American Airlines has added nearly 7,000 seats with 43 extra flights between the United States and the Caribbean, following an airspace closure in the region stemming from a U.S. attack on Venezuela.
In addition to airspace over Venezuela, the FAA also prohibited commercial flights from flying over Caribbean airspace. The closure lasted most of the day on Saturday, Jan. 3, cancelling many flights and stranding thousands of passengers.
With an expansive network in the region, American Airlines has had a lot of heavy lifting to do to recover stranded passengers, and has led the recovery. Passengers traveling to, through, or from affected airports can make changes and cancellations without penalty with the airline’s travel waiver, and the carrier has added fare caps.
In addition to more flights, the airline has added larger aircraft, including widebody aircraft such as the Boeing 777-300ER.
Sunday, Jan. 4
The following operated on Sunday, Jan. 4:
Antigua, Antigua (ANU)
- AA9621 (MIA-ANU)
- AA9622 (ANU-MIA)
Aruba, Netherland Antilles (AUA)
- AA9605 (CLT-AUA)
- AA9607 (AUA-CLT)
- AA9616 (AUA-MIA)
- AA9618 (MIA-AUA)
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGI)
- AA9615 (BGI-MIA)
Curacao, Netherland Antilles (CUR)
- AA9617 (ORD-CUR)
- AA9619 (CUR-ORD)
Melville Hall, Dominica (DOM)
- AA9630 (MIA-DOM)
- AA9631 (DOM-MIA)
Beef Island, British Virgin Islands (EIS)
- AA9632 (MIA-EIS)
San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)
- AA9603 (CLT-SJU)
- AA9604 (SJU-CLT)
- AA9609 (MIA-SJU)
- AA9610 (SJU-MIA)
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (STT)
- AA9608 (MIA-STT)
- AA9608 (STT-MIA)
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (STX)
- AA1485 (ORD-STX)
- AA2205 (STX-ORD)
St. Maarten, Netherland Antilles (SXM)
- AA9611 (MIA-SXM)
- AA9612 (SXM-MIA)
St. Lucia, St. Lucia (UVF)
- AA9623 (CLT-UVF)
- AA9624 (UVF-CLT)
Monday, Jan. 5
Anguilla Wallblake, Anguilla (AXA)
- AA9630 (MIA-AXA)
- AA9630 (AXA-MIA)
Bridgetown, Barbados (BGI)
- AA9610 (MIA-BGI)
- AA9610 (BGI-MIA)
Bonaire, Bonaire (BON)
- AA9608 (MIA-BON)
- AA9608 (BON-MIA)
Melville Hall, Dominica (DOM)
- AA9634 (DOM-MIA)
Beef Island, British Virgin Islands (EIS)
- AA9631 (MIA-EIS)
- AA9631 (EIS-MIA)
Grenada, Grenada (GND)
- AA9609 (MIA-GND)
- AA9609 (GND-MIA)
San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)
- AA9604 (MIA-SJU)
- AA9605 (SJU-MIA)
- AA9606 (MIA-SJU)
- AA9613 (SJU-MIA)
St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis (SKB)
- AA9612 (MIA-SKB)
- AA9612 (SKB-MIA)
The flights between San Juan and Miami on Jan. 5 will be operated by a Boeing 777-300ER. Additionally, the airline, along with regional carrier Envoy Air, will also operate interisland flights from Anguilla Wallblake (AXA), Beef Island and British Virgin Islands (EIS) to San Juan, flights AA9632 and AA9633, respectively. These flights intend to carry passengers from those airports to San Juan and transfer to American’s many high-capacity flights back to Miami and the rest of the U.S.
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