Originally Posted by
sts603
Or OneWorld carriers continue to expand capacity in Asia (particularly through the AA-JL JBA)????? Why are you assuming that the current Asian route network is stagnant. The fact that AA is growing and gaining more passengers would more logically lead to a reason to more aggressively expand capacity.
Whatever AA's strategy is in Asia, "aggressive" is definitely not one of them.
Not counting Tokyo, I can count exactly 4 TPAC routes on AA metal (you know, the ones I could actually use a systemwide upgrade on).
2 from ORD, 1 from LAX, 1 from DFW, and none from JFK or MIA.
So far AA's strategy with many of their JV partners has simply been more hub-to-hub. New long-haul hub-to-spoke growth has been somewhat unimpressive.