Originally Posted by
fieldeng
They need to focus a bunch of flights out of SFO to put the squeeze on UA and steal some of their fortress captured elites. An additional few key non stops could make all the difference.
I said something similar recently, perhaps on the speculative "AA wants to buy jetBlue" thread.
In addition to NYC, ORD, LAX, DFW and MIA, I expect AA to increase service to BOS and SFO after bankruptcy regardless of which airline AA chooses as a merger partner (if any). AA had to pull back from both of those cities when its costs exceeded every other airline's costs and its revenue was growing slower than most.
With the lower costs that bankruptcy should bring, and AA's somewhat impressive revenue growth while in Ch 11, I expect that BOS and SFO expansion are not out of the question.
Of course, if AA were to combine with B6, it would immediately become the largest carrier in BOS.