Originally Posted by headinclouds
This is probably bad news for AA since I'm sure that AA got some connecting traffic from IB to Central American cities. As a direct flight, some IB flights from C.Am. to Europe has potential for some long flights on RTW's. I hope AA informs the US gov't that their obtrusive procedures for int'l transit passengers are driving revenue away from US companies to foreign companies. Even an ally like Spain.
Iberia is not pulling out Miami. They will still fly Miami-Madrid. It is actually good news for AA. For AA:
1) No compietition to Central American on Iberia, who usually offered lower fares to the local traffic.
2) More Iberia passengers from Madrid connecting onto AA.
The real losers in this situation, though, are not Iberia or MIA. They are the five cities in Central America and Mexico that will no longer be served by Iberia: Cancun, Managua, San Savlador, San Pedro Sula, and San Jose.