American resumes Eastern Caribbean flying: Adds nearly 5,000 additional seats and the airline’s largest aircraft to the region

Now that the Eastern Caribbean airspace has reopened, it's all hands on deck at American to take care of the airline's customers and help as many get to and from the region as possible. In addition to the flexibility provided by the airline's travel alert and the fare caps in place, American has so far added nearly 5,000 additional seats to and from the region on top of resuming scheduled service Sunday, Jan. 4. This includes adding a number of extra flights and, where possible, deploying larger aircraft - including a Boeing 777-300, the largest aircraft in American's fleet - to add as much lift as possible to support as many customers as possible. That work will continue as the American team does everything it can to help customers affected by the FAA-mandated airspace closure.

American is grateful to its team members for their swift work to support the airline's customers and to its federal partners for the coordination and communication throughout the closure.

Additional flying for Jan. 4

The following extra flights have so far been added:

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)

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)

More flying on Jan. 5 with a Boeing 777-300

San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU)

• AA9604 (MIA-SJU)
• AA9605 (SJU-MIA)
• AA9606 (MIA-SJU)
• AA9613 (SJU-MIA)