American Joins Race to Add New European Routes and Premium Upgrades

American Airlines is significantly expanding its summer 2027 transatlantic network while overhauling its in-flight products to capture more high-spend travelers and close the profitability gap with rivals Delta and United. New routes include Philadelphia to Vienna (making American the only U.S. carrier serving the Austrian capital), the revival of Reykjavik service from Philadelphia, plus new Philadelphia-Porto, Charlotte-Barcelona, and JFK-Nice flights, expanded JFK-London Heathrow service, and a Chicago O'Hare-Tokyo route launching in March 2027. These moves come alongside a premium-focused product refresh—reintroducing seatback screens to narrowbodies, increasing premium seat counts by 4…