Non Hub City Pairs for Mainline American
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Its certainly a 1W hub, but not an AA hub. I'm guessing that LHR is AA's largest international destination by seat count, passenger count, and possibly even departure total (YYZ might beat it on departure total). I was tallying the numbers an I counted 21 AA non-stops during summer (JFK, CLT, RDU, PHL, MIA, ORD, PHX, DFW, LAX).
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Its certainly a 1W hub, but not an AA hub. I'm guessing that LHR is AA's largest international destination by seat count, passenger count, and possibly even departure total (YYZ might beat it on departure total). I was tallying the numbers an I counted 21 AA non-stops during summer (JFK, CLT, RDU, PHL, MIA, ORD, PHX, DFW, LAX).
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Its certainly a 1W hub, but not an AA hub. I'm guessing that LHR is AA's largest international destination by seat count, passenger count, and possibly even departure total (YYZ might beat it on departure total). I was tallying the numbers an I counted 21 AA non-stops during summer (JFK, CLT, RDU, PHL, MIA, ORD, PHX, DFW, LAX).
Yea I think the "hub" status comes less from the fact that it is a OW hub, but that it is the primary hub of the OW Transatlantic joint venture. All 21 of the AA flights you mention, plus all BA flights from the US to LHR, operate under the JV, with LHR as the major hub connecting those points in the US with cities in Europe, Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, etc.
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This is the second (maybe third) debate over what constitutes a hub in a week.
Anyone know what AA's passenger totals are at LHR?
Anyone know what AA's passenger totals are at LHR?
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