American Airlines is launching service this summer to San Diego from Miami, while sister regional carrier American Eagle plans to begin flying to two more destinations in Mexico from Dallas/Fort Worth.
On June 12, American Airlines will launch daily service between Miami International Airport (MIA) and San Diego International Airport (SAN).
The Boeing 737-800 is replacing the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 as one of the single-aisle mainstays of American Airlines’ fleet
The airline will operate the service with Boeing 737-800 aircraft, each seating 150 seat passengers. With the addition of this route, American and American Eagle will now serve San Diego from each of American’s five hubs, offering a combined total of 25 daily flights to the Southern California city.
American’s schedule for the Miami-San Diego service will see flight AA1065 leaving MIA at 6:50 p.m. daily from June 12 and landing at SAN at 8:55 p.m. local time.In the other direction, flight AA1042 will depart SAN at 9:45 p.m. daily and reach MIA at 5:40 a.m. the following morning, lcoal time.
With the addition of this route, American will serve 115 destinations from Miami International Airport, operating more than 300 daily flights from the airport.
Also beginning June 12, pending government approval, American Eagle will begin service between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and two new destinations in Mexico – Hermosillo’s Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia International Airport (HMO) and General Leobardo C. Ruiz International Airport (ZCL) in Zacatecas.
American Eagle’s flights between DFW and Hermosillo will operate daily. Its flights between DFW and Zacatecas will operate three times weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
American Eagle operates a large fleet of Embraer ERJ-135s, ERJ-140s (one is seen in this photograph) and ERJ-145s, as well as a fleet of up-to-70-seat Bombardier CRJ700s
The regional airline will operate the flights with 44-seat Embraer ERJ-140 regional jets.
American Eagle’s schedule for its Dallas/Fort Worth-Hermosillo service will see flight AA2833 departing DFW at 7:10 p.m. daily form June 12 and arriving at HMO at 7:35 p.m. local time. In the other direction, flight AA2938 will leave HMO at 7:00 a.m. daily and reach DFW at 11:30 a.m. local time.
On the Dallas/Fort Worth-Zacatecas route, American Eagle’s flight AA3379 will begin taxiing at DFW at 10:45 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from June 12, in order to touch down at ZCL at 12:50 p.m.
In the other direction, flight AA3390 is timed to leave ZCL at 1:30 p.m and to get to DFW at 3:50 p.m.
With the addition of the planned new flights to Hermosillo and Zacatecas, American and American Eagle will serve a total of 20 destinations in Mexico.
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