Originally posted by Tango:
American has announced new non-stop service between San Jose and CDG and TPE. Reasons cited for the TPE run is currently over 60% of their bookings are in business or First on a similar run. They will be using aircraft with a very high ratio of business/First to coach. This looks like a cash cow to them.
That route also connects two major business centers in high-tech. This is a logical kind of route to have high volume. Some US/Canada examples are IAD/YOW (politics), YYC/IAH (oil), and ORD/YWG (commodities). One that surprises a lot of people is BNA/LAX (music).