Originally Posted by
Kacee
Must be if they're not just downgauging to a 788.
Speculation: This is probably immunized activity that would otherwise be an anti-trust violation (NZ not happy about its loads either).
Must be the case. SFO-AKL drew a lot of seats all of a sudden to a previously-unserved market, not to mention the additional NZ-USA capacity brought online by AA LAX-AKL (a larger local market than SFO) with AKL-IAH no doubt poaching some East Coast connectivity.
If it's not a JV decision (which I doubt) then it's possibly another example of the new sheriffs in Chicago flexing some strategic muscle...