Originally Posted by
FWAAA
Interestingly, for the first time in a long while, AA has proposed using larger planes than DL; AA's application proposed using 772s for LAX and ORD while DL proposed using 763s for all three of its adds. I expect AA will point that out, probably with a dig, along the lines of "AA's new service, from gateways not currently served, will be on larger, higher capacity planes than Delta is proposing, and if AA is awarded the frequencies, AA will not downguage the equipment."
That's because DL is probably saving their 744s for the next HND allocation, but will still downgauge to an A330 in short time
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I can see both routes working out well. While UA is stronger at ORD than AA is, AA is
much stronger at GRU than UA is, in terms of awareness. LAX-GRU will have to be mainly O/D but there is a market there (LAX-Brazil is one major reason why the 772s fly LAX-MIA domestically).