Summary
U.S. airlines are changing their flight networks by canceling some routes while adding others due to financial pressures and changing travel demands. Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy and canceled 40 routes but added new ones. Delta and American Airlines are also adjusting their routes with both cancellations and new additions.
Key Facts
- U.S. airlines are revising their flight routes due to financial pressures and changing travel habits.
- Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy and canceled 40 routes.
- Spirit added new routes, including daily flights from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport to Newark.
- Delta is ending its nonstop route from New York JFK to Brussels in January 2026.
- Delta will also stop flights between Austin and Midland, Texas, in November.
- American Airlines discontinued its Dallas to Eugene, Oregon, route.
- Delta has added flights from New York JFK to locations in Italy, Portugal, and Malta.
- Airlines face $11 billion in extra costs from supply chain disruptions in 2025.
