operate just over a dozen daily flights to the NYC area. What used to be one of the most congested airspaces in the world is now more or less empty.
Are you surprised by the extent to which American is reducing NYC service?
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