On Monday I told you all about how American would be bringing legacy American 757s and 767s to fly Philadelphia (PHL) – Europe routes. I also told you that an internal memo from American to employees suggested the addition of new seasonal non-stop routes from Philadelphia to Europe using the 767.
Well, the goods were delivered this morning! American will be starting non-stop service from Philadelphia (PHL) to Budapest, Hungary (BUD), Prague, Czech Republic (PRG), and Zurich, Switzerland (ZRH).
AA will launch new summer ’18 service from PHL-BUD, PRG, and relaunch ZRH! Also ORD-VCE! JFK is losing MAN, ZRH, and a CDG but gain DEN…
— American Fleet Site (@AirlineUSA) August 16, 2017
Since the PHL-ZRH revival has not been confirmed by the company yet, I can’t say what equipment will operate the flight, but it has been confirmed that legacy American 767-300s will operate both the PHL-BUD, PHL-PRG flights.
The Skinny
- Flights available May 4, 2018 – October 27, 2018
- Available for booking August 21, 2017
Stay tuned for more updates!
Good news for those of us who fly out of PHL and have some AA miles to burn … or rather, it’ll be good news if they open up any decent First/Business award space 🙂
Yep! Which are you looking to go to first?
Tough call … I’ve got to get through Italy in October, Spain/Portugal next June, and then Italy/Greece in the fall … #FirstWorldProblems 😀
But if the award price was right, I’d consider flying into any of the three and then puddle-jumping to Italy or Greece. Any suggestions as to which might make the most sense?
Italy is my favorite! Whereabouts?
[…] AA New Routes From Philly To Budapest, Prague and Zurich: Â New routes mean more options for using points. Â Starting August 21, 2017, direct flights from Philadelphia to Budapest, Prague and Zurich will be available to book for travel starting from May 4, 2018 to October 27, 2018. Â Hopefully this means award seats will be available for these routes as well. […]
and funny enough, they think a single DEN flight to JFK serves NYC or their TATL network well
Completely agree. Not quite sure if they were adding that in as a throw-in or as a “this is to make you feel better” 😀
and they can’t argue it’s “rival hub blah blah blah” either since DL serves NYC-DEN 5x daily, 2x LGA and 3x JFK. WN has another 4x split 2x LGA 2x EWR.
the real story is AA continuing their JFK implosion by running away from rival hubs ….. as of this change, they have zero JFK service to the likes of AMS, BRU, FRA, MUC, GVA, and now ZRH