American Airways is additional bolstering its Phoenix hub with two new route-map pins.
The airline introduced on Wednesday that it will land in Pasco, Washington, and Tijuana, Mexico, for the primary time ever starting early subsequent yr.
American will start service from Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport (PHX) to Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) and Tijuana Worldwide Airport (TIJ) on Feb. 15, 2024. Flights will function as soon as day by day on board an American Eagle Embraer E175 regional jet.
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Along with the brand new locations, American will improve service from one to 2 day by day flights between PHX and Guadalajara Worldwide Airport (GDL) in Mexico. This extra day by day frequency will even start on Feb. 15, 2024.
This newest spherical of enlargement comes as Phoenix hasn’t essentially seen as a lot development as another American hubs, resembling Charlotte and Dallas-Fort Price.
American inherited the Phoenix hub from Tempe, Arizona-based US Airways throughout the merger in 2015, and plenty of analysts think about it the weakest hyperlink within the community (together with Philadelphia).
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That stated, American appears to be refocusing its efforts on Phoenix in latest months, particularly because the airline sees elevated competitors from Southwest Airways. Southwest considers the Valley of the Solar to be one in every of its most essential working bases.
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Late final month, American introduced a notable 30-flight enlargement from Phoenix for the winter season — together with a brand new path to Jacksonville, Florida — in addition to a slew of frequency will increase in lots of fashionable home markets. These newest additions be a part of the not too long ago launched service from Phoenix to Monterrey, Mexico, which took off in January.
All informed, American will function nonstop service to 100 locations from PHX — far more than the 59 cities Southwest serves from Phoenix, Cirium schedule knowledge reveals.
Whereas the information is undoubtedly thrilling for locals based mostly within the Phoenix space, American’s enlargement will open up two new connecting alternatives for flyers nationwide.
Till now, American hasn’t served the Tri-Cities space or Tijuana, so loyal flyers have had to decide on a special airline for flights to those locations. In reality, American will develop into the one U.S. airline serving Tijuana, which sits just some miles south of the border from San Diego. The airport even affords a Cross Border Xpress terminal that simply connects San Diego with flights from Tijuana through an immigration checkpoint and a protracted bridge.
American is already the main U.S. airline in Mexico, and with Tijuana, the airline’s portfolio will develop to 26 locations within the nation.
American will function greater than 720 peak weekly flights between the U.S. and Mexico throughout the upcoming winter season, and it will improve its capability within the nation by 8% for the 2023-24 vacation season in comparison with final yr.
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