American Airlines is Headed to Morocco in 2020

Travel insights from Andrea Sedlacek, editor of The Compass

Andrea Sedlacek Published August 12, 2019

Time to get your passport renewed – American Airlines recently announced an expanded international presence with service to Casablanca, Morocco, a new destination for the airline, starting June 4, 2020.

"Our customers and team members have been asking when we’re going to start service to Africa, and I couldn’t be more pleased to make this announcement for service beginning in 2020," said Vasu Raja, American's Vice President of Network and Schedule Planning.

The announcement also outlines a return to Tel Aviv, flying out of the Dallas-Ft. Worth hub three times a week, and three new eastern European destinations: Krakow, Poland; Budapest, Hungary; and Prague, Czech Republic. Here’s a quick breakdown of the new routes, all beginning in 2020:

Philadelphia (PHL) to Casablanca, Morocco (CMN) beginning June 4
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV) beginning Sept. 9
Chicago (ORD) to Krakow, Poland (KRK) beginning May 7
ORD to Budapest, Hungary (BUD) beginning May 7
ORD to Prague, Czech Republic (PRG) beginning May 8

About the Author

As the managing editor of The Compass on VAX, Andrea is dedicated to delivering valuable, fun and grammatically correct content to her readers (without Oxford commas). Her experience writing and editing in the retail and insurance industries made the move to travel one of the most exciting things to happen in her career. What's the next most-exciting thing for her? Whenever the newest edition of the AP Stylebook comes out.

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