This is a major complaint of mine; the routing possibilities to get to tlv. Swiss was "ok" when partnered/codeshared whatever with AA, at least the terrible arrival time in TLV was offset that you got some miles, ect. But since, the 2:30 pm arrival is not offset by anything.
You cannot effectively get to TLV on AA unless it is through zrh and Swiss. I do this trip 5-7 times a year, and something, anything would be nice. I think Royal Jordanian is the only way, but this is laughable from routing POV.
I tried every European Gateway too.
With being based in DFW and the cannot fly to LHR is also a huge limitation to quality connections.
I think of the majors, only UA and AA dont serve TLV now...DL, and CO do, and do so very well.
Originally Posted by
salut0
AA code on an LY flight would be fantastic especially since there is no AA codeshare to TLV anymore, thanks to the defection of Swiss to *A and the inability of AA and BA to figure out a codeshare on BA's metal -- (why is that, by the way?)
I do wonder, though, whether RJ joining OneWorld might have put a spanner in the works for any such AA/LY codeshare -- let's hope they don't view NYC-AMM-TLV as a good-enough substitute for NYC-LHR-TLV or some other more direct route on larger planes with better connections.