American Airlines adds international routes, including for soccer fans

Travel Weekly

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American Airlines will begin one new Europe route next summer and bring back three dormant ones. It also will add or extend service between Dallas-Fort Worth and two international destinations specifically for the World Cup.
American's first-time Europe service will connect Dallas with Athens daily on a summer-seasonal basis beginning May 21. From the East Coast, American will add daily, summer-seasonal flights between Philadelphia and Prague and between Philadelphia and Budapest, also on May 21.
The airline last flew both routes in 2019, according to Cirium's flight-schedule data.
Further south, American will connect Miami and Milan with daily, year-round flights starting March 29, resuming a route the airline operated until its suspension at the start of the pandemic.
American is the only carrier scheduled to fly each of its new European routes. Philadelphia-Budapest is the only scheduled nonstop service for next summer from the U.S. to Hungary.
All four routes will be operated with Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft.
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With the World Cup happening next year from June 11 to July 19 in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, American will add short-lasting service between Dallas and Zurich. Dallas Stadium in Arlington is a World Cup venue.
Dallas-Zurich will operate from May 21 through Aug. 4 on Boeing 777-200 aircraft. No other carrier serves the route.
American will also offer flights connecting Dallas with soccer-loving Argentina from May 21 to Aug. 3. The airline typically only flies Dallas-Buenos Aires during the winter. American will fly a 787 Dreamliner on the route.