If you are making ORD “shuttle” you can make most of the mainline LGA operation “shuttle.” I would argue that DFW and MIA are actually more important “shuttle”routes for AA at LGA Well okay, if you define the prerequisites for a “Shuttle” as merely high frequency. As said - repeatedly - I don’t. I ...
Jump to postList the mainline destinations my friend you’re going to come up with surprisingly little and they all have high frequency “shuttle “service. The question was asked why Chicago is not a shuttle route. The truth is AA Has very limited mainline service out of LaGuardia to anything beyond hubs. All of...
Jump to postSomewhat related to the ongoing discussion about the recent issue in ATL, the thing I find most interesting about those numbers is the stunning concentration of Delta's network capacity in ATL. United's largest hub (ORD) is only 11% larger by seats than its second largest hub (IAH). AA's largest hub...
Jump to postFrom one standpoint, it has obviously been sad to see multiple longtime airline brands - like Aloha and now Island Air - go away in the last decade. Although, from an industry perspective, it's nice to see that Hawaii is now going to have a very strong, competitive and viable state aviation "ch...
Jump to postThe problem is most of us common people fly in the back where seating is taking a bit hit. Indeed. Welcome to the global airline industry, circa 2017. Virtually every major airline on earth is either actively adding density (seats) to their aircraft, or planning to do so. This is hardly unique to A...
Jump to postAA has gone from the vision of being a premium carrier under Horton to an LCC under Parker. Parker is a great leader if you are in a race to the bottom. I'm sorry, but with respect, I think that's ridiculous. AA now offerings lie-flat, all-aisle-access F/J on all of its widebodies, with very strong...
Jump to postSomewhat of a rough departure time at 1:15am. Not much open at IAD at that time....not even sure the BA lounge would be open. I strongly suspect Cathay Pacific will work something out with one of the lounge operators at IAD - BA seemingly the obvious choice, just like at BOS and EWR. Cathay Pacific...
Jump to postWhat makes ORD more special than DFW MIA DCA or CLT? The only other mainline destinations That are non-hubs are BOS and PBI. What differentiates ORD among AA's various higher-frequency routes out of LGA, makes it a plausible candidate for "Shuttle" branding, are: * Level of frequency (onl...
Jump to postWe can thank Dougie for ruining the customer experience as usual. I agree that the current LUS 321 config sounds more comfortable, but the LAA 32B arrangement is by far the best. Of course retrofitting the LUS 321s to that configuration would be too customer friendly, so no dice. :roll: The fact th...
Jump to postiyerhari wrote:AA only has two nonstop direct flights from BOS-JFK - one at noon and another one late afternoon.
It isn't trying to take over B6 or divert tons of traffic from either JFK or PHL. Well of course. The usual doom and gloom has descended on this thread about AA's allegedly disastrous position is in NYC. In reality, AA is still competitive. Given slot controls, AA at this point is obviously structu...
Jump to postcledaybuck wrote:The battle for Wilmington is on!
cledaybuck wrote:Also, seems like FCA is getting quite a bit of new capacity this summer.
This seems like a big deal...or just slot-sitting? Is this bad for JFK int'l or bad for PHL int'l? Probably the latter... *AA PHL-JFK APR 0>6 MAY 0>6 JUN 0>6 JUL 0>6 AUG 0>6 The frequency is notable and interesting, although, in looking at the schedule, it appears that only two of these six slot pa...
Jump to postVery happy to see AA add another destination in Colombia, and in particularly CTG which has long seemed like a glaring hole in AA's network from its MIA hub. It's such an incredible country, and CTG in particular is such an amazing city. I hope this route is successful - I suspect it will be.
Jump to postI think it's reflective of not only the ME3 issue and shifting alliances among some of AA's partners (i.e., Westjet and Jet aligning with Delta, etc.), but also just the broader reshaping of how many large network carriers around the world are approaching their global partnerships. As has been comme...
Jump to postAS is definitely facing challenges, to be sure: o A growing DL in SEA o A resurgent UA in SFO o A strong and growing AA in LAX o WN believing they're in for the fight of their lives all over CA o HA getting the right-sized equipment (A321NEO) to fight for Hawaii traffic Yep - pretty much covers it....
Jump to postOn a related note, as reported by AirlineRoute , looks like United is also planning additional changes to its interior China capacity next summer beyond exiting XIY: San Francisco – Chengdu Operational schedule changes from SFO, moving to midnight hours. Seasonal 4th weekly service, previously sched...
Jump to postAS is in far less direct competition with AA than with either of the other two legacy majors (or WN for that matter). Well, okay, but being "in far less direct competition" with AA as compared to with Delta or United doesn't mean they don't now directly overlap and compete significantly w...
Jump to postNice to see AA add Missoula too. I'd say it's, objectively, pretty impressive to see AA's growth in Montana - from nothing - since the merger. Next summer AA will be operating over 40 weekly flights to three destinations in Montana - that's obviously nothing compared to the capacity that longtime l...
Jump to postMore very cool adds. Also very happy to see MIA-BON finally added - another obvious market for AA out of the MIA hub. 8-) DCA-ILM Another logical, opportunistic seasonal leisure market. (And a restart, I believe, right? Didn't USAirways fly this route, maybe on and off, for years?) DFW-FLG As predic...
Jump to postUnfortunate, but probably unavoidable. Ultimately - one way or another, either via acquisition or liquidation - consolidation was going to happen, and will continue to happen, in the European airline industry. Relative to the size of its market and economy, I think it's quite reasonable to conclude ...
Jump to postUA115 SFO 1445 2025 PPT 247 UA114 PPT 2345 SFO 0950+ 247 Awesome. Very cool add. As I said when United announced the nonstop SIN flights, and some of the recent EWR transatlantic adds - it's great to see United once again regain some of its fighting strength and get creative in leveraging the power ...
Jump to post9w748capt wrote:Not just India, but I've long wondered - why doesn't AA (just as an example) start daily DFW-DOH or ORD-DOH service with a 789? Or DFW/ORD-AUH?
In politics, it's ultimately all a numbers game. Whether the ME3 are, in fact, subsidized, or receive state aid and support, and compete unfairly, etc. doesn't really seem to motivate much public opinion. The number of votes attached to U.S. citizens who benefit from (1) the ME3's airfares between t...
Jump to postI agree with others that the pace of the new terminal construction, given the complexity of the site and especially the fact that it's NYC, is heartening. And it can't come soon enough. The CTB is incredibly outdated, so when the new terminal opens it will be a massive improvement for AA, Southwest,...
Jump to postI don't think AA will get any additional daily frequencies from MIA before DL gets an additional daily flight. Since AA already has 4x daily to DL's 1x daily and since F9 pulled out of the market, I would be very surprised if the DOT allowed AA's position to be further strengthened. I tend to agree...
Jump to postInteresting. As mentioned in the past, this isn't - or shouldn't be - that surprising. The upward pressure on pilot wages is steadily diminishing the impetus (and economic value) for mainline carriers playing regional operators against each other for labor arbitrage and competitive cost control. The...
Jump to postAre all AA seats aisle access? That is the argument here. On widebodies, yes, they now are - 100% of AA's widebodies are now all-lie-flat, and all-aisle-access in J. AA's longhaul 757s don't have all-aisle-access in J, but then, as said, neither do Delta's or United's. Also AA only has 148 widebodi...
Jump to postPresumably the other benefit would be AA passengers located in places like Boston, NYC, ORD etc choosing to do an entire flight on Porter via codeshare rather than on UA or AA. Also encourages Porter fliers in Toronto, YUL, YOW etc to pick AA when they need to get out of Q400 range of the border, l...
Jump to postAA + Porter now? As I mentioned earlier, it is, indeed intriguing. AA's and Porter's networks don't really overlap much, but then also don't really connect much, either. There could potentially be some (very) limited connectivity over YOW/YUL, but obviously Porter's absence from what is by far AA's...
Jump to postI hope dot will require something non trivial from this and any possible changes to ac ua joint venture. Rightly or wrongly, I doubt it. I suspect this will meet with minimal regulatory challenge from either country. And at this point, the transborder market is likely fairly set, anyway. The only o...
Jump to postLooks like Delta and Westjet have signed an MOU to form a transborder JV Huge news, and good news, for both airlines. It will definitely be interesting to see what additional transborder market development opportunities this opens up for Delta and WestJet. With this, Delta will essentially have goo...
Jump to postOr it will just get people to fly other one world airlines. There is no chance I will pay the same money flying aa pe vs that of cx. And now that mce 9 in a row is gone, that basically means I won't fly aa tatl or to South America. That's one perspective. My guess is that AA management believes tha...
Jump to postThere's something to be said about not giving away a product for free, but there's also the danger of elites deciding that the extra cost of AA is no longer worth it to them (and this is a danger for all the legacy carriers). Yep, but as has been discussed countless times before, that's effectively...
Jump to postConsistent with the direction AA is heading on the other 777s - MCE is about legroom, not seat width, and treated not as a true extra cabin but as a slightly more comfortable section of Y filled (in my experience) primarily with elites whose upgrades don't clear. Personally, one area that I find to ...
Jump to postIndeed, I wonder if anything outside of the bottom half of Florida is safe. JFK HAV was banking heavily on tourism to Cuba, the Cuban population in the tri state area is sizeable but it is concentrated in New Jersey. These Cuba flights will really only work from S Florida (mostly MIA) and to a much...
Jump to postDL GUM-NRT JAN 0>0.5 Second thoughts?! JAL just announced a second daily peak season flight. UA IAH-ASE JUN 0>0.8 JUL 0>1.0 UA SFO-ASE JUN 0>0.8 JUL 0>1.0 AUG 0>1.0 The development of ASE into a year-round destination, not just for the traditional United Express to DEN but also now AA and Delta, is...
Jump to postThe last 757 in LAA livery makes it's final flights with AA today 12/03/17 N679AN / 5EL Scheduled to operate AA 1175 MIA-ORD and AA 2349 ORD-DFW today before being ferried off to ROW tomorrow for retirement. Wow - amazing. Bittersweet, as I always thought the 757 looked particularly good in bare me...
Jump to postIt's sufferable for shorter flights, but unless you're paying under 150$, DFW-ANC with 30'' of pitch is unacceptable for a legacy carrier, even for me who usually doesn't have any problem with this stuff. Well we’ll see what’s “sufferable” and “unacceptable” for consumers. My personal prediction: s...
Jump to postI've never seen any evidence that PTVs create a competitive advantage and allow an airline to charge a higher fare. They are certainly nice to have...although the resolution on my tablet/phone is better than any PTV out there. Agreed. Said it before, say it again - there are precisely two airlines ...
Jump to postA friend of mine told me about this a few hours ago, it is pretty disappointing, no IFE, I expected something better from AA, These planes do have IFE - just not PTVs in the seatback. The IFE is streaming to personal devices - that's consistent with the direction in which just about the entire U.S....
Jump to postOA940 wrote:Ryanair has more legroom in their 737's than AA's MAX's. That's all we have to say.
Mark my words, all these "max pax for evac certifications" will be called into question soon when a plane full of pax crammed into 28" pitch seats has to ground evac and several pax die because they couldn't evac in a timely manner. Maybe. We'll see. History does, indeed, seem to imp...
Jump to postGlad to see AA back on Summer18 seasonal LGA-TVC. They concede that route last year completely to DL. I wish AA would do TVC-PHL,DCAor CLT seasonally Indeed. I remember when AA first announced LGA-TVC ... all the way back on March 20, 2000 ! AA would add more capacity and/or upgauge on TVC-ORD in p...
Jump to postI've always found it odd FLG doesn't have a bit more service. There's so much tourism in the area. The Grand Canyon, Sedona and the sights near Page. Heck, even AA could give it a shot to DFW. Yep. If this route works - which, I agree, it probably will - I could definitely see a seasonal/weekend CR...
Jump to postReplacing Open Skies, which will cease to exist. Interesting.
Jump to postAlready mentioned in the OAG thread.
It's one of several new seasonal weekend routes AA loaded Sunday, which also included DFW-AVL, DFW-ILM, DFW-MYR, ORD-MYR, LGA-TVC and LAX-BZN.
From an operational standpoint, the schedule is interesting - with takeoff from FLG at the hottest time of the day.
I agree with others - I'm not quite convinced of the repeated conventional wisdom that China Southern joining one world necessarily precipitates Cathay Pacific's exit from the alliance. I, too, think the overlap between these two is somewhat overstated, and suspect they probably could coexist within...
Jump to postnice adds by AA to connect more dots. :checkmark: It is, indeed, great to see AA restoring former (in several cases longstanding) routes like DFW-OAK, LGA-TVC and LGA-PWM, and connecting several extremely logical dots with routes like PHX-AMA and PHX-OKC. I'm also happy to see lots of seasonal/week...
Jump to postHow long does this flight normally block? Could AA reconfigure some 321s with no F, but lie flat J? Seems they need a domestic aircraft beyond the 757 with a lie flat but not a full F product. My personal expectation - pure guess - is that the long-term solution will be just that. I could see it pl...
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