seatback From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 581 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 1 month 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 3908 times:
This morning, while taking my son to school, a 700WLW (Cincinnati) morning DJ had a conversation about how AA used to have a hub in Cincinnati and that people were hopeful that AA would reopen the hub, since AA was struggling in Chicago...Close Chicago...Open Cincinnati. I thought it was funny. Amazing how little the media really knows.
They also mentioned that AA was adding four new flights to CVG. One each to ORD, DFW, JFK and MIA. I wasn't sure if this was true.
GlobalCabotage From United States of America, joined Nov 2009, 601 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (2 years 1 month 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 3696 times:
AA hub in CVG? Very late April Fool's joke or someone just left the Jimmy Buffet concert breathing in too much air in the stadium!
commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10188 posts, RR: 63 Reply 4, posted (2 years 1 month 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 3559 times:
I certainly wouldn't hold my breath for a hub, but depending on how the steady Delta pulldown continues, I could see AA adding back mainline to DFW, and maybe even a 737 to MIA.
AA certainly never had a 'hub' at Cincinnati in the past, but prior to deregulation, AA was a relatively major player there - as they were in many big Midwest markets (Cleveland, Detroit, Columbus, St. Louis, etc.).
deltaffindfw From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1383 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (2 years 1 month 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 3446 times:
Quoting commavia (Reply 4): I certainly wouldn't hold my breath for a hub, but depending on how the steady Delta pulldown continues, I could see AA adding back mainline to DFW, and maybe even a 737 to MIA.
This is the thing I struggle with - while I would love mainline to DFW, the fact that they have 7x on the ERJ is really nice - especially since DL has 3x on a CR7/9.
Since it's only 1:45 flight time, I think I prefer the frequency over my first class seat...
seatback From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 581 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 1 month 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 3245 times:
My family owns a large travel agency here and for many years, AA was the airline of choice for Cincinnatians. However, I would hardly have ever called it a hub.
I do hope to see AA mainline service here. After AA, CO/UA and US move to concourse A, there will be much more room.
flyguy89 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 1613 posts, RR: 9 Reply 9, posted (2 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 2699 times:
I heard the same thing. I covered the details of their additions in the CVG updates thread here
There was previously a rumor a few years ago about a big AA expansion at CVG and that they were going to open up an
Admiral's Club...show's how much rumors are usually worth, good to see some growth at CVG either way though.
seatback From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 581 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2501 times:
Quoting flyguy89 (Reply 9): There was previously a rumor a few years ago about a big AA expansion at CVG and that they were going to open up an
Admiral's Club
commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10188 posts, RR: 63 Reply 11, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2489 times:
Quoting seatback (Reply 10): Wasn't there at one time an Admirals Club at CVG?
There may have been a long time ago, but to my knowledge, there hasn't been one there at any time in the recent past - certainly not in the last decade, and I don't think there was one there in the 1990s, either.
CODCA09 From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 155 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1553 times:
Looks like Johnny Fever is deviating from the playlist again.
TOMMY767 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 6171 posts, RR: 9 Reply 13, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1545 times:
Quoting commavia (Reply 11): There may have been a long time ago, but to my knowledge, there hasn't been one there at any time in the recent past - certainly not in the last decade, and I don't think there was one there in the 1990s, either.
I recall reading on this forum that there indeed was a Admirals club in CVG during the 1980s and 1990s because there was some loyalty in the local area to the carrier. AA never had a hub in CVG, but certainly had a more mainline presence back in the day. Not sure how much bigger it was for them as DL was running a power hub in CVG starting in the 1980s as well.
"Folks that's the news and I'm outta here!" -- Dennis Miller
seatback From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 581 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 1431 times:
In the early days, AA was the carrier of choice in Cincinnati.
I know I've seen somewhere a CVG map with an Admirals Club. I'll look for it.
lat41 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 447 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1293 times:
AA operated a chain of hotels in some of their bigger destinations call Americana, I beleive and there was one in Cincinnati as well. Maybe not a hub back then, but what we would call a focus city today?
ItalianFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 948 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 1203 times:
I looked at departedflights.com and it shows that in the spring of 1974, AA served CVG to: CRW,CLE,ORD,DTW,MEM,BNA,LGA,PIT and DCA on narrowbody equiptment. Fall of 79: CRW,CLE,DTW,PIT,MEM,BNA gone...STL and IAH added. 1983: DFW,ORD and a random IND tag on....and it pretty much remained a well connected spoke with some random IND or SDF tags since then. IMHO that is hardly a 'hub' or even a focus city.
Second, if AA is using ERJs as the backbone for their domestic LAX expansion, to expect anything more in a market like CVG is pure fantasy.
seatback From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 581 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 966 times:
I believe the Doubletree hotel on airport property is the former Americana Hotel.
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