There's more and more Italy in 2025 for American Airlines which will operate up to 11 flights a day between the United States and Italy this summer.
“Italy is our second European market”
“This is our largest operation ever between the United States and Italy”, explains José Freig, VP international operations American Airlines. It is thanks to “new flights that will increase the network to Rome, Milan, Naples and Venice. Italy is our second European market in terms of the number of flights in the peak summer season, behind London Heathrow, with over 20 daily flights.” American Airlines current booking trend confirms the soundness of the investment: “The trend is very positive. There is certainly a ‘Jubilee effect’ that is helping to further strengthen the demand of our passengers for Rome, which has been one of the most popular destinations in our global network for several years.”
Flights to Naples are doubling this year
Together with the increase in the number of flights and a longer season, the newly announced Miami-Rome Fiumicino, Philadelphia-Malpensa and Chicago-Naples routes stand out and are “all seasonal routes, served by daily connections.” After its debut in last year's American network with the flight from Philadelphia, Naples is doubling up this year “thanks to its strategic position that allows US travellers to reach highly sought-after destinations, from Capri to the Amalfi Coast, and to be a gateway to Southern Italy. On the other hand, both Philadelphia and Chicago are two of our main strategic hubs in the USA for flights to and from Europe: from there we operate numerous connecting flights to and from the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, guaranteeing passengers extremely convenient and widespread connectivity.
This summer American will operate up to 480 daily flights from Chicago
The schedule calls for the Philadelphia-Naples service to begin on 5 May, “a month earlier than last year, with daily flights throughout the summer season. We will continue to monitor demand to ensure that our services meet the needs of our passengers. We expect the new Chicago-Naples service to become a popular service.” This summer American will operate up to 480 daily flights from Chicago, offering 25% more seats and 22% more departures than last year. The airline will also introduce new connections from Chicago to Madrid and Halifax. Although it has to deal with the continuing “delays in the delivery of Boeing 787s, due to which the company has modified the service on some routes this summer to ensure that it can accommodate passengers from the flights concerned,” the global network continues to expand: “We have new routes to Athens, Madrid and Edinburgh, and for the second season we are reconfirming flights to Brisbane as well as seasonal flights to Copenhagen and Nice.”
