FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- American Airlines and American Eagle will add 119 daily fights at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by this summer, officials said Monday.
Demand has increased 12 percent at the North Texas airport since Delta Air Lines began shutting down its hub operation at the airport and American announced its new fare structure, said Dan Garton, American's vice president for marketing.
American and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, will have 119 more daily flights at DFW by July than they did a year ago. Overall, American will have increased daily flight frequencies on 61 routes from the airport.
American will add additional flights to Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston and more than 50 other U.S. destinations, and increase frequency to such international points as London's Gatwick Airport and Tokyo.
American Eagle either has or soon will begin service to 11 new destinations: Peoria and Champaign, Ill.; Pensacola, Fla.; Torreon, San Luis Potosi, and Chihuahua, Mexico; Buffalo, N.Y.; Lexington, Ky.; and Savannah, Ga.
