Now that the NEA is dead with AA getting crushed and B6 holding out hope for their merger which looks to be going south. AA has been moot on their next plans in NYC. It appears they will be dropping flights to MCI and IAH. I would think on the heals of the DL SkyPeso massacre they could refocus and take back some ground like AS is doing out west in SEA. I see AA is offering up status matches and I would think AA would be aggressive in markets they split with DL aka LAX and NYC.

With BA now in T8 at JFK and the lounges in a solid place (sans AC) I would think AA would move almost 100% into Term C and allow B to be handled by the international locations. PHL will never be an NYC substitute unless they gut the whole place. Even QR who is big on stating the number of destinations they have would rather say ehhh no PHL let us take over heavy premium traffic from JFK. I think a complete renovation of the AC at JFK, along with the updates to the food vendors (in progress) would be a solid start. Dialing up some of the flights and utilization of their slots, and think about expanding T8 because there is the room, to allow for more international flights. I do hope down the line B6 would consider OW so even though they wont have to revenue share, benefits can be carried across AS/AA/B6 creating some strength. LGA should be strictly O/D to all of the smaller locations and select flights to hubs.

Finally LAX with the consolidation of their flights into T4/5 plus some TBIT, having AS in T6 they have massive potential for both O/D and transfer passengers. Now is the time to strike if there ever was one. Retreating will only prove DL right with their increases to their Pesos program.