Speculation: AA SJC as Hub/Focus City, AA growth, new flights, etc.
Jun 3, 2014, 12:39 pm
#421
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With the E-175s entering the American Eagle fleet, I've been thinking that something like SJC-AUS would be a great mission application for that aircraft, perhaps even a SJC-RDU/BOS 1 stop via AUS as well.
Jun 3, 2014, 1:04 pm
#422
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I see new AA restoring BOS-SFO nonstops (mentioned by an exec recently as a possibility).
Jun 3, 2014, 3:09 pm
#423
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The problem is that there is no connecting traffic in SJC, no connections in AUS and no connections in RDU (minimal connections available in BOS). With no hubs on either end or in AUS, this is a non-starter.
I see new AA restoring BOS-SFO nonstops (mentioned by an exec recently as a possibility).
I see new AA restoring BOS-SFO nonstops (mentioned by an exec recently as a possibility).
Don't see the proposed flight, though, since AA isn't really in the O/D market when a hub isn't involved.
Jun 3, 2014, 3:36 pm
#424
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Jun 3, 2014, 4:42 pm
#425
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The problem is that there is no connecting traffic in SJC, no connections in AUS and no connections in RDU (minimal connections available in BOS). With no hubs on either end or in AUS, this is a non-starter.
I see new AA restoring BOS-SFO nonstops (mentioned by an exec recently as a possibility).
I see new AA restoring BOS-SFO nonstops (mentioned by an exec recently as a possibility).
PMUS also focuses on flights involving a hub; I recall Parker saying 99% of US flights will go to/from their hubs.
Last edited by austin_res; Jun 3, 2014 at 4:52 pm
Jun 3, 2014, 8:43 pm
#426
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-- the now sadly misnamed SJC AA from hub days of yore
Jun 4, 2014, 8:08 am
#427
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Agreed, but to the extent that there are exceptions, they are likely to be non-hub airports where the combined AA/US has a large market share (and large share of frequent flyers) -- including former hubs/gateways like BOS, PIT, RDU, BNA, SJC.
-- the now sadly misnamed SJC AA from hub days of yore
-- the now sadly misnamed SJC AA from hub days of yore
(I think there's zero chance that AA's going to start SJC routes to non-hubs as opposed to connecting via PHX/DFW/ORD/LAX. There's somewhat more than zero chance that they'd start BOS routes to non-hubs, but it's not a lock.)