American Airlines will eliminate five routes from its network starting in 2027, including two departing from Florida, as part of what the company describes as "specific actions to strengthen the airline," according to a schedule update published by AirlineGeeks at the beginning of October.
The two affected routes originating from the state of Florida are Miami–Tulum (Mexico) and Miami–Montreal (Canada), both with their last scheduled flight on January 5, 2027.
The other three cancellations pertain to domestic routes: Phoenix–Provo (Utah), which also ends on January 5; Chicago O'Hare–Lincoln (Nebraska), scheduled to close on April 5; and Dallas/Fort Worth–Albany (New York), a seasonal route that last operated on September 7 and will not return next summer.
The cuts encompass four major operational centers of the airline and include three domestic routes and two international ones.
A spokesperson for the company explained to AirlineGeeks that the decision is part of a strategic review of the network: "We will continue to assess our network, staying focused on investing in our product, improving reliability, and serving the destinations that our customers value the most."
The cancellation of the Miami–Tulum route comes at a time of severe crisis for the Felipe Carrillo Puerto Airport (TQO) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo: traffic dropped by 33.2% in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period the previous year, with only 471,500 passengers recorded, down from 705,400 in 2025.
Aeroméxico has already suspended its flights to that destination since September 30, and Volaris announced its departure starting January 7, 2027. Despite the route closure from Miami, American will maintain non-stop connections between Dallas/Fort Worth and Tulum with up to five flights a week.
The Miami–Montreal route, inaugurated in 1992 and operated seasonally in recent years, is also disappearing from the airline's schedule.
In parallel to the cuts, American announced several new services from New York: the resumption of the JFK–Seattle route on April 6, 2027, with two daily flights on Airbus A321neo —a service that has not operated since 2019— and the relocation of the Bozeman route from LaGuardia Airport to JFK, which will allow an increase in frequency from one to four flights per week starting June 18, 2027.
American Airlines' adjustments are part of a broader trend of contraction in the air market towards Latin America and the Caribbean.
In the case of Cuba, Delta Air Lines requested to suspend 14 of its 21 weekly flights to the island between October 2026 and March 2027, claiming that "the market conditions did not improve sufficiently."
At least 11 international airlines suspended flights to Cuba during 2026, and the country received only 450,353 international visitors between January and August, a decrease of 64.4 % compared to the same period the previous year. In August alone, 30,490 tourists arrived, compared to about 133,000 in the same month of the prior year.
Although the routes canceled by American from Miami do not connect directly with Cuba, the airline remains the most prominent U.S. presence on the island, with flights from Miami to six Cuban destinations amidst a crisis of aviation fuel.
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