Originally Posted by
rasheed
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.
I’m not sure AA changed their perspective; AA and AS were required to distance themselves by regulators when the Virgin America acquisition was approved. With AS joining
oneworld, that pretty much changes to a full
oneworld membership (not
oneworld connect, as some had speculated) and all
one world passenger reciprocal treatment.
It doesn’t look like international support is seen as much of a problem by AA, with new flights to BLR and LHR. BA et al do international longhaul flying without much apparent problems.