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Apr 9, 2006, 3:04 pm
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David Cush remarks
AA's David Cush has told NYC Sales that no 757 expansion to Europe will be happening soon. AA is to concentrate on the biggies, such as JFK-LHR. Markets such as JFK-BRU and JFK-CDG have proved to be unprofitable. Surprisingly, JFK-ZRH does remain profitable and a key route.
Apr 9, 2006, 3:13 pm
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How likely is the cancellation of JFK-CDG or JFK-BRU ?
Apr 9, 2006, 3:17 pm
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Originally Posted by DutchMember
How likely is the cancellation of JFK-CDG or JFK-BRU ?
Apr 9, 2006, 6:53 pm
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Also, I believe from a previous discussion that AA provides SN Brussels major connectons as SN does not fly between JFK-BRU on their own metal, but instead relies on the AA codeshare.
Apr 9, 2006, 11:23 pm
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Originally Posted by fly72
AA's David Cush has told NYC Sales that no 757 expansion to Europe will be happening soon. AA is to concentrate on the biggies, such as JFK-LHR. Markets such as JFK-BRU and JFK-CDG have proved to be unprofitable. Surprisingly, JFK-ZRH does remain profitable and a key route.
There are 20 wingleted 757's. They're going somewhere. That somewhere isn't MIA-ORD-DFW. The first priority is getting them to the potentially profitable south american markets ex-MIA. Europe can follow along 6-12mos later, perhaps when new J seating in the 752's allows them to replace "primary" 763 markets like BRU-JFK.
Apr 9, 2006, 11:26 pm
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It probably wouldn't hurt if AA had more domestic feeder traffic into JFK or bought JetBlue to quickly provide same.
Apr 9, 2006, 11:44 pm
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Originally Posted by fly72
AA is to concentrate on the biggies, such as JFK-LHR.
Apr 10, 2006, 9:20 am
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I used to think UAL "had" to keep JFK-CDG service as well. So much for that. It's amazing to me that AA can't eek out a profit flying between two of the world's great cities. Go figure. I just hope they don't go the UAL route and drop it. Non-stop flights to Paris are a wonderful thing.
Apr 10, 2006, 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by Pismocrab
I used to think UAL "had" to keep JFK-CDG service as well. So much for that. It's amazing to me that AA can't eek out a profit flying between two of the world's great cities. Go figure. I just hope they don't go the UAL route and drop it. Non-stop flights to Paris are a wonderful thing.
Apr 10, 2006, 3:58 pm
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Originally Posted by justageek
It probably wouldn't hurt if AA had more domestic feeder traffic into JFK or bought JetBlue to quickly provide same.