When will AA announce no more BOS-LHR? (speculation)
Aug 29, 2010, 11:49 am
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This has all be said before, but the question that hasn't been addressed is: when do finances get dire for AA in BOS? Unlike an airline with far less overhead cost, AA's airport costs remain relatively static, and they cannot simply continue to cut back in the way a discount carrier could in times of austerity without impacting the viability in a particular station.
Aug 29, 2010, 11:56 am
#32
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I think AA can only afford so many reduction in BOS before they actually have to close shop. Their overhead in BOS (due to things like the Admirals Club and other services) makes their presence there far more expensive than that of JetBlue or Southwest. In the past ten years they've gone from over a hundred Eagle flights a day to just a couple dozen (if that) and large capacity planes befitting a major airport (e.g. the 777 and 762) to 757s on international routes and 738s on long haul domestic routes. This has all be said before, but the question that hasn't been addressed is: when do finances get dire for AA in BOS? Unlike an airline with far less overhead cost, AA's airport costs remain relatively static, and they cannot simply continue to cut back in the way a discount carrier could in times of austerity without impacting the viability in a particular station.
BOS is a key part of the global network for AA. It's required to to be operated in order to satisfy AA's customer base, especially the corporate contracts. For AA to close BOS would be like for AA to close ATL. It ain't gonna happen!
Feb 21, 2012, 2:24 pm
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