Originally Posted by
TMM1982
I'm more concerned with the ORD/LAX and ORD/SFO routes. If AS abandons that, that means we're essentially left with 3 options, AA, UA, and WN. Not very appealing.
I would speculate that AS will abandon LAX-ORD and increase SFO-ORD to 4x/day all year round instead of 2-3. [ETA: I think it will be on AS metal though, with the VX metal being moved to SEA/PDX to JFK/BOS.]
American can't wait to get rid of capacity on SFO-ORD (they've cut back dramatically over the winter) and so I think they'd be content to codeshare on ASVX at times which feed a SFO hub, and fly 3-4x/day on their own metal on times which feed the east coast/international banks out of ORD, especially if AS pulled out of the more strategic LAX-ORD.