American Adds New Longest Regional Route

American is ready to function its longest often scheduled regional route subsequent yr, which can be new to the service’s community.

Beginning in February 2025, the airline will add flights between its Phoenix hub and Appleton, Wisconsin. Based on Cirium Diio schedule knowledge, the service will function roughly as soon as per week on an Embraer E175 aircraft.

Flights are scheduled to start on February 15 and proceed by Could 3. American’s regional subsidiary Envoy Air will function the route.

American provides new service from Phoenix to Appleton. (Photograph: Cirium Diio)

At 1,463 miles, the Phoenix-Appleton route turns into the airline’s longest regional flight. It’s simply barely shorter than the present titleholder, Dallas/Fort Value-Santa Rosa, California, which switches to mainline jets in 2025.

American additionally serves Appleton from Chicago O’Hare, Charlotte, and Dallas/Fort Value.

The typical block time on the brand new route is simply over 4 hours on the westbound leg, whereas eastbound flights are deliberate round three hours.

American has flown longer routes with regional plane prior to now, together with Miami to Minneapolis at simply over 1,500 miles together with Martinique. Each are actually operated by mainline plane.

Different New Regional Routes

As well as, American is including two regional routes from its Chicago O’Hare hub beginning in June 2025. These embrace Bismarck, North Dakota, and Boise, Idaho, each of which might be operated each day by Embraer E175 jets.

When Phoenix-Appleton ends in Could, the Chicago-Boise service will turn out to be the service’s longest scheduled regional route at 1,437 miles.

Editor’s Observe: This story was up to date on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024 at 5:41 p.m. ET to make clear different longer routes operated by American’s regional fleet prior to now.

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