American Airlines will fly from June 7 to September 27 with a Boeing 767-300 which has 28 luxury seats in business class and 181 seats in economy. Wi-Fi will be available for the whole duration of the flight.
Dubrovnik Airport sees this deal with the US company as a huge step forward for the southern Adriatic city and all of Croatia given the increase in the number of US tourists visiting the Dubrovnik area.
American Airlines is a member of the Oneworld global airline alliance. It has a staff of 122,000 and 955 planes which operate 6,700 flights daily to 350 destinations. Philadelphia is the company's biggest hub on the US East Coast and most important transfer airport for the US, Canada and the Caribbean.