American Relaunching Route After Five Years

American will offer 10% more seats from Phoenix in December 2025 compared to the same period last year, per Cirium’s data.

Ryan Ewing

Monday, July 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM ET

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American aircraft in Phoenix. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)

Key Takeaways:

American is slated to resume a mainline route from its Phoenix hub later this year. The Fort Worth, Texas-based airline last regularly linked these two cities in January 2020.

Beginning on Dec. 18, the carrier will add flights from Phoenix to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This service will operate once per day on an Airbus A321, according to last week’s Cirium Diio schedule update.

The airline will go head-to-head with Southwest and JetBlue, which also regularly service the route.

American will offer 10% more seats from Phoenix in December 2025 compared to the same period last year, per Cirium’s data.

Ryan Ewing

Ryan founded AirlineGeeks.com in February 2013 and has spent more than a decade covering the airline business. His work has been featured by CNN, WJLA, CNET, and Business Insider. His aviation experience spans airport operations, Part 135 regulatory compliance, and airline crew workforce planning, along with time behind the yoke of a Cessna 172 and interviews with airline executives. Ryan now serves as Group President of Firecrown Media’s Aviation Group. He holds a B.S. in Air Transportation Management and an MBA from Arizona State University and teaches Airline Management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.