American Airlines to Debut Routes to Budapest and Prague in Bid for International Profits
American’s new routes offer more offbeat destinations to customers. United has been taking a similar approach.
Meghna Maharishi is Skift’s Airline Reporter, where she covers everything from loyalty programs to policy-making in Washington, D.C. She previously covered the airline industry at The Points Guy, worked on the investigative desk at CNBC, and did data visualization at CNN Politics. Send tips to Meghna on Signal at mmaharishi.61.
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