Originally Posted by
mvoight
Not much different than AA flying to the HQ of Qantas, Finnair, Malev, or next year's OW partner S7
I'm not sure if I agree with that.
SYD/QF: No reason for AA to fly here as their partnership with QF is very strong as it is. When the 787s come on board, it would be nice to see DFW-SYD but until then, QF provides sufficient coverage and codesharing space to meet AA's need.
HEL/AY: HEL is too small of a market as it is and most if not all of the international destinations that AY serves out of HEL are served by the likes of BA and IB anyway.
BUD/MA: I'm not sure why MA is still in OW, especially that they (AFAIK) stopped the TATL flying recently. AA does not need to fly to BUD.
DME/S7: I wouldn't be surprised if AA restarted DME service once S7 comes on board - although not neccessarily from ORD but quite possibly from JFK. Unllike AY and MA, S7 will open up many new destinations that aren't currently served by any OW airline and I'm sure there will be at least some demand for that.