Originally Posted by
ESpen36
I thought it was because AA eventually wants to shift most TATL routes that depend on connecting traffic over to the hub at PHL.
The clear exception, of course, is JFK-LHR which is an O/D route and is also the most profitable air route in the entire WORLD (for BA anyway, though AA and IAG have a JBA in place).
As I understand it AA is keeping those routes that have strong O&D demand and sending all the others to PHL. It would seem as though JFK/ZRH would have solid O&D but with the 763....?