Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
As far as AA is concerned (and, sadly, many others), LAX-JFK is the only coast-to-coast route in the US.
Maybe not as true as it was before Jet Blue and Virgin America announced plans to start up service out of SFO. This from the March 5 issue of Business Travel News:
American Airlines - an entrenched carrier on the New York-San Francisco route - said it would also expand service as the new kids enter the block. American in August plans to allocate an additional Boeing 767 for its San Francisco route, bringing sevice from five to six daily flights, senior VP of global sales David Cush said last month.
"This is a competitive response to Jet Blue," Cush said. "We do very well on that route with our five 767s today. We were able to go in with some of our efficiencies that we've been gaining in operations and fire up another 767. This looked like the place to put it. In general, what happens when you get a low-cost entrant into these markets, it does stimulate a lot of traffic and we'll be there to absorb the demand."