American Joins the Race to Add New European Routes and Premium Upgrades

Skift Take The new routes are part of a list of initiatives to shore up American’s profitability and improve its passenger experience compared to Delta and United. American Airlines is expanding its summer 2027 transatlantic schedule as it revamps its in-flight products to appeal to more high-spend travelers. Next summer, American is launching a flight from Philadelphia to Vienna, and will become the only U.S. carrier to service the Austrian capital. American is also bringing back service to Reykjavik, launching a route from its Philadelphia hub in May 2027 after the pandemic delayed its plans to revive the service. The carrier used to operate a route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Reykjavik, but ended the service in 2019. American’s Philadelphia hub will also launch service to Porto next summer, and it will start operating flights to