Speculation on new domestic flat-bed AA routes
Jul 2, 2018, 8:26 am
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Speculation on new domestic flat-bed AA routes
A number of other carriers (i.e. JetBlue, Delta) now offer flat-bed service on routes aside from JFK-SFO/LAX. I have heard that AA is thinking of outfitting old 757s for domestic routes with flat-bed service. Any speculation on which routes they might start offering this from? I am interested in JFK-LAS, which has beds on Delta/JetBlue but not with AA.
Jul 2, 2018, 8:34 am
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A number of other carriers (i.e. JetBlue, Delta) now offer flat-bed service on routes aside from JFK-SFO/LAX. I have heard that AA is thinking of outfitting old 757s for domestic routes with flat-bed service. Any speculation on which routes they might start offering this from? I am interested in JFK-LAS, which has beds on Delta/JetBlue but not with AA.
Jul 2, 2018, 9:08 am
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Jul 2, 2018, 10:06 am
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The 321T isn't in the works to be deployed elsewhere. Atleast not that I have read/seen.
Jul 2, 2018, 11:21 am
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Jul 2, 2018, 12:44 pm
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If LAX-DCA means anything, it is much more likely AA puts a 737-MAX config on those routes than a 75L.
Jul 2, 2018, 1:43 pm
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But I think they are feeling yield weakness in the front cabin from DL's Delta One service and it would be a good contender.
vs LAX/SFO/SEA-PHL/CLT are fortress routes that likely won't be seeing lie flats anytime soon with the exception of the sparse widebody service to feed TATL (i.e. the winter A332 PHL-SFO/LAX services, once daily). That's why I think LAX-MIA is also unlikely - the money is there, but absent any competition (and I'm not sure B6 2x daily LAXFLL constitutes real competition), AA probably won't bother).
Jul 2, 2018, 4:16 pm
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FWIW, the once-daily B772 on this route seems to have enough lie-flat capacity to satisfy the demand.
Jul 2, 2018, 4:19 pm
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A number of other carriers (i.e. JetBlue, Delta) now offer flat-bed service on routes aside from JFK-SFO/LAX. I have heard that AA is thinking of outfitting old 757s for domestic routes with flat-bed service. Any speculation on which routes they might start offering this from? I am interested in JFK-LAS, which has beds on Delta/JetBlue but not with AA.
Jul 2, 2018, 5:34 pm
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AA already has the MAX scheduled on DCA-LAX.
But I think they are feeling yield weakness in the front cabin from DL's Delta One service and it would be a good contender.
vs LAX/SFO/SEA-PHL/CLT are fortress routes that likely won't be seeing lie flats anytime soon with the exception of the sparse widebody service to feed TATL (i.e. the winter A332 PHL-SFO/LAX services, once daily). That's why I think LAX-MIA is also unlikely - the money is there, but absent any competition (and I'm not sure B6 2x daily LAXFLL constitutes real competition), AA probably won't bother).
But I think they are feeling yield weakness in the front cabin from DL's Delta One service and it would be a good contender.
vs LAX/SFO/SEA-PHL/CLT are fortress routes that likely won't be seeing lie flats anytime soon with the exception of the sparse widebody service to feed TATL (i.e. the winter A332 PHL-SFO/LAX services, once daily). That's why I think LAX-MIA is also unlikely - the money is there, but absent any competition (and I'm not sure B6 2x daily LAXFLL constitutes real competition), AA probably won't bother).