Originally Posted by
electronicmaji
As far as I am aware the Miami terminal is limited on how many more flights can be added...
I don't believe this is true, I've never heard of any slot restriction at MIA and there is no mention of it on the FAA page. Even if there were, many of the SA flights, especially the longer ones leave late at night so would most likely not be impacted.
Originally Posted by
electronicmaji
...Also you need not forget the expansion that Delta has made in the region; serving quite a few more destinations in South America directly to their ATL hub; with connection schedules that often make more sense than the MIA connection schedules you'll deal with flying AA. Delta is also treating their South American customers a lot better than AA ever has. Need it not be forget that the people who fly from South America to the US tend to make up the higher classes of society in Latin America and are used to receiving much better treatment domestically from their flagship airlines; then what they receive from United and AA who had most of the control of the routes going into South America for a long time. If Delta were to try to compete more directly with AA on more of their routes going into ATL or MIA I think they'd eat AA's lunch here for quite a few reasons.
Which are these airlines that provide better service than US carriers? I'm no defender of them, but of the SA carriers I've flown, (LA, G3, OB, AV) plus some smaller ones in a mix of Y and C they were decidedly mediocre at best.