Originally Posted by
joeyE
I really wonder how long this has been in the works? Did AA dissolve the old Alaska partnership solely to leverage Alaska into better terms for this new one? Or is this only an opportunistic response to the Delta/LATAM thing...
I like that AA could change their perspective from just five months ago on AS. Good on them. Still, I feel this is more about getting traffic up on routes including from LAX as AA indicated to work than pushing against Delta because it is going to be very hard for AA to do international at SEA even with AS ground support. AA can try to fight DL, but if it becomes costly, AA could lose quickly.
I like how AA can launch this route with more corporate support and less marketing than perhaps before.