Originally Posted by
bbison
That's not the issue at all...Some freight can only move on a larger aircraft. AA has a monopoly on this space; often with such demand there's a backlog to book it. There is plenty of "supply"/carriers to move normal-sized freight/freight that can be containerized trans-con.
If it really is that profitable then maybe they will add a single daily 777 positioning flight on jfk-lax like they do on mia-lax now