Routes / flights you wish AA flew Thread (2013 edition)
Jun 28, 2013, 11:14 am
#121
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JFK-JNB is 92 miles shorter than MIA-JNB, but from MIA, the route could be flown via REC, enabling AA to start the route with a 763 with the potential to fly it with a 787 nonstop if AA can capture enough of the market. MIA features strong O&D to South Africa plus more connections than available from JFK.
Jun 28, 2013, 12:30 pm
#122
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Back when SJC was a hub, I'll bet that AA would have loved to serve LHR from SJC. Problem was, they couldn't. Until 2008, when the restrictions of Bermuda II were lifted, SJC was not a permitted gateway to LHR. Just like DFW wasn't permitted (recall that DFW flights had to fly to LGW or connect at ORD).
Jun 28, 2013, 12:34 pm
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I'll believe it when I see it. The route was announced many months ago (for fall service launch) but has never been loaded. DMN may just be rehashing old news?
Jun 28, 2013, 12:47 pm
#124
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AUS-MIA.
'Nuff said!
Cheers,
Cameron
'Nuff said!
Cheers,
Cameron
Jun 28, 2013, 12:48 pm
#125
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Pretty, pretty please JFK/MIA-JNB!!! I have had enough of SAA and Delta on this route.
Also, any additional flights out of SFO.
Also, any additional flights out of SFO.
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Jun 28, 2013, 11:38 pm
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Why not LAX-BKK or SFO-BKK with AA arrival/departure flights conveniently connecting to/from Phuket, Chang Mai, Koh Samai and other popular Thai resort destinations using an alliance with Bangkok Airways or Asia Air? It's too difficult getting to most of these places without multiple connections.
Jun 29, 2013, 10:08 am
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AA metal flights to other OW hub cities like HKG and SYD shouldn't be that much of a stretch.
Jun 29, 2013, 11:33 am
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OneWorld Hub Cities in Asia
Have to wonder why AA would begin service to Seoul where there is little One World access and it is a fortress hub for KAL. Anyone know what kind of loads AA is getting there and if it will be one of those unfortunate spots ( Mumbai, Budapest, Helsinki) where AA starts and ends service rather quickly?
Jun 29, 2013, 12:59 pm
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Have to wonder why AA would begin service to Seoul where there is little One World access and it is a fortress hub for KAL. Anyone know what kind of loads AA is getting there and if it will be one of those unfortunate spots ( Mumbai, Budapest, Helsinki) where AA starts and ends service rather quickly?
Jun 29, 2013, 2:36 pm
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Have to wonder why AA would begin service to Seoul where there is little One World access and it is a fortress hub for KAL. Anyone know what kind of loads AA is getting there and if it will be one of those unfortunate spots ( Mumbai, Budapest, Helsinki) where AA starts and ends service rather quickly?
It's because LHR is a huge business destination. So is Seoul.
AA began flying to Seoul because so many passengers on its flights to Tokyo connected to Seoul each day, and by flying nonstop from DFW, AA and JAL can presumably charge more for the convenience of not connecting at NRT. AA and JAL will share profits on this route thru their immunized joint venture and thus free up seats on their flights to Tokyo for local traffic (traffic to/from Tokyo).
AA never flew to BOM. AA flew to DEL for more than six years until it threw in the towel due to high fuel prices and depressed yields. I wouldn't call that starting and ending service "rather quickly." Other airlines have trimmed nonstop service from the US to India.
BUD? Malev shut down, and the Malev hub at BUD was the only reason AA ever flew to BUD.
HEL? HEL is seasonal. Traffic to/from Finland drops substantially in the winter. Just like Ireland and England.
Jun 29, 2013, 3:36 pm
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Jun 29, 2013, 6:16 pm
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) gave its tentative approval to grant antitrust immunity to American Airlines and four oneworld partners to form a global alliance.
"If the decision is made final, American and its "oneworld" alliance partners British Airways, Iberia Airlines, Finnair and Royal Jordanian Airlines would be able to more closely coordinate international operations in transatlantic markets," it said in a press release on Saturday.
"If the decision is made final, American and its "oneworld" alliance partners British Airways, Iberia Airlines, Finnair and Royal Jordanian Airlines would be able to more closely coordinate international operations in transatlantic markets," it said in a press release on Saturday.
See also:
http://www.aa.com/i18n/amrcorp/newsr...-agreement.jsp
Jun 29, 2013, 10:42 pm
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STL to ....well, anywhere
LAX/DFW to AKL to SYD
Marketed properly I think they'd make a killing on a NZ ski season LAX-NAN/PPT-ZQN - ski dest with beach on the way there or back
ORD-MAN - avoiding LHR & the rest of London would be nice
LAX/DFW to AKL to SYD
Marketed properly I think they'd make a killing on a NZ ski season LAX-NAN/PPT-ZQN - ski dest with beach on the way there or back
ORD-MAN - avoiding LHR & the rest of London would be nice
Jun 30, 2013, 7:05 am
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