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United777 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 1648 posts, RR: 1
Posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 813 times:

American Airlines will start service to Paris (Orly) from Los Angles using a Boeing 767-300 aircraft. Do you think this is good for the airline and will make money?

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CX747 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4385 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 812 times:

I think that the route will not be that profitable. There are not enough seats on the 767-300 to make a profit on that route. Maybe they will move up to a 777-200 or 777-200IGW if the route does do well. I think that most people fly to Paris from the East Coast anyway.

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." D. Eisenhower

dc863 From Denmark, joined Jun 1999, 1554 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 812 times:

Only time will tell. Still wish they would've purchased 747-400's.

CX747 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4385 posts, RR: 5
Reply 3, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 812 times:

I agree with you dc863. AA should have purchased the 747-400. Maybe they will see their error and begin discussions of purchasing 747-400s like Delta is.

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." D. Eisenhower

dc863 From Denmark, joined Jun 1999, 1554 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 812 times:

Is Delta really going to do that? Wow, it'll be just like the good ol' days in atlanta
seeing a Delta 747.With one exception though get rid of the new Delta colors and bring back the old ones.

CX747 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 4385 posts, RR: 5
Reply 5, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 812 times:

Either way, it will be cool.

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." D. Eisenhower

dc863 From Denmark, joined Jun 1999, 1554 posts, RR: 2
Reply 6, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 812 times:

Yup, I guess you gotta take what they give you.

BryanG From United States of America, joined May 1999, 418 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 812 times:

They definitely won't make money on that route with a 767-300ER. They'll have to leave a lot of seats open to get that much range, or else reduce cargo loads. When they get their 777s, they'll use that plane for the route and make a huge profit, making up what they lost with the 767. It was smart of them to get that route while they could. It will be popular.

AvroRJ From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 5 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 812 times:

What makes everyone think that AA won't make a profit using a 763 on this route? UA used 763s on SFO-CDG and SFO-LHR quite successfully until the 777 arrived. Also, don't forget that AA has used 763s on LAX-LHR for quite some time now. I think this was a good move from AA.

n4khgirl From United States of America, joined May 1999, 297 posts, RR: 3
Reply 9, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 813 times:

I don't think that they should use the 767. I didn't think that they had that type of range. I thought that flying from the east coast to europe in a 767 was almost all that it could take.

Iainhol & F From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 10, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 812 times:

It will proably will not do to well as the french don't like the Americans. But I am sure they have looked into that.
Iain and FedEx

flyf15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 812 times:

Did fedex go to Iain's house?

Iainhol & F From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 12, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 812 times:

Affiramative!

Andy From Belgium, joined Aug 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 812 times:

I think they should use either DC-10 or MD-11 for such a long routing like that ... It seemed you mentioned that AA will fly non-stop from LAX to Orly ? For the time beings, AA has flights serving from JFK and ORD to Orly.

Andy

You know you’ve landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.

aviator_ua From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 14, posted (14 years 5 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 813 times:

You better believe it will make money. Now, west coast passengers can fly an american flag carrier non stop to
ORY.
However, the load factor would not have supported 747's. The 767 is the perfect aircraft for this route.
If you notice, Air France also operates 767's from the west coast. Again, it takes us back to economical operations. Two man crews and twin engine aircraft are less expensive to operate. Less fuel is also a big consideration. Ive been flying the 767 for UAL since it was introduced and there is no finer aircraft.
Ive flown all the series numbers in the 767 family and while her cabin might be a little tight, her performance is outstanding.

AA727 From United States of America, joined Apr 2003, 124 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (14 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 812 times:

I also think that the 767 is the perfect airplane for that flight. The 767 is a fuel efficient twinjet flown the most on transatlantic flights. The 777 might have a load factor too low. So I'm persuaded that they will put a 767 and they may swith it later to a 777 if they make a lot of profit on that routing.
American currently has four destinations out of Paris: New York JFK, Chicago O'Hare, Miami and Dallas Ft Worth. So Los Angeles will be their fifth destination ! All flights ouf of Paris are B767-300ER's.
Ben Soriano

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