Originally Posted by
WChou
Wouldn't Canada have to grant 5th freedom rights for this to happen? I assume AA does not have the rights to board pax in Canada and fly onward to Japan.
I believe JAL has fifth freedom rights in Canada as they used to fly NRT-YVR-MEX.
The question is would an AA metal flight with JL codeshare on LAX-YVR-HND be doable under the JBA under the technicality that JL has fifth freedom rights at YVR?
Originally Posted by
C17PSGR
AA was only approved for LAX and can't change cities without approval. Beyond that, the attraction is offering the LAX the quickest service to downtown Tokyo. An extra stop certainly doesn't do that.
No, AA was only approved for JFK-HND. They did also apply for LAX-HND, but they only received the JFK one as the LAX slot went over to DL
There are only 4 slots available for US carriers to HND and the winners were:
DL: LAX and DTW
HA: HNL
AA: JFK
AA is having a tough time selling JFK-HND due to the departure time at HND being 6:40AM when there's an empty void of public transportation options to HND from 12:00 midnight to 4:30AM. Poor planning as always by AA IMO, it should've been early morning arrival/late evening departure HND, which currently NH does for it's HND-LAX flight and is doing relatively well compared to other HND flights.