Speculation: AA SJC as Hub/Focus City, AA growth, new flights, etc.
Aug 27, 2012, 5:30 pm
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Aug 28, 2012, 6:58 am
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There are currently 5 daily flights from SFO to AUS, (4) on UA Express and (1) on B6. I would say it is covered.
Aug 28, 2012, 7:43 am
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AS discontinued because WN started more flights, and has feed on both ends due to a TX presence.
Aug 28, 2012, 3:27 pm
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Anyway, seems like a pipe dream. I have exactly one AA flight taken from SJC this year. I miss the old days....
Sep 5, 2012, 4:14 am
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Question: where are the large maintenance hangers located at SJC suitable for 737s and larger jets? SJC has maintenance facilities suitable for smaller private jets on the westside of the airport, but nothing suitable for the larger commercial jets.
Sep 5, 2012, 4:37 am
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Even when AA used SJC as a hub, the major maintenance on the planes that flew in and out of SJC was done either at SFO, LAX or DFW.
Sep 5, 2012, 8:49 pm
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I think you fail to understand a central point: there are NO EXISTING hangers at SJC suitable for 737s or larger jets. None. Nada. Next time you fly into SJC, go ahead and look for one. Good luck.
Even when AA used SJC as a hub, the major maintenance on the planes that flew in and out of SJC was done either at SFO, LAX or DFW.
Even when AA used SJC as a hub, the major maintenance on the planes that flew in and out of SJC was done either at SFO, LAX or DFW.
This might be true, however, any startup airline will not be doing any of it's own maintenance, this is farmed out. So maintenance is not the big issue.
Sep 5, 2012, 9:49 pm
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Just not a big factor so it's in no way why VX didn't place it's focus at SJC.
Sep 5, 2012, 10:23 pm
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Go look at VX's route map. How many routes do they fly where they compete with AA or UA? Almost every single route.
Remember, VX wants to sell premium cabin seats. If there was any history of being able to sell premium cabin seats out of SJC, why would AA have left SJC, and why would WN be successful there?
Anyways, VX shouldn't have flown out of SJC as their NorCal hub. SFO is the only logical place for it. And AA isn't going to come back to SJC. They have other fish to fry.
Sep 5, 2012, 10:37 pm
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The big factor is that VX would have been dead meat going up against WN/B6/AS at SJC. Their whole point was to steal customers from AA/UA, starting with premium pax on JFK-LAX/SFO.
Go look at VX's route map. How many routes do they fly where they compete with AA or UA? Almost every single route.
Remember, VX wants to sell premium cabin seats. If there was any history of being able to sell premium cabin seats out of SJC, why would AA have left SJC, and why would WN be successful there?
Anyways, VX shouldn't have flown out of SJC as their NorCal hub. SFO is the only logical place for it. And AA isn't going to come back to SJC. They have other fish to fry.
Go look at VX's route map. How many routes do they fly where they compete with AA or UA? Almost every single route.
Remember, VX wants to sell premium cabin seats. If there was any history of being able to sell premium cabin seats out of SJC, why would AA have left SJC, and why would WN be successful there?
Anyways, VX shouldn't have flown out of SJC as their NorCal hub. SFO is the only logical place for it. And AA isn't going to come back to SJC. They have other fish to fry.
Sep 6, 2012, 9:17 am
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How would you like to see Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia at SJC? I mean all these airlines could connect to one another. Virgin could build a clubhouse where the Admirals club was.
Sep 6, 2012, 7:41 pm
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I'm not sure how anyone can be a self proclaimed travel expert and not see everything that is wrong with that post.
Sep 6, 2012, 8:07 pm
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Sep 6, 2012, 10:31 pm
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That will happen shortly after Los Angeles freezes over and is converted to the world's largest skating rink, and WN starts flying A380s with first class and showers all done up in platinum-plated bling for the all-important DAL-LBB route.
Sep 8, 2012, 12:25 am
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