Which nonstop route(s) do you wish American would (re)start?
Jun 20, 2018, 4:52 pm
#106
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Jun 20, 2018, 5:06 pm
#107
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Agreed, it's sort of silly to fly O/D from NY to PVD. Though I do remember flying US on this route ~20 years ago to do some same-day recruiting events at Brown. I think they used SAABs. 
And it wasn't cheap then either. But I think this was before Acela and not sure if Amtrak was even electrified north of New Haven back then so train wasn't a great option.
And it wasn't cheap then either. But I think this was before Acela and not sure if Amtrak was even electrified north of New Haven back then so train wasn't a great option.
Jun 20, 2018, 5:09 pm
#108
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And what would you have expected them to say?? No proof was ever provided, in any publicly available financial releases. TLV is one of the "must" serve destinations for an international carrier, particularly with a significant East/West Coast U.S. presence. Although US would have had problems offsetting significant losses on the route (if that was in fact accurate), AA would not. If PHL was not the optimum origin, why didn't AA move the flight to NYC, or ORD, or MIA? This debate can go on forever. However, based on the Thread Title, "Which nonstop route(s) do you wish American would (re)start?", I project that TLV will be restarted by AA and I'll leave it at that.
Jun 20, 2018, 5:41 pm
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And what would you have expected them to say?? No proof was ever provided, in any publicly available financial releases. TLV is one of the "must" serve destinations for an international carrier, particularly with a significant East/West Coast U.S. presence. Although US would have had problems offsetting significant losses on the route (if that was in fact accurate), AA would not. If PHL was not the optimum origin, why didn't AA move the flight to NYC, or ORD, or MIA? This debate can go on forever. However, based on the Thread Title, "Which nonstop route(s) do you wish American would (re)start?", I project that TLV will be restarted by AA and I'll leave it at that.
Jun 20, 2018, 6:08 pm
#110
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Jun 20, 2018, 6:15 pm
#111
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The key to the AA genie lamp that is this thread is ensure that you specify which aircraft you would want to serve your route (reasonably speaking).
It would be a sad day to get your desired route served by a 737 MAX.
Or this.
It would be a sad day to get your desired route served by a 737 MAX.
Or this.
Jun 20, 2018, 7:03 pm
#112
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Yes!!! Bring back the JFK-Caribbean markets that sadly have been surrendered to B6. (And dare I say that I miss BDL-SJU on the AB6?)
Jun 20, 2018, 7:05 pm
#113
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And what would you have expected them to say?? No proof was ever provided, in any publicly available financial releases. TLV is one of the "must" serve destinations for an international carrier, particularly with a significant East/West Coast U.S. presence. Although US would have had problems offsetting significant losses on the route (if that was in fact accurate), AA would not. If PHL was not the optimum origin, why didn't AA move the flight to NYC, or ORD, or MIA? This debate can go on forever. However, based on the Thread Title, "Which nonstop route(s) do you wish American would (re)start?", I project that TLV will be restarted by AA and I'll leave it at that.
Jun 20, 2018, 8:57 pm
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Jun 20, 2018, 11:20 pm
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Though with metal neutral JVs, AA probably has the attitude that they serve it just fine via LHR with BA, and that for all customers not originating in the one AA gateway city where the flight would be, whether it's one stop via LHR or PHL/JFK/MIA, it doesn't much matter.
Jun 20, 2018, 11:36 pm
#116
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PHX to SYD or LAX to MEL would also be flights I’d take. The former will never happen but you never know about the latter. Giving AAs struggles on LAX to SYD and the relationship with QF I doubt it.
Jun 21, 2018, 12:43 am
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Our small regional airport (SUX) is only served by Eagle (Envoy) with two daily RTs to ORD and one to DFW so I'd love to see something going west preferably to PHX or even DEN.
I'm hopeful AA will be adding more flights out of here because in the last six months they've tested a second DFW flight three different times for 7, 10, and 14 days. They also recently did a test using CR7s in place of one of E145 trips to ORD.
I'm hopeful AA will be adding more flights out of here because in the last six months they've tested a second DFW flight three different times for 7, 10, and 14 days. They also recently did a test using CR7s in place of one of E145 trips to ORD.
Jun 21, 2018, 6:19 am
#118
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Aside from BOS-LHR (which will never be on AA metal), I'd like to see AA fly to Africa. Either as a tag route from GRU or from PHL. I don't love the idea of it being ex-PHL, but getting to JFK on AA is torture currently.
For that matter, I'd like to see PVD-LGA/JFK. It's only 180 miles away, but getting to NYC from PVD (on AA) currently is a huge hassle. Either drive to BOS and deal with that whole mess or endure some asinine routing like PVD-PHL-DCA-LGA. Given the choice, I'd probably take the train. Given that UA charges over $500 for PVD-EWR, there's certainly demand for this route.
For that matter, I'd like to see PVD-LGA/JFK. It's only 180 miles away, but getting to NYC from PVD (on AA) currently is a huge hassle. Either drive to BOS and deal with that whole mess or endure some asinine routing like PVD-PHL-DCA-LGA. Given the choice, I'd probably take the train. Given that UA charges over $500 for PVD-EWR, there's certainly demand for this route.
WRT to getting to NYC, I've given up on every flight to and from the city proper (BOS-xxx). I just go Amtrak now, unless I'm going to EWR. I prefer the (relative to flying) guarantee of 3.5 hours versus the random mix of 30 minutes and 9 hours.
Jun 21, 2018, 6:50 am
#119
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Just as apparently HKG isn't for DL, which is bewildering.
Though with metal neutral JVs, AA probably has the attitude that they serve it just fine via LHR with BA, and that for all customers not originating in the one AA gateway city where the flight would be, whether it's one stop via LHR or PHL/JFK/MIA, it doesn't much matter.
Though with metal neutral JVs, AA probably has the attitude that they serve it just fine via LHR with BA, and that for all customers not originating in the one AA gateway city where the flight would be, whether it's one stop via LHR or PHL/JFK/MIA, it doesn't much matter.
Jun 21, 2018, 6:58 am
#120
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