Originally Posted by
AAerSTL
The plane would anyway be sitting and if another aircraft goes MX they can easily swap a 777, have reserve crews in MIA and it's a quick turn.
Precisely.
AA can do a quick turn on the plane and rather fly it to say JFK for aircraft utilization sake, it's less of a gamble for AA to fly a quick MIA-MCO. Especially with the dicey weather, and ATC delays that JFK has.
Even if weather were to pop up, a delay is more manageable on a quick MIA-MCO hop. [especially with padding built into the schedule] Also the weather in MCO is usually less dicey than at JFK.
Originally Posted by
AAerSTL
MCO is a mainline fleet service station and does have container handling equipment, along with capable gates.
AA has been running two 763's on the short MIA-MCO route since at least the beginning of 2015, so perhaps Disney, Universal, Darden or another company with a large presence in Orlando uses AA for Cargo.
AA can pick up/drop off cargo on their own flights into MIA as well as other carriers that serve MIA [including some Latin American carriers that only serve MIA].