If you're beginning your journey at an outstation, you'll arrive at the airport and check in with American - which presumably will open a counter at Lancaster. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the Lancaster addition is that the city is technically covered by the Essential Air Service program run by the Department of Transportation, which subsidizes airlines to serve airports that would otherwise remain unserved due to their small size.Īirlines receive subsidies in exchange for guaranteeing minimum levels of air service to certain small cities. The airline hasn't flown to either Atlantic City or Lancaster since (at least) 2003, which is as far back as Cirium timetables go. Travelers headed to or from these three cities can book connecting itineraries through American which will include a segment operated by a Landline bus.Īmerican last operated flights between Philly and Allentown in May 2020, before cutting them entirely due to the pandemic, Cirium schedules show. Service to Lancaster Airport (LNS) will join the already announced bus routes to Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) in New Jersey. Want more airline-specific news? Sign up for TPG's free biweekly Aviation newsletter. While the carrier's first tranche of bus routes launch on June 3, the airline just filed a third route - to Lancaster, Pennsylvania - that'll begin on Aug. Instead of flying to nearby cities, American Airlines is adding yet another bus connection from its hub at the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) via ground transportation provider Landline. Out with the regional jets and in with the buses at American Airlines' Philadelphia hub.
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