U.S. airlines during the past few months have made known their plans to reduce domestic capacity. But there is a growing list of international routes--traditionally seen as highly lucrative for operators but now cost-prohibitive in many cases--that carriers are canning. So while it may become more difficult to fly between a small city in New England and one in New Mexico, it may be even more challenging to get to England, or Mexico.
Here is a sampling of international services that airlines have or will discontinue or suspend due to cost-cutting measures and/or slowing demand
American Airlines:
New York JFK-London Stansted Airport (discontinued)
Chicago-Buenos Aires (discontinued)
Also ending all service to Barranquilla, Colombia and Samana, Dominican Republic
Continental Airlines:
Houston-Cali, Colombia (discontinued)
Newark-Cologne, Germany (discontinued)
Newark-Santiago, Dominican Republic (discontinued)
Houston-Guayaquil, Ecuador (discontinued)
Houston-Monclova, Mexico (discontinued)
Cleveland-Ottawa (discontinued)
Also ending all service to Bali, Indonesia
Northwest Airlines:
Amsterdam-Hartford (discontinued)
Detroit-Dusseldorf (discontinued)
Minneapolis and Paris (suspended)
United Airlines:
Chicago-Mexico City (discontinued)
Denver-London Heathrow (discontinued)
Los Angeles-Frankfurt (discontinued)
Los Angeles-Guatemala City (discontinued)
Los Angeles-Hong Kong (discontinued)
San Francisco-Nagoya (discontinued)
San Francisco-Taipei (discontinued)
San Francisco-Guangzhou (delayed launch by one year)
US Airways:
Philadelphia-Beijing (seeking to delay launch by one year)
Air Canada:
Toronto-Rome (suspended)
Vancouver-Osaka (discontinued)
Thai Airways:
Bangkok-New York (discontinued)