Originally Posted by
uanj
Late delivery of Dreamliners is in part a convenient excuse. AA will put its available fleet to best use, and the least beneficial routes to AA turn out to be these new international leisure routes. The international routes out of PHL really surprised me, PHL is not a big connector hub for AA and PHL as a market bleeds traffic to EWR. With DP's resignation, we can look forward (hopefully) to some new ideas about where AA is headed with routes, aircraft and onboard product.
Not sure this means much for UA.
PHL is a large hub for AA and is their largest TATL hub.