American Airlines Dropping Service From Miami To Israel

American Airlines is pulling out of its Miami – Tel Aviv route effective March 24, a service they only began in June 2021 and which they expanded two months ago. This news was first broken by aviation watchdog JonNYC.

AA discontinuing MIA-TLV

— JonNYC (@xJonNYC) January 6, 2023

The Miami - Tel Aviv flight was just increased to daily service at the end of October. It's at the same time.

• American had insufficient premium capacity. The flight has been operated by a Boeing 787-8 with just 20 business class seats. I believe only 19 of those have been for sale. While business class has been consistently full, looking out over the next week there are flights with more than 100 empty seats out of 236 total. The original plan for the route, announced two years ago, was three day a week service with a Boeing 777-200.
• And faced competition. American has been competing with El Al’s 5 day a week Boeing 787-9 service which avoids the Sabbath. There’s also more competition for passengers connecting through southern hubs. For instance, Delta has moved forward plans to re-launch Atlanta to Tel Aviv, starting March 26. This is a route they previously served from 2006 – 2011.

A spokesman for American Airlines said that.

As part of the continuous evaluation of our network, American Airlines has made the difficult decision to discontinue its Miami (MIA) – Tel Aviv (TLV) service effective March 24, 2023. We will continue to operate daily service to Tel Aviv from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK). We’re proactively reaching out to customers affected by these changes to offer alternate travel arrangements.

The airline's relationship with Israel is rocky at best. After merging with US Airways, American Airlines decided to pull out of Israel. US Airways flew from Philadelphia to Israel. Due to the distraction of the merger, it wasn't pulled earlier. When they dropped El Al as a frequent flyer partner, I expected American to grow there.

After looking to fly to Tel Aviv again they agreed to Israel's largest-ever route subsidy to launch Dallas Fort-Worth - Tel Aviv which will bring Christian missionary business from the middle of the country. They have dropped that plan.

They still serve Tel Aviv from New York JFK despite the federal government suing to stop the partnership. Tel Aviv is the largest Israel market from the US.

Since American announced this flight would go daily, it is worth noting that humanitarian fares, booked by Christian missionary groups, have been eliminated. Demand for the airline's flights to Tel Aviv may be reduced by both.

Miami - Tel Aviv is going to be launched by American Airlines. Since they ended their frequent flyer partnership with El Al, I've been anticipating this route. Three days a week, the service will operate with a plane. They have decided to...

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American Airlines will be flying from Dallas Fort Worth to Tel Aviv. They announced plans to fly from New York JFK to Tel Aviv. It has been speculated that the DFW flight would be moved to New York.

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New York JFK - Tel Aviv is the most crowded Israel market but also the biggest. The route that seemed to make sense six years ago was Miami.

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