AAflyerORD

I've had this question for a while now but with enough evidence I feel like now is a good time to ask. As a frequent flyer between Chicago and Vegas and Boston, I am usually stuck on 737s all the time. Looking at history on Flightradar24 for flights from Chicago to vegas, ive noticed that some flights operate consistently using the older 737s with no AVOD every single day (AA25 and AA1247), while ORD-BOS flights are much more consistently saturated with brand new 737s with AVOD (AA1205, etc). Is this on purpose? There has to be some planning behind this as it has been very consistent for the past few months. There are of course other routes where this is happening but these two are the specific ones I fly on and monitor.

3Cforme

If you want to make a compelling case about the assignment of AA's 295 738 aircraft you're going to need to study more than two routes.

thejonathanlee

Agreed that a call on this can't be made without further research, but in my limited observations, I find that 737s with AVOD operate on business-heavy routes, whereas the non-AVOD 737s operate on leisure routes.

AANYC1981

I used to find that the 1030am LGA-ORD flight consistently had AVOD for the first part of this year, but that was not the case recently.

andox

When the first AVOD 737s were being delivered, I definitely noticed a heavy presence on ORD-California, LGA and BOS. At that point I was flying ORD-SNA weekly and nearly all of my flights had AVOD. Lately I can't say that I've paid that much attention, but ORD-LGA does seem to get a disproportionate number of these (completely anecdotical of course).

Stripe

If true, this pattern shows that AA recognizes these planes as a competitive advantage, yet is not bothering to roll out any more of them.