AA:" The only 3-class widebody service coast-to-coast!"
Mar 12, 2007, 2:29 pm
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Mar 12, 2007, 2:57 pm
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Mar 12, 2007, 3:16 pm
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Ummm... I think it is. AA didn't say that they ONLY fly 3-class widebody service coast-to-coast, they just said they're the only ones that do it. Which is true. And if UA said that they had the ONLY lie-flat seats coast to coast when AA had the 777 LAX-MIA, that would NOT be true.
Mar 12, 2007, 3:36 pm
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Ummm... I think it is. AA didn't say that they ONLY fly 3-class widebody service coast-to-coast, they just said they're the only ones that do it. Which is true. And if UA said that they had the ONLY lie-flat seats coast to coast when AA had the 777 LAX-MIA, that would NOT be true.
Mar 12, 2007, 3:45 pm
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American Airlines - an entrenched carrier on the New York-San Francisco route - said it would also expand service as the new kids enter the block. American in August plans to allocate an additional Boeing 767 for its San Francisco route, bringing sevice from five to six daily flights, senior VP of global sales David Cush said last month.
"This is a competitive response to Jet Blue," Cush said. "We do very well on that route with our five 767s today. We were able to go in with some of our efficiencies that we've been gaining in operations and fire up another 767. This looked like the place to put it. In general, what happens when you get a low-cost entrant into these markets, it does stimulate a lot of traffic and we'll be there to absorb the demand."
Mar 12, 2007, 4:05 pm
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PS: And if the justice department raises eyebrows, we have our army of lawyers to bring into question the definition of "cost".
Mar 12, 2007, 4:17 pm
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Looks to me to have a chunk of Maryland and the entire state of Delaware between it and the east coast.
Mar 12, 2007, 4:23 pm
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Mar 12, 2007, 4:35 pm
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And until then, you'll be seeing many familiar faces flying back and forth.
Mar 12, 2007, 4:38 pm
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I am taking a 757 F from DFW-SFO and thank god it is not an MD80...
Mar 12, 2007, 9:43 pm
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I guess, it's a persoanl issue, but some people preffer widebodies for the following reasons:
1) with 2 aisles, the cart service is easier to manouver around.
2) heavier plane seems to mitigate turbulance.
3) larger cabin interior alieviates claustophobia.
1) with 2 aisles, the cart service is easier to manouver around.
2) heavier plane seems to mitigate turbulance.
3) larger cabin interior alieviates claustophobia.
Mar 12, 2007, 9:53 pm
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Did AA forget about the service that provides the best premium class experience within the continent: CX JFK-YVR?? That definitely qualifies as coast to coast.