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Commercial airlines are constantly changing which airports they serve. Some routes, such as those that service areas with winter sports, may be seasonal. Or an airline with a route that saw lots of passengers one year might not have as many PAX another year, and they might decide to drop the route.

Small states?

That being said, there are some airports that are tiny, and have such a small population surrounding it, that few commercial airlines service it. And if you have a small state that doesn’t have a whole lot of airlines to begin with, or that has large, well-serviced airports just outside its state borders, there’s a good chance that some commercial airlines might pass you right by and not have a presence in your state at all.

All 50 states? Nope.

That being said, in recent years, no commercial airline has serviced all 50 states.

• United Airlines: 49 states
• Delta Air Lines: Approx. 48 states
• Allegiant Air: Approx. 43 states
• Southwest Airlines: Approx. 42 states
• Alaska Airlines: Approx. 35 states
• Frontier: Approx. 31 states
• jetBlue: Approx. 30 states
• Spirit: Approx. 30 states
• Hawaiian Airlines: Approx. 10 states

Now there is!

Simple Flying recently reported that American Airlines is now serving all 50 states.

But there’s a catch!

There’s always a catch ;-).

American was only serving 49 states, just like United. However, the airline has been partnering with the Landline company to provide bus service for the past couple of years, to provide motorcoach transportation to regional airports that are relatively near PHL. And as of October 7th, thanks to Landline, American also serves the one state its planes weren’t landing in: Delaware. From American Airlines:

Landline services the following airports from Philadelphia Airport (PHL)

• Allentown / Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (ABE)
• Atlantic City, New Jersey (ACY)
• Wilkes-Barre / Scranton, Pennsylvania (AVP)
• Wilmington, Delaware (ILG) – starting on October 7

And with that, they service all 50 states. That’s something no other airline can say at this time.

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