American to start nonstop Miami-San Diego flights, applies for more Brazil frequencies

American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) announced today that it will launch new service this summer to San Diego and Mexico from its hubs in Miami (MIA) and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), respectively.

Beginning June 12, American will offer more choices for travel from its Miami hub with the addition of daily service between Miami and San Diego International Airport (SAN). This flight will be operated with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft (above) with 150 seats.  With the addition of this route, American and American Eagle will now serve San Diego from each of its five hubs, with a combined total of 25 daily flights.

The schedule for the new service between Miami and San Diego will be as follows:

From To Flight # Departs Arrives Frequency
Miami San Diego AA1065 6:50 PM 8:55 PM Daily
(MIA) (SAN) (nonstop)
San Diego Miami AA1042 9:45 PM 5:40 AM Daily
(SAN) (MIA) (nonstop)  next day

With the addition of this route, American will serve 115 destinations from Miami with more than 300 daily flights.

Also beginning June 12, American Eagle will begin service between DFW and two new destinations in Mexico – Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia International Airport in Hermosillo (HMO) and General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport in Zacatecas (ZCL), pending government approval. Flights between DFW and HMO will operate once daily, and flights between DFW and ZCL will operate on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.  The flights will be operated with a 44-seat Embraer ERJ-140 aircraft.

The schedule for the new service to Mexico will be as follows:

From To Flight # Departs Arrives Frequency
Dallas/Fort. Worth Hermosillo AA2833 7:10 PM 7:35 PM Daily
(DFW) (HMO) (nonstop)
Hermosillo Dallas/Ft. Worth AA2938 7:00 AM 11:30 AM Daily
(HMO) (DFW) (nonstop)
Dallas/Fort. Worth Zacatecas AA3379 10:45 AM 12:50 PM Mon., Weds., Sat.
(DFW) (ZCL) (nonstop)
Zacatecas Dallas/Ft. Worth AA3390 1:30 PM 3:50 PM Mon., Weds., Sat.
(ZCL) (DFW) (nonstop)

*all flights begin June 12, 2013, pending government approval

With the addition of flights to Hermosillo and Zacatecas, American and American Eagle will serve a total of 20 destinations in Mexico.

In other news, American Airlines today filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for the right to fly additional United States – Brazil frequencies beginning in 2013 and 2014. American will use these frequencies to add one new daily round trip service from its Los Angeles and Chicago hubs to Sao Paulo

Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin. Boeing 737-823 WL N908NN (msn 39238) in the new corporate look taxies at San Francisco.

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