An American Airlines Boeing 737 taxiing at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
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American Airlines will slash 18 routes from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) starting in January 2024, pulling back from what had been a post-pandemic push to make the Texas capital a key network point with extensive nonstop connections.
The carrier, based in Texas at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), also will not resume three seasonal routes from AUS, meaning 21 of 42 destinations (both year-round and seasonal) to which American has been flying from Austin will be dropped in early 2024.
Among American's AUS route cuts, which will occur between Jan. 6 and April 3, 2024, are Albuquerque International Sunport in New Mexico; Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport; Memphis International Airport in Tennessee; Jacksonville International Airport and Tampa International Airport in Florida; Kansas City International Airport in Missouri; and Washington Dulles International Airport.
The Oneworld carrier will also drop flights from AUS to both Liberia Guanacaste Airport in Costa Rica and Punta Cana International Airport in the Dominican Republic. Seasonal service to Montego Bay, Jamaica, will not be resumed.
According to an American spokesperson, the airline will continue to operate to all eight of its hubs—Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago O’Hare; DFW; Los Angeles; Miami; New York JFK; Philadelphia; and Phoenix—from AUS.
American will also continue to serve 13 point-to-point destinations from Austin in 2024: Aspen, Colorado; Boston; Cancun and Las Cabos, Mexico; Indianapolis, Indiana; Las Vegas; Nashville, Tennessee; New Orleans; Orlando, Florida; Orange County and Palm Springs, California (PSP); Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and Reno-Tahoe, Nevada (RNO). Service from AUS to PSP and RNO is seasonal.
“Austin remains an important market for American as we continuously evaluate our network,” the American spokesperson says.
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