Originally Posted by
LSUTigerWes
Economics. They have pricing power due to a monopoly on the small routes, whereas they probably had low load factors and prices (and thus profits) on those routes with competition. I promise they are not losing much. People in MSP and ATL will fly DL, just like those in DFW and CLT will fly (the new) AA.
Only LGALIT and LGAROA are monopolies. Delta flies the rest.\
Originally Posted by
jbsay
Maybe YYZ, RDU, XNA? YYZ already served extensively by competitor AC; RDU has CLT now; XNA probably wasn't a hugely lucrative route to begin with.
LGAXNA is a hugely lucrative route - Wal Mart is based in Faytteville, and AA is the primarily corporate airline for Wal Mart, hence why LGAXNA and LAXXNA exist in the first place.
Originally Posted by
N830MH
Right, they will switch from SAN to LAX. I just thinking AS will announce DCA-SAN by replace AA/US.
AS is not allowed to switch it's slot. There are only four flexible beyond-perimeter slots. AA has two, UA and DL each have one. The rest are route restricted.