About 30 European passenger airlines fly to the US. According to the latest Cirium data, they have non-stop flights to 39 US airports (winter and summer schedules combined). Obviously, New York JFK has the most services, followed by Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago O’Hare, Miami, Washington Dulles, Newark, San Francisco, Seattle, and Atlanta.
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Airlines with the most US destinations
They are shown below. As there have been numerous changes recently, many of which are detailed, the order has changed. Of course, this does not affect the frontrunner, 
British Airways
, which is always number one for US destinations. For obvious reasons, it is also the top European carrier regarding passengers, flights, seats for sale, available seat miles, etc., to the US.
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Iberia
, which has just taken delivery of the world’s first Airbus A321XLR, is just outside the top 10 (it has eight US destinations). However, it may enter the table for the first time. This will be dependent on how SAS and Virgin Atlantic develop, which tends to be influenced by SkyTeam supremo Delta. While Virgin is part of the transatlantic joint venture, SAS is not yet, but that is coming.
Aer Lingus
is now the joint third-largest carrier by destinations. It doesn’t just benefit from its upcoming A321XLRs but also its A321LRs, geographic location, Irish heritage, strong inbound tourism, its geographic position on the periphery of Europe to feed the UK and continental Europe, and Dublin’s US preclearance.
The details are as of October 31 and may change.
|
Airline |
US airports (November 2024-September 2025) |
Comments (only additions/cuts made since 2022 are mentioned) |
|---|---|---|
|
British Airways |
26 |
Portland joined its route map in 2022 and Cincinnati in 2023, but San Jose flights ended last year |
|
Lufthansa |
20 |
St Louis joined its network in 2022, followed by Raleigh Durham and Minneapolis in 2024. However, Minneapolis will switch to the lower-cost unit Discover in 2025. Orlando, Philadelphia, and Tampa flights switched to Discover in 2022 |
|
Aer Lingus |
18= |
Cleveland welcomed its first Aer Lingus service in 2023. The first Dublin-Denver service took off earlier this year, while Las Vegas flights have just started. Indianapolis and Nashville will be served next year |
|
Air France |
18= |
Newark flights began in 2022, Raleigh Durham in 2023, and Phoenix in 2024. Having last been regularly served in 2012, Orlando flights will return in 2025. Figures exclude its few charter flights to Las Vegas (for the Consumer Electronics Show) and San Diego (for the American Society of Hematology event) |
|
Icelandair |
15 |
Baltimore and Raleigh Durham joined its route map in 2022, Detroit in 2023, and Pittsburgh in 2024. Nashville starts in 2025 |
|
KLM |
14= |
Welcomed its first Austin flight in 2022, and Portland just joined its network, replacing Delta |
|
Turkish Airlines |
14= |
As its hub is on the European side of the Bosphorus, I am happy to include it. Seattle flights began in 2022, Detroit in 2023, and Denver in 2024 |
|
Condor |
13 |
Los Angeles and Portland saw it in 2022, and Miami and San Antonio in 2024. Fairbanks flights ended in 2023 |
|
Virgin Atlantic |
11 |
Tampa was added in 2022, but Austin flights stopped in 2024 |
|
SAS |
10 |
It returned to New York JFK in 2023. Following SAS’s switch to SkyTeam, Atlanta flights began in 2024, and Seattle will see the carrier in 2025 after a long absence |
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A look at Icelandair
The 15-strong US destination list is driven by Keflavik’s geographic position, Icelandair’s highly coordinated hub structure, which enables meaningful connectivity, and its many narrowbodies (although it has just retired its Boeing 757-300s).
While the airline is high on the list, its network is not at a record level. In 2018, it had passenger flights to 18 US airports; in 2019, it had flights to 17. Its map included Anchorage, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Kansas City, and San Francisco, all of which are no longer served.
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These years coincided with Icelandair’s recklessly expansive mode in response to the now-defunct WOW. It was also influenced by Icelandair’s development of its second wave of flights to increase traffic, market share, and aircraft productivity.