smoot4208 From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 1224 posts, RR: 12 Reply 1, posted (1 year 5 months ago) and read 5516 times:
I wonder if this means the rest of the SJU hub will go then. Or were the remaining routes all flown by ERJs already? MIA-RSW/SAV is kind of surprising. ORD-TRI and DFW-AGS were longer thinner routes so not too surprising
LONGisland89 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 633 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 year 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 5193 times:
Wow, I've been traveling between MIA-RSW since the early 90's. I can remember a time when there used to be 8 or so daily frequencies.
SJUSXM From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 271 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (1 year 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 5098 times:
Quoting smoot4208 (Reply 1): I wonder if this means the rest of the SJU hub will go then. Or were the remaining routes all flown by ERJs already?
SJU is still ATR's, but the ones being returned from the leases are all DFW based. They are the closest ones to their lease expiration. The announcement that DFW is going all RJ/mainline I think keeps MIA/SJU relatively safe for now at least.
nomorerjs From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 317 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (1 year 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 5015 times:
Strategic Chapter 11 move. As MAH pointed out on another post, AA can and props to DFW (and ORD if they wanted to) with another carrier that offers lower costs. RJs with 50 seats or less may be here now, but they will be gone as soon as AA can replace them or opt out of contracts at the airports.
AirMatt From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 84 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (1 year 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4331 times:
Surprised by the MIA-RSW cut. I've taken that flight countless times and it's always full. I know full flights don't indicate profitability, but still a shame.
celltower From United States of America, joined Apr 2011, 8 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (1 year 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3565 times:
ThreeIfByAir From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 509 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (1 year 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3544 times:
Quoting smoot4208 (Reply 1): I wonder if this means the rest of the SJU hub will go then. Or were the remaining routes all flown by ERJs already? MIA-RSW/SAV is kind of surprising. ORD-TRI and DFW-AGS were longer thinner routes so not too surprising
The ATRs are perfect for SJU operations - I doubt they will be gone. Cargo capacity on the ATRs is much greater than the ERJs and the ATRs have better short field performance which is important, as several several airports served from SJU have runways under 6000ft.
As was said in the other thread, AA is playing hardball with the lessors since these ATR frames are getting older and probably can't be placed with another carrier for much $$$. We all know that AA doesn't want most of the ERJs long-term either, but at these mainland US airports, runway length is not an issue.
SJUSXM From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 271 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2562 times:
Quoting bjorn14 (Reply 6): Wow 874mi in an old ATR. Must be desperate to get to DFW
This is an RJ route, but the plane is needed to backfill the ATR's that are leaving DFW. Same with FAY and TRI. The MIA-xxx routes are ATR and ORD-YYC is a CR7
GEN2STEW From United States of America, joined Dec 2011, 83 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 4 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1732 times:
With the great speed of the AA/AE BK I must assume that there is already a plan in place for future regional/hub flying. Maybe, maybe not an AMR company...
The only things PAX see is the fare thay paid and the seat in front of them. Gotta love the race to the bottom!
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