{"id":81392,"date":"2026-08-27T16:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/81392\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:02:15","slug":"kansas-city-to-the-world-american-airlines-adds-one-stop-routes-to-europe-tokyo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/81392\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City to the world: American Airlines adds one-stop routes to Europe, Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; \u00a0Kansas City travelers looking to swap Midwest plains for Portuguese vineyards, Icelandic glaciers or Tokyo\u2019s neon streets will have an easier journey next summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">American Airlines announced plans to expand its international network for summer 2027, offering one-stop connections from Kansas City International Airport (MCI) to five major global destinations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Starting in spring and summer 2027, travelers can connect through American\u2019s hubs in Chicago (ORD), Philadelphia (PHL), and Charlotte (CLT) to reach cities in Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Blackwell)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787846535_38_HF2FRPTV6FAPFPB2SKMBGKOF5E.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Blackwell)(Rebecca Blackwell | AP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The new international connections from MCI include:<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo (NRT):\u00a0Connecting through Chicago (ORD) starting March 19 aboard a Boeing 787-9. Chicago is served 5X daily from MCI.Porto, Portugal (OPO):\u00a0Connecting through Philadelphia (PHL) starting March 28 aboard an Airbus A321XLR. Philadelphia is served 4X daily from MCI.Vienna, Austria (VIE):\u00a0Connecting through Philadelphia (PHL) starting May 6 aboard an Airbus A321XLR.Reykjavik, Iceland (KEF):\u00a0Connecting through Philadelphia (PHL) starting May 27 aboard an Airbus A321neo.Barcelona, Spain (BCN):\u00a0Connecting through Charlotte (CLT) starting May 27 aboard a Boeing 777-200ER. Charlotte is served 2X daily from MCI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Tickets for the new flights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com\/homePage.do\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com\/homePage.do\">go on sale Aug. 31<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; \u00a0Kansas City travelers looking to swap Midwest plains for Portuguese vineyards, Icelandic glaciers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[72,1707,17910,8,52065,52066,18246,52],"class_list":["post-81392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tokyo","tag-asia","tag-europe","tag-flights","tag-japan","tag-kci","tag-mci","tag-new-flights","tag-tokyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}