SEA-LAX with 789 option
Mar 3, 2020, 6:27 pm
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SEA-LAX with 789 option
It appears they will be using the 789 from the BLR-SEA route to connect to LAX. Arrives SEA 0600 and departs to LAX 0830. Reminds me of past days where a NRT-SEA-MIA was a wide body.
Mar 3, 2020, 7:16 pm
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I see a lot of empty seats on that 789. LAX-SEA on AA is currently operated 2x daily on an E175 and 1x daily on an A319
Mar 3, 2020, 10:12 pm
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AA used to have an equipment change in Seattle. They flew a 757 from MIA to SEA and a widebody onwards to NRT.
It would be crazy for AA to fly the 789 from SEA to LAX and back---too hard to fill all of those seats.
It would be crazy for AA to fly the 789 from SEA to LAX and back---too hard to fill all of those seats.
Mar 3, 2020, 10:34 pm
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it’s not crazy. AA needs to rotate a 789 into Seattle. The seats will fill or they won’t, it’s a huge market.
Mar 3, 2020, 10:56 pm
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Thats not how and why they’d do that. It would be to reposition the 789 from SEA to LAX to take up another longhaul flight. (Your scenario might still possibly better than letting an aircraft sit idle - ergo the A321T JFK-BOS-JFK.)
Mar 4, 2020, 7:11 am
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Edited to add: it looks like AS does 15 flights a day between LAX and SEA--all mainline--so it seems like they're capable of selling a lot of seats on the route.
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Mar 4, 2020, 4:51 pm
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I'm sure smart AS flyers will figure that one out very fast and AS will adjust its schedule accordingly. It probably won't be that empty in terms of load factors.
But as others have pointed out, it is necessary to reposition the airplane so they got to do it some how. Also this allows AA to keep uniformity of product for BLR-LAX tickets they sell (especially J and PE). LAX is probably going to generate a decent number of travelers on that route.
But as others have pointed out, it is necessary to reposition the airplane so they got to do it some how. Also this allows AA to keep uniformity of product for BLR-LAX tickets they sell (especially J and PE). LAX is probably going to generate a decent number of travelers on that route.
Mar 5, 2020, 4:10 pm
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Mar 5, 2020, 4:31 pm
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There is a huge market between SEA and LAX, just not on AA. It may cut into yields all around but maybe there is room for further growth. There are multiple widebodies between MIA and LAX and nobody seems to flinch at that. I'd argue SEA-LAX might have better potential to fill one of these up. Just because AA isnt really trying now with it's mostly E175 to the Eagle's Nest service doesnt mean this plane would be nearly empty once AA treats this as a real/mainline route. I hope this entire move is AA starting to take AA more seriously.