American Airlines to cease their service from New York JFK to Birmingham Airport on 6 January 2017‏

American Airlines have announced that they will cease operating their daily service
from New York JFK to Birmingham Airport on Friday 6 January 2017

A spokesperson for the Airport said: "Birmingham Airport is disappointed by American
Airlines’ decision to suspend its daily New York JFK - Birmingham service"

"We appreciate that transatlantic air services are particularly competitive, however
we are optimistic that another carrier will fill this gap shortly. There remains a strong
demand from both the Midlands and North American market wanting to access these
important regions and cities"

"Birmingham Airport reminds travellers that a daily non-stop New York Newark service
continues to serve Birmingham with United Airlines, and regular connections to North
America are also available with several other carriers, including Aer Lingus, Air France,
KLM, Lufthansa and Icelandair"

"Passengers booked on American - "AA" - flights after the 6 January 2017 will be contacted
by American Airlines to make alternative arrangements or arrange a refund"
 
American began operations from Birmingham to New York on the Friday 8 May 2015

www.americanairlines.co.uk

Friday 9 September 2016

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American Airlines car giveaway competition helps new route to New York JFK get off to a flying start

Winner Helen Davis with her new car in front of an American Airlines Boeing 757 aircraft

with representatives from American Airlines, Birmingham Airport and Guest Motors

American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, recently gave away a brand new Fiat 500 car

to Helen Davis, a lucky Midlands-based travel agent from Travel Counsellors, after running

a competition with Birmingham Airport

UK based travel agents were given the opportunity to enter the competition between 29 April

and 31 October 2015 once they had secured a booking, for travel before the end of the year,

on the new daily American Airlines service from Birmingham to New York City’s JFK Airport

American Airlines commenced the new daily services on the Friday 8 May 2015 bringing the

"Oneworld" airline alliance to Birmingham and opening up new opportunities to fly to North

America and onwards to the Caribbean, South America, Canada and Bermuda

Helen, from Bloxwich, said: "I’ve worked in the travel industry for fifteen years and I’ve never won

anything like this! My husband is as happy as me as I’ve always borrowed his car to get about. This

is a dream come true - thank you very much to all the companies involved in making this possible!"

William Pearson, Aviation Development Director at Birmingham Airport, said: "I am delighted

that the competition had such a national reach, with entries from both leisure and corporate

travel agents stretching from Scotland to the southern counties of England. It was absolutely

fantastic to see Helen’s face when we handed her the keys to her brand new car"

David Thomas, Director of Sales for American Airlines in UK and Ireland, said: "Birmingham

Airport is an important part of our regional UK network and the strategy for our Atlantic joint

business with British Airways. Demand for more long haul service to key US business and leisure

destinations is increasing. Launching Birmingham to New York JFK in May 2015 was our response

to that demand. The opportunity for passengers to earn and redeem loyalty miles through the

"Oneworld" Alliance has attracted more frequent flyers to our services

www.americanairlines.co.uk

Monday 14 December 2015

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American Airlines to launch daily non-stop flights between New York JFK and Birmingham Airport!!‏‏

American Airlines have announced that they will be launching a new daily non-stop year
round Boeing 757 service from Birmingham Airport to New York JFK on Friday 8 May 2015

The route will provide nearly 100,000 seats between and Birmingham and New York and through
the American Airlines and British Airways joint business and oneworld airline alliance will offer a
British Airways code share, allowing customers to earn and redeem BA Airmiles and Avios points
 
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport's Chief Executive, said, "This new route will not only create more
capacity to this vibrant US business and tourist destination, it will also broaden connectivity and
choice from the Midlands with American Airlines across North America and Canada and see the
return of a British Airways flight code to Birmingham

"Last year, the West Midlands exported £4.5bn worth of goods to North America and has the largest
trade surplus with North America of any UK region, and with global brands such as JLR, JCB, Cadbury
and Kraft trading both locally and in the US, this is an important link for Midlands’ business"
 
"The region is also a major tourist destination for Americans, with attractions such as Stratford,
Warwick and Birmingham drawing in thousands of visitors every year so we look forward to
welcoming many of these tourists into Birmingham next summer and we thank the team at
American Airlines for recognising the region’s vast market opportunities"

 

"Adding Birmingham to American’s growing global network is an exciting development," said
Suzanne Boda, American’s senior vice president – Asia, Canada & Europe. "Tourists from the
U.S. will have closer access to a wide  range of attractions in the Midlands while business
travellers will also be rewarded with greater choice when flying across the Atlantic"

The American Airlines flight will operate daily, arriving from New York JFK into Birmingham at 0710
local UK time. It will depart for its return leg at 1000, arriving into New York JFK at 1255 local US time
 
"Departing passengers from Birmingham will have direct flight to New York, one of the world’s
most renowned business and leisure destinations while connecting passengers will have excellent
access to key business and leisure markets up and down the East Coast.  We look forward to
starting this new route in 2015 and I’m confident of its success"

 

The new flights are now on sale at www.aa.com. The flights will be operated by a Boeing 757 aircraft
with 22 Business Class seats and 160 Main Cabin seats 

American is a founding member of the oneworld alliance, the world’s leading quality airline alliance
bringing together 15 of the best global airlines, whose members and members-elect serve nearly
1,000 destinations with 14,250 daily flights to 150 countries 

American Airlines schedule at Birmingham from Friday 8 May 2015 

0710/1000 AA130/131 75W from/to New York JFK
- operates daily - Boeing 757 - American Airlines   

www.americanairlines.co.uk

 

Monday 3 November 2014