will discontinue its transcontinental service between its hub at and in Orange County, California, next month. It comes as the Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier continues to evaluate its capacity and growth. The service was short-lived as it has only run since the beginning of this year.
American had originally planned to put the route on hiatus, but has since removed the flights from its schedule entirely. According to aviation data and analytics firm , American will end the service on August 5th. First announced by the airline in September last year, the route has been the first-ever direct connection between MIA and the Southern California airport.
American inaugurated it with its aircraft on January 8th. It was initially scheduled as a turn on the same aircraft, originating at MIA in the morning and returning in the evening. However, American subsequently changed the flight times to operate entirely at night and by two different aircraft.
The SNA-bound flight, AA2928, departs from MIA at 20:15 and arrives around 22:30 local time. AA298, which journeys to MIA, is a redeye flight, leaving SNA at 20:49 and arriving just after 05:00. In May, Simple Flying reported that American would be pausing the route.
Flight data indicated that the service would temporarily end on August 5th and return three months later on November 5th, in time for increased demand during the busy holiday season. Instead, the carrier determined that it would not bring back the flights. Noise abatement rule.