I'm actually surprised the Airbus lasted this long to Hawaii. Once Alaska finalized everything, I would have thought the Airbus would be relegated to mainland routes. I wouldn't be surprised to see the A321s go back at some point, once they get the engine issues sorted out.
Originally Posted by
AS737
I'm not sure about the brand new engine, but the LEAP 1As are the ones that are having to be replaced every 4-500 cycles. This is coming straight from AS's VP of System Ops
It's a world-wide issue with the CFMs that affects both Boeing and Airbus models.
https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...duction-lines/
Originally Posted by
AS Flyer
AA has been flying the A321 to Hawaii from PHX and LAX pretty routinely for a bit now while Hawaiian is a new A321 operator to/from the islands.
The AA A321s only fly LAX-Hawaii. They don't have the legs to (economically, at least) fly PHX-Hawaii. Those flights are operated by a handful of 757s. Supposedly AA will send some A321Ns on PHX-Hawaii when they arrive, but nothing has been set in stone.
Heck, we rarely get the PMAA A321s here in PHX. We get a ton of those PMUS A321s, some of which are so underpowered they can barely crack 31,000 on a PHX-CLT flight.