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American Airlines Shifts Iceland Flights to Philadelphia from Dallas/Fort Worth

Aug. 12, 2019
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American Airlines Shifts Iceland Flights to Philadelphia from Dallas/Fort Worth
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American Airlines is moving seasonal Iceland service to its Philadelphia gateway next summer, tapping into East Coast demand for the North Atlantic island.

The Oneworld Alliance carrier will offer daily summer flights to Reykjavik (KEF) from Philadelphia (PHL) beginning June 4, according to Diio by Cirium schedule data. The route will replace the company's existing daily seasonal service between Reykjavik and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), which it has offered since 2018.

The change was first reported by Airlineroute.

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The switch to Philadelphia will allow American to better collect the high amount of East Coast connecting traffic to Reykjavik, spokeswoman Nichelle Tait tells TPG.

American will continue to fly a Boeing 757-200 on its Reykjavik flights.

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The Iceland shift joins a bevy of transatlantic changes American announced earlier in August. The carrier will land in Africa for the first time with a flight from Philadelphia to Casablanca (CMN) in Morocco. American also will return to Tel Aviv (TLV), though this time with nonstop flights from its hub at DFW. And American will offer three new seasonal routes to Eastern Europe from Chicago O'Hare (ORD) in 2020.

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The airline also disclosed that it will not resume seasonal service to Bologna (BLQ) in Italy next year.

In addition, on Friday US authorities awarded American two daily flights to Tokyo Haneda (HND), the city's close in airport. It can use them for flights from Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles (LAX).

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