ERJ170 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 6626 posts, RR: 19 Reply 1, posted (6 years 7 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2588 times:
Was it the RDU route flow to CDG or was it to ORY?
Wish that someone would bring that back.. 757-esque.. *sigh*
There is no CLT-CDG? Now THAT is very VERY odd indeed.. and really needs to be rectified.. especially considering CLT has the most flights of any US hub..
FCYTravis From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 1191 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (6 years 7 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2583 times:
CLT may have the most flights of any US hub, but it's not a strong transatlantic gateway like PHL is.
Another former UA CDG route is their on-off-on-off SFO flight, which is currently off for the foreseeable future.
USAir A321 service now departing for SFO with fuel stops in CAK, COS and RNO. Enjoy your flight.
Commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10189 posts, RR: 62 Reply 3, posted (6 years 7 months 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2574 times:
Commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10189 posts, RR: 62 Reply 5, posted (6 years 7 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2487 times:
Quoting ERJ170 (Reply 4): So it is CDG and not ORY, right?
Now it is.
AA was forced by the French government to move its Paris operations from Orly to Charles de Gaulle on October 1, 1999. As the Raleigh-Paris route far predated that, by over four years, it operated its entire life to Orly, not Charles de Gaulle.
ERJ170 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 6626 posts, RR: 19 Reply 6, posted (6 years 7 months 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2475 times:
That's what I thought.. it was Orly..
How I wish someone would do RDU-ORY or CDG on a 752.. It could work.. And the 752 would make it. Uhmm.. is someone from Delta reading this? At least it could go to a SkyTeam hum (CDG).. Hmmm..
Goldorak From France, joined Sep 2006, 1673 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (6 years 7 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2425 times:
Quoting ERJ170 (Reply 1): There is no CLT-CDG? Now THAT is very VERY odd indeed.. and really needs to be rectified.. especially considering CLT has the most flights of any US hub..
US Airways has flown CDG-CLT during a very short period. I think it was in 2001 and that the route was discontinued after shortly after 9/11
Commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10189 posts, RR: 62 Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 2400 times:
Quoting Goldorak (Reply 8): for AA, there's also LAX-CDG flown during approx 1 year, as far as I remember
LAX-CDG lasted for several years. It was introduced in fall 1999 and, IINM, was dropped following 9/11. The plane used to fill up well, but AA failed to capture much of the premium traffic on the route because of competition from AF, so it was stuck hauling the low-yield Coach traffic with lots of upgrades to First and Business Class. UA also jumped onto the route around the same time, not to be one-upped by AA in their then-dominated hub at LAX, which also hurt the fortunes of both airlines' flights.
Walter747 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 1440 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2243 times:
Quoting Goldorak (Reply 8): Quoting Airlittoralguy (Thread starter):
AA
SJC-CDG
RDU-CDG
there's also a seasonal AA BOS-CDG from may to october or somehting like that.
Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7345 posts, RR: 7 Reply 11, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2226 times:
AF has always dominated the LAX to CDG market, hell they dominate IAD, JFK and other gateways too.
Goldorak From France, joined Sep 2006, 1673 posts, RR: 3 Reply 12, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2214 times:
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 11): AF has always dominated the LAX to CDG market, hell they dominate IAD, JFK and other gateways too.
you can add SFO and probably BOS to your list. UA has stopped CDG-SFO and for BOS, the route operated by AA became seasonal a few years ago and may be will not return at all next summer.
Walter747 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 1440 posts, RR: 5 Reply 13, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2202 times:
Quoting Goldorak (Reply 12): may be will not return at all next summer.
Walter747 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 1440 posts, RR: 5 Reply 14, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2194 times:
A330323X From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 3039 posts, RR: 47 Reply 15, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2172 times:
They actually applied for the BOS-PAR route back when the U.S. and France had a restrictive bilateral, but the route was given to AA. Ironically, the reasoning used by the DOT was that AA would offer ORY service while US would offer CDG service (US having moved in 1995), and that ORY service would give BOS travellers a second PAR airport to choose from, outweighing the fact that US was twice the size of AA at BOS at the time, with significantly more local pax and available connectivity.
I'm the expert on here on two things, neither of which I care about much anymore.
Sydscott From Australia, joined Oct 2003, 2375 posts, RR: 18 Reply 16, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2102 times:
Quoting A330323X (Reply 15): outweighing the fact that US was twice the size of AA at BOS at the time, with significantly more local pax and available connectivity.
So would US go back and re-visit Boston to Paris in the future subject to having aircraft available to fly it? Could they still make it work? I also thought there was a possibility of a BOS-FRA route at some point or am I getting my wires crossed?
Airlittoralguy From France, joined Nov 2005, 226 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (6 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2082 times:
Hi A330323, I am not looking for a specific date, so if you could give me the last schedule before the end of these two US routes that would be perfect.
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