Originally Posted by 3Cforme

AA fails on lots of international routes that UA makes work out of ORD. Just look at route announcements this week.

Alternately, this is a list of international routes from ORD that AA has tried and dropped or reduced, as noted by an a.net poster:

fAAilure at ORD:

ARN: Can't compete with SK
BHX: Gone
BRU: Gone (at one time was a 777)
CDG: Now seasonal
DEL: AI killed the yields, but the flight was packed.
DME: Started with a 777 due to 767 unable to land there. But still a dog.
DUS: Can't compete with UA/LH JV
EZE: Only worked in Dec.
FRA: Can't compete with UA/LH JV
GLA: Gone
HEL: Moved to AY
MAN: Struggling, down to a few months a year
MEX: Gone
MUC: Can't compete with UA/LH JV
MXP: Gone
NGO: No yields. Filled the back, but not the front.
PEK: Going away.
STN: Gone
YKF: Gone
YWG: Gone
ZRH: Gone