American Airlines' CEO Says the Least Important Customers Get the Worst Planes
Apr 20, 2018, 1:33 pm
#91
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[left]I assume you mean 737-8 and autocorrect had fun?
Striking that AA has the same capacity as WN even though WN doesn’t have F. That speaks pretty directly to AA’s pmUS management’s adopted strategy: yes, focus some on the premium market in specific markets, but drive down the lowest common denominator in coach markets, even high-fare ones.
Yes.
Striking that AA has the same capacity as WN even though WN doesn’t have F. That speaks pretty directly to AA’s pmUS management’s adopted strategy: yes, focus some on the premium market in specific markets, but drive down the lowest common denominator in coach markets, even high-fare ones.
It’s not the aircraft type - BA has all J seating in their transatlantic A318s, Iberia has the nice Business Plus in their mid-haul A319 - it’s what the airline chooses to do with the cabin interior.
Apr 20, 2018, 1:40 pm
#92
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If Doug Parker is speaking the truth, then why do passengers on CLT-SFO route get crappy dirty 321's with old seats and no IFE? I have flown this route for a couple of weeks and have seen nearly full planes, 90%+ F seats sold at RT fares exceeding $1500. Connecting # 2 and # 3 banking centers in US has to be an extremely lucrative route, yet it gets the same planes that I see flying from PHX to BNA.
PHL has routinely higher F fares on this route and AA has two competitors (UA and VX soon to be AS). So they run at least one frequency with an A332 with lie-flat seats and AVOD.