New flights to Europe, tracked
Every announced US to Europe nonstop in one table: 20 routes, 20 still to launch, each with the outlet it came from and what the city pair costs today in our grid. Filter by airline, city or status.
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20 of 20 announced routes. Statuses as of Oct 17, 2026; the list was last reviewed Aug 31, 2026.
When they start flying
| First flight | Airline | Route | Aircraft | City pair costs today | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2027 | Deltafirst ever | Austin AUS → Paris CDGDaily, seasonal to 24 Oct | not stated | $787gateway ranks 26 of 26 | Upcoming | One Mile at a Time, Delta Austin-Paris |
| Mar 28, 2027 | Americanfirst ever | Philadelphia PHL → Porto OPODaily | A321XLR | $759gateway ranks 14 of 26 | Upcoming | American Airlines Newsroom, new global routes for summer 2027 (27 Aug 2026) |
| Mar 28, 2027 | American | New York JFK → Amsterdam AMSDaily | A321XLR | $569gateway ranks 1 of 26 | Upcoming | American Airlines Newsroom, new global routes for summer 2027 (27 Aug 2026) |
| Apr 2, 2027 | United | New York EWR → Luxembourg LUXDaily, year-round | A321XLR | not priced | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| Apr 26, 2027 | United | Washington DC IAD → Toulouse TLSDaily, year-round | A321XLR | not priced | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| May 6, 2027 | Americanfirst ever | Philadelphia PHL → Vienna VIEDaily | A321XLR | $656gateway ranks 14 of 26 | Upcoming | American Airlines Newsroom, new global routes for summer 2027 (27 Aug 2026) |
| May 6, 2027 | American | New York JFK → Nice NCEDaily | A321XLR | $597gateway ranks 1 of 26 | Upcoming | American Airlines Newsroom, new global routes for summer 2027 (27 Aug 2026) |
| May 12, 2027 | Alaska | Seattle SEA → Athens ATH3x weekly, seasonal to October | not stated | $680gateway ranks 7 of 26 | Upcoming | Euronews Travel, major US airlines' new European routes for 2027 (28 Aug 2026) |
| May 12, 2027 | Unitedfirst ever | New York EWR → Ljubljana LJU4x weekly, seasonal | 767-400ER | not priced | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| May 25, 2027 | Alaska | Seattle SEA → Paris CDG5x weekly, seasonal to October | not stated | $690gateway ranks 7 of 26 | Upcoming | Euronews Travel, major US airlines' new European routes for 2027 (28 Aug 2026) |
| May 27, 2027 | American | Philadelphia PHL → Reykjavik KEFDaily | A321neo | $611gateway ranks 14 of 26 | Upcoming | American Airlines Newsroom, new global routes for summer 2027 (27 Aug 2026) |
| May 27, 2027 | American | Charlotte CLT → Barcelona BCNDaily | 777-200ER | $706gateway ranks 17 of 26 | Upcoming | American Airlines Newsroom, new global routes for summer 2027 (27 Aug 2026) |
| May 27, 2027 | United | New York EWR → Olbia OLB3x weekly, seasonal | 767-300ER | not priced | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| May 27, 2027 | United | Denver DEN → Paris CDGDaily, year-round | not stated | $649gateway ranks 12 of 26 | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| May 28, 2027 | United | New York EWR → Catania CTA4x weekly, seasonal | 767-300ER | not priced | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| May 28, 2027 | United | Washington DC IAD → Milan MXP3x weekly, seasonal | not stated | $628gateway ranks 5 of 26 | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| May 31, 2027 | United | New York EWR → Ibiza IBZ4x weekly, seasonal | A321XLR | not priced | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| Jun 2, 2027 | United | New York EWR → Valencia VLC3x weekly, seasonal | A321XLR | $614gateway ranks 1 of 26 | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| Jun 4, 2027 | United | New York EWR → Marseille MRSDaily, year-round | A321XLR | not priced | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
| Jun 9, 2027 | United | New York EWR → Terceira TER3x weekly, seasonal | 737 MAX 8 | not priced | Upcoming | United Airlines newsroom, 10 new international cities for 2027 (25 Aug 2026) |
Route announcements are the one dataset here that is not first-party, so every row names the outlet or airline it came from, and two conflicting start dates are shown as disputed rather than resolved. “Costs today” is the cheapest fare on that city pair in our own grid, any routing, so you can see what the new nonstop has to beat.
What a new route actually changes
A new nonstop is news, and news is cheap to publish, which is why every travel site has a list. What the list usually lacks is the number that decides whether the route matters to you: what the city pair costs today. That column comes from our own grid, so an Austin flyer reading that Austin to Frankfurt is launching can see the current floor and judge the launch fare against it rather than against the airline’s press release.
The pattern across the list is that the new aircraft, above all the A321XLR, opens routes to cities too thin for a widebody: Terceira, the Azores, secondary Italian and Spanish cities. Several of them are places our grid does not price, and the tool says “not priced” rather than borrowing a neighbor’s fare. The written analysis of what these launches mean, and for whom, is New Flights to Europe; the routes being withdrawn are on the ending list, because a route that quietly disappears is information too.
What it cannot tell you
Whether a route will survive. Norse Atlantic, LEVEL and PLAY between them show how quickly a transatlantic launch can be reversed, and an announcement is a plan, not a schedule you can count on a year out. Book the first months of a new route with that in mind, and prefer a fare you can change.
Launch fares on new routes are exactly the kind of short window an alert catches and a monthly grid does not.
Common questions
- Which new flights to Europe are launching from the US?
- 20 announced nonstops are tracked here, 20 of them still to launch as of October 17, 2026, from 7 US cities to 10 countries. Filter by your airport to see what is coming, and by status to separate what is already flying from what is only announced.
- Where does the information come from?
- From the airline's own announcement where one exists, otherwise from a named outlet, and every row links to it. This is the only dataset on the site that is not first-party, so provenance is the whole standard: where two reputable sources give different start dates, the row says disputed rather than picking one.
- What does the fare column mean?
- A historical city-pair floor from our dated grid, which can involve a connection and different travel dates from the announced nonstop. It is context, not a fare for the new flight or a current booking quote. An unpriced destination remains explicitly unpriced; another city is not substituted.
- Does a new nonstop make the route cheaper?
- An announcement alone cannot establish that. Compare current quotes for the same dates, airports and ticket conditions before and after service begins. Our historical floor does not measure the new service's effect on fares or predict a launch discount. A new nonstop may still be valuable because its schedule or routing better fits your trip.
- How often is this updated?
- The list was last reviewed August 31, 2026 and statuses are recomputed on every build against the day's date. Routes that are withdrawn move to the routes hub's ending list rather than disappearing, because a route that quietly vanished is information too.
Written by
Jon Miksis
Jon Miksis has run travel businesses since 2017 and spends 3–6 months a year traveling, two to three of them in Europe. He has taken 250+ flights and booked every one himself, and regularly flies Boston to Europe for under $300 round trip. Every “Flown” review is from his own seat.
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