American Airlines has confirmed that it will soon complete its withdrawal from Gatwick Airport after 26 years of flying from the hub.

The carrier said that it will move more of its Dallas-Fort Worth flights from Gatwick to Heathrow Airport on April 13th in order to take full advantage of the forthcoming open skies agreement.

This follows a previous announcement of the movement of flights to Dallas-Fort Worth and Raleigh-Durham, to be completed on March 30th.

American Airlines will serve New York, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles and Raleigh-Durham from Heathrow Airport following the flight move.

However, not all of the airline's London operations are moving to Heathrow - the carrier will continue to serve New York from Stansted Airport.

"These changes do not impact the total number of American flights to and from London," explained Henry Joyner of American Airlines.

"We'll operate up to 18 daily departures to Heathrow this summer from seven US airports."

Last month, the airline picked up two awards in the Cellars in the Sky contest for its inflight wines, winning titles for tipples served in its business class cabins in the process.

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