LAX was my home airport for 12 years and good to see AA is expanding LAX operation, eventually expanding to T5. AA was always weak in West Coast. Acquired AirCal to expand West Coast presence, but as Southwest grew West Coast operation what once was AirCal quickly disappeared. AAdvantage program partner with Reno Air filled that gap after that and eventually acquiring Reno Air.

But once what was Reno Air has disappeared again and become weak on West Coast. Alaska Air being AAdvantage partner sure filled that gap. When I lived at Los Angeles I took vacation to Alaska by cashing my AAdvantage miles on Alaska Airlines first class, that was good use of my miles.

Take this conversation of LAX expansion one step further, then in long term what will happen to PHX hub which is located close to LAX?

UA-CO merger, ORD and CLE were close to each other and eventually CLE hub was closed. Large operation at EWR and UA decided to completely move out of JFK.

DL-NW merger, DTW and CVG were close and CVG hub closed, and also ATL and MEM were close and MEM hub closed down.

In long term, will AA focus more on LAX than PHX? Will LAX and PHX co-exist as LAX as international connection point with OneWorld partners and PHX as connection point for domestic passengers? I guess same argument as will JFK and PHL can co-exist?