arabiamark

Nice to see MIA-RSW coming back. It helps out a lot with overseas connections.

pmanchuk

CHOPCHOP767

I remember the ATRs on this route, which I actually kind of enjoyed. Glad to see this one returning.

Agree though regarding the PVD timing; 06:00 departure and a late return (almost midnight); ouch. Not to mention the A319, which is a tough upgrade. I'll definitely stick with the six or seven non-stops we have from BOS, LOL.

aztimm

I hate to ask, but what routes are getting cut to make room for these new flights? Unless AA is adding new aircraft to its fleet.

CHOPCHOP767

Fair question. At least with regard to the PVD flight, I have to assume there was a spare A319 that would overnight in MIA given the departure time from MIA.

dls25

The flights are timed to connect to the primary Carribbean bank at MIA. The flights leave MIA between 10 and 11 am and return between 6 and 7 pm. The Caribbean is the primary market for the PVD/BUF flights since the domestic yields are generally trash thanks the the heavy LCC/ULCC presence between these cities and Florida.

pmanchuk

I can appreciate the concept of this being timed to cater more to connections through MIA to the Caribbean, but I still believe this will be a hard sell to fill unless the prices are at least $50 to $100 below the average fare out of Boston. "Convenience" factor or not (if someone lives closer to PVD than BOS), the fact is that at least with BOS, there are a slew of direct flights per day down to MIA so in the worst case scenario if something gets delayed/cancelled which is of course a much higher probability in the winter months when this new seasonal flight is operating, I know I'd much rather be sitting at BOS with the ability to get on the next flight out which may leave in an hour, rather than the next day.

But then again, some of AA's moves in the area leave me scratching my head - such as the ORH operations to PHL. I'd actually consider a connecting flight into ORH as it's ultimately more convenient to where I'm visiting when I'm up that way as compared to BOS, but for half the year (winter months) it's just too risky of a proposition. Personally I would have loved to see service to CLT, as that would have provided for a much more comfortable buffer so to speak (in the sense that it's far enough and south enough away from ORH that winter weather would be much less of risk to missed connections).

cfw

Great news and long overdue for Providence and Buffalo. I will continue to daydream that ROC/SYR/ALB are all in the queue.

I guess if you fly to Topeka every week and live in Galveston it's a fine airport. For everybody else, it's nothing to get excited about.

aztimm

It looks like there are existing options from PVD to the Carribbean through CLT and PHL. Unless some of those flights are going away to make room for MIA?

Antarius

If you fly AA and are Houston based, IMO, it is a far superior choice to IAH.

It is a small airport but easy to navigate, well laid out, baggage doesn't take 1+ hours to hit the carousel routinely.

dls25

PHL and CLT have no where near the breadth of Carribbean destinations MIA does, especially those not embracing mass tourism.

autdi

I can't imagine the 3 hour RJ flight GRR-MIA, that's getting brutal.

CHOPCHOP767

I'd take an E175 (GRR to MIA) over a 737-800 or NEO any day of the week in any cabin of service... The longest E175 flights I can recall are ORDABQ, PHLIAH (many many times), and EWREYW (though on UA for the latter) and none of those flights stick out at being particularly bad. If anything, this is an ideal aircraft for the routing. CRJ200s are a different story entirely...

autdi

Perhaps I was in a particularly bad seat/plane then, CLT DTW was awful even in MCE. If there was padding on the seat I missed it, felt like fabric covered plywood. Hot cabin that never really did cool down in flight, couldn't keep the plane from heating up during taxi. Oddly, I was on a E190 ORD to DTW that was great several years back. I know those are going away, but greatly preferred it to the experience on the E175. Haven't been on a MAX, but mostly end up in MCE on the 321/737, so I probably won't notice the issues, the only lav I visit is on a widebody, continental travel no need, so again, don't experience the issue, not saying it's not real, just don't experience it.

Fanjet

It looks like GSP and TYS are also part of this new service expansion out of MIA in December.