Originally Posted by
Longboater
Do you anticipate American flying their own metal to Australia/New Zealand within the next five years?
AA will not fly to aus because any direct competition with QF will require a reevaluation of the JBV by the government. The AKL route makes most sense because it does not compete with QF and it provides them with feeder traffic as well. Australia is already well served with a lot of capacity from QF.
When AA starts LAX routes with the 787 this will make perfect sense. I.e. A Monday night departure and Wednesday morning arrival/return would give enough TAT for an onwards to either Europe or Asia im the afternoon