Originally Posted by
LovePrunes
If there will indeed be a new city for AA to fly to LHR that they don't already, then
this list of top 30 AA cities, from a different thread might be relevant.
Someone added clubs to the list of top 30
Quote:Originally Posted by
AAerSTL 
Sunday, June 4, 2017:
- AA DFW 761 (CLUB) (AA LHR service)
- AA CLT 662 (CLUB) (AA LHR service)
- AA ORD 474 (CLUB) (AA LHR service)
- AA PHL 384 (CLUB) (AA LHR service)
- AA MIA 340 (CLUB) (AA LHR service)
- AA PHX 292 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA DCA 235 (CLUB) (can't do LHR service)
- AA LAX 208 (CLUB) (AA LHR service)
- AA LGA 141 (CLUB) (can't do LHR service)
- AA JFK 97 (CLUB) (AA and BA LHR service)
- AA BOS 85 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA SFO 53 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA MCO 52 (CLUB)
- AA RDU 52 (CLUB) (AA LHR service)
- AA CMH 47
- AA ATL 46 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA BNA 46 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA LAS 45 (BA service to LHR)
- AA PIT 43 (CLUB)
- AA STL 40 (CLUB)
- AA IND 39
- AA DTW 38
- AA DEN 36 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA TPA 36 (CLUB)
- AA IAH 35 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA SAN 34 (CLUB - CONTRACT) (BA service to LHR)
- AA SEA 33 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA AUS 32 (CLUB) (BA service to LHR)
- AA CVG 32
- AA CLE 31
Seems like highest likelihood for a new LHR citiy would be
1) has a club and
2) is a fairly busy AA city
MCO, PIT, STL, TPA
I'd be shocked it if was PIT, where AA has been shrinking.
My money is on MCO or STL. TPA could be dark horse possibility (It actually has more AA flights than SAN)
Will be interesting to see which one it is
While not to LHR, MCO does see at least daily and at times more than daily service to LGW on BA. Also MIA has plenty of LHR service and is a pretty easy transfer. If MCO were to gain LHR service it would seem to make more sense for BA to simply switch one of their services to LHR. AA's gates at MCO in Airside 3 are not able to handle international arrivals.
That said, the other options would all be pretty equally surprising.