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Sep 15, 2015 | 10:21 am

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Dieuwer

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Originally Posted by JDiver

There's one difference: at HKG the aircraft has access to HAECO for any scheduled mods or installations, etc.

But this aircraft utilization issue is typical of some long haul destinations encountered by many airlines, and most likely that is factored into fare pricing as well.

But why does AA not do an extension?
Instead of flying USA-EZE and sit on the ground for 10 hours, why not do the same thing as e.g. AC and fly USA-SCL-EZE?

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