Cross-fleeting begins July 2nd 2014 [limited routes]
Apr 6, 2014, 4:37 pm
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Cross-fleeting begins July 2nd 2014 [limited routes]
Heads up that cross-fleeting begins on 2 July 2014. AA and US will begin taking over certain frequencies from each other on certain routes. In all cases, there will be a mix of both AA and US metal on all these routes:
Charlotte-Chicago O'Hare
Miami-Charlotte
Miami-Detroit
Miami-New Orleans
Miami-Raleigh
Miami-Tampa
Phoenix-Denver
Phoenix-Detroit
Phoenix-Los Angeles
Phoenix-Newark
Phoenix-Orange County
Phoenix-Seattle
Charlotte-Chicago O'Hare
Miami-Charlotte
Miami-Detroit
Miami-New Orleans
Miami-Raleigh
Miami-Tampa
Phoenix-Denver
Phoenix-Detroit
Phoenix-Los Angeles
Phoenix-Newark
Phoenix-Orange County
Phoenix-Seattle
Last edited by MAH4546; Apr 7, 2014 at 11:11 am
Apr 6, 2014, 9:28 pm
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Quite simply - AA drops their (mostly) RJ service and US keeps it's (mostly) mainline service, possibly with upsized equipment or more frequencies. MCE or not, it makes no financial sense to act as competitors on routes. But since AA's RJ's don't have MCE (according to seatguru) it's only a loss of MCE if US mainline replaces AA mainline.
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Apr 6, 2014, 10:57 pm
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I don't see how that would be a problem. It's simply changing the schedule and who flies what route. What does MCE have to do with the ability to fly a plane on a route?
Apr 6, 2014, 10:58 pm
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Apr 7, 2014, 2:50 am
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It's possible that it could be an oversight but the more likely explanation is that it's a business travel heavy flight on both carriers and there's a practical limit on the number of US planes available to substitute for AA planes. The AA flight is an upgrade to a 6:10pm Eagle flight.
Jim
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Apr 7, 2014, 3:17 am
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It's possible that it could be an oversight but the more likely explanation is that it's a business travel heavy flight on both carriers and there's a practical limit on the number of US planes available to substitute for AA planes. The AA flight is an upgrade to a 6:10pm Eagle flight.
Jim
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AA is absolutely not flying two CLTORD flights at the same time.
Apr 7, 2014, 12:38 pm
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My guess is that the AA 738 at 5:59 pm remains, as it's a new addition, and the US metal at the same time is removed from the schedule. Previously, between ORD and CLT, AA was almost entirely ERJ145s with one or two CR7s. Looks like an oversight to me.
I don't see this cross-fleeting as too big a problem as long as it's confined for now to flights in and out of US hubs (PHX, CLT, PHL and DCA). On the other hand, it would be lousy to find a non-MCE US A320 substituted for an AA 738 between, say, ORD/DFW and LAX.
What's the timeline for converting the US fleet to MCE?
I don't see this cross-fleeting as too big a problem as long as it's confined for now to flights in and out of US hubs (PHX, CLT, PHL and DCA). On the other hand, it would be lousy to find a non-MCE US A320 substituted for an AA 738 between, say, ORD/DFW and LAX.
What's the timeline for converting the US fleet to MCE?
Apr 8, 2014, 12:43 pm
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UA used to love wingtip flights on hub-to-hub routes.