Aug 8, 2019, 8:27 am
Last edit by: reeg2
American Airlines new routes announcements
AA announced these new routes 8 August 2019:
DFW-TLV (Tel Aviv) 3x weekly 789 year-round, starting 09/2020
ORD-BUD (Budapest), 4x weekly 788 seasonal, runs 05/2020-10/2020
ORD-KRK (Krakow) , 5x weekly 788 seasonal, runs 05/2020-10/2020
ORD-PRG (Prague), 5x weekly 788 seasonal, runs 05/2020-10/2020
PHL-CMN (Casablanca) 3x weekly 752 seasonal, runs 06/2020-09/2020
New flights will be available for purchase Aug. 12, with the exception of TLV, which will be available for purchase Oct. 10.
See post #1 for more detail
AA announced these new routes 8 August 2019:
DFW-TLV (Tel Aviv) 3x weekly 789 year-round, starting 09/2020
ORD-BUD (Budapest), 4x weekly 788 seasonal, runs 05/2020-10/2020
ORD-KRK (Krakow) , 5x weekly 788 seasonal, runs 05/2020-10/2020
ORD-PRG (Prague), 5x weekly 788 seasonal, runs 05/2020-10/2020
PHL-CMN (Casablanca) 3x weekly 752 seasonal, runs 06/2020-09/2020
New flights will be available for purchase Aug. 12, with the exception of TLV, which will be available for purchase Oct. 10.
See post #1 for more detail
August 2019 international expansion announced
Aug 8, 2019, 5:03 pm
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Aug 8, 2019, 5:13 pm
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I think JFK is really a joy to connect T8-T8. The customs lines are never too long and with GE I can get from plane to lounge in 20mins, unlike ORD or LAX I need to do a terminal transfer.
The biggest problem is that AA has mostly given up in JFK (and in NYC in general). They canceled a lot of connecting frequencies from JFK so now people are stuck with a JFK-LGA inter-terminal transfer, which in turn makes their international expansion from JFK difficult.
The biggest problem is that AA has mostly given up in JFK (and in NYC in general). They canceled a lot of connecting frequencies from JFK so now people are stuck with a JFK-LGA inter-terminal transfer, which in turn makes their international expansion from JFK difficult.
Aug 8, 2019, 6:27 pm
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Aug 8, 2019, 6:44 pm
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AA has made their decision. JFK will be smaller with O&D traffic only. Nostalgia is fun, but it doesn't pay the bills. Dougie is looking for hubs/flights that will actually make money. PHL is the East Coast International hub now -- that won't change in the foreseeable future.
Aug 8, 2019, 7:58 pm
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Aug 8, 2019, 8:28 pm
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Aug 8, 2019, 8:35 pm
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LO very randomly flies ORD-BUD 2x weekly (Tu/S) - I would be shocked if there were not subsidies involved here. Depending on how long they're provided, the route may last a second year beyond the first, but I think this flight is the least likely of the three ORD new flights to survive.
Having married into a Chicago family with Polish heritage, I learned that KRK is a more natural VFR destination for many O&D Chicago Poles than WAW, which LO already flies double-daily. I also think KRK POS could be a significant chunk of the traffic, as the 3x weekly LO flight is the only TATL the airport has in a catchment area of ~2mm.
Not sure what to make of PRG, other than it might have a chance of success as UA doesn't already fly it out of ORD and it offers a lot of one-stop routings not currently available on any airline, given that a connection is required in NYC or PHL for domestic feeders.
As for PHL, it isn't necessarily a terrible airport to transit -- it's the agents that are hands-down the worst in the system.
Having married into a Chicago family with Polish heritage, I learned that KRK is a more natural VFR destination for many O&D Chicago Poles than WAW, which LO already flies double-daily. I also think KRK POS could be a significant chunk of the traffic, as the 3x weekly LO flight is the only TATL the airport has in a catchment area of ~2mm.
Not sure what to make of PRG, other than it might have a chance of success as UA doesn't already fly it out of ORD and it offers a lot of one-stop routings not currently available on any airline, given that a connection is required in NYC or PHL for domestic feeders.
As for PHL, it isn't necessarily a terrible airport to transit -- it's the agents that are hands-down the worst in the system.
Aug 8, 2019, 8:43 pm
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I most definitely was-- a major booboo on my part.
This chart is pretty good for getting up-to-date:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBcon2GX...name=4096x4096
This chart is pretty good for getting up-to-date:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBcon2GX...name=4096x4096
Aug 8, 2019, 9:40 pm
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https://www.cntraveler.com/story/american-airlines-new-routes-morocco-
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/american-airlines-new-routes-morocco-
Aug 8, 2019, 10:04 pm
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