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Bullet points of Here's where American Airlines is adding flights to Europe in summer 2025
- American Airlines is preparing for the 2025 Europe travel season by unveiling new routes and increasing capacity to meet strong demand for international travel.
- The airline will add nonstop service from Chicago to Madrid, Philadelphia to Milan, Philadelphia to Edinburgh, Charlotte to Athens, and Miami to Rome starting in March, May, and June.
- American's trans-Atlantic capacity next summer will be up low-to-mid-single digits over this year, with executives confident that consumers will continue to prioritize travel.
- The airline is bringing back other Europe flights from its Philadelphia hub to Naples, Italy; Nice, France; and Copenhagen, Denmark, and extending winter seasonal service between Miami and Paris into the summer season.
- Boeing's delivery delays of 787 Dreamliners have prompted American and other carriers to rethink some of their flying and cut certain international flights.
- American is reconfiguring some of its older Boeing 777s to build a bigger business class cabin and is confident it will be able to fly its published routes, but has a backstop plan in place in case of uncertainty.
- Low-cost airlines are also turning away airplanes to cut costs, and Alaska Airlines-Hawaiian Airlines has cleared the Justice Department's review and now faces a merger with United Airlines.