In recent years, summer demand for travel between the United States and Europe has been through the roof, so we’ve seen US airlines add as much capacity there as possible. Every year, we see airlines tweak their European route network a bit, based on both capacity and demand, and announce new services.
Along those lines, American Airlines has just become the first major US airline to announce new Europe routes that are launching as of the summer of 2026. It includes a couple of new destinations, plus additional service to existing destinations. I don’t think there’s anything here that’s really going to rock the boat. For that matter, most of these are routes that were operated at some point in the past.
I don’t think there’s anything all that surprising here, though a few thoughts:
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.