LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22077 posts, RR: 51 Posted (5 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1782 times:
Alaska and Horizon Air have filed with the DOT for authorization to permitting them to display AeroMexico's "AM" code on flights operated between the United States and points in Mexico.
The carriers state that back in August they entered into a codeshare agreement and now seek to implement such agreement on the following city pairs.
Operated by Alaska
LAX - IxtapalZihuatanejo
LAX - Manzanillo
LAX - Mazatlan
LAX - Puerto Vallarta
LAX - San Jose del Cabo
SAN - Puerto Vallarta
SFO - Puerto Vallarta
SFO - San Jose del Cabo
SJC - Guadalajara
SJC - San Jose del Cabo
Operated by Horizon
LAX - La Paz
LAX - Loreto
OST-2012-TBA
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
Gunsontheroof From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3462 posts, RR: 11 Reply 3, posted (5 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1580 times:
Interesting that the seasonal flights from SEA seem to be off the table...I suppose that might have something to do with AM cutting service here a few years ago. Flights to MEX from LAX appear to be absent as well...
ASFlyer From United States of America, joined May 2005, 891 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (5 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1195 times:
Can someone provide a link to the DOT docket regarding this because I don't find it. I've also not heard anything from the company about AS entering into an agreement with AM. Could be I just missed it but I don't see anything anywhere about this except for here.
wedgetail737 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5536 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (5 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1175 times:
When AM was serving SEA, wasn't AM hurtin' financially? Also, what makes you think that AM will not come back to SEA? A lot of the times, discontinuation of service is temporary...but could be discontinued for a significant period of time. Now that AM is making money and a possible prospect of another codeshare, I think AM's return is a real possibility.
Gunsontheroof From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 3462 posts, RR: 11 Reply 10, posted (5 months 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 1078 times:
Quoting Tomassjc (Reply 6): As these are already operated by AM, whereas the rest are not.
Probably should have connected the dots there...it was a long day!
Quoting wedgetail737 (Reply 9): When AM was serving SEA, wasn't AM hurtin' financially? Also, what makes you think that AM will not come back to SEA? A lot of the times, discontinuation of service is temporary...but could be discontinued for a significant period of time. Now that AM is making money and a possible prospect of another codeshare, I think AM's return is a real possibility.
SEA-MEX (or if I recall correctly, SEA-GDL-MEX) was probably worth a shot, but I think it's one of those routes that's about as long as it is thin. It was tried before on MX (and I think AM, too) and didn't pan out. I suspect the numbers will be there for it to work for someone in the next decade, but right now, it's probably hovering north of being a non-starter. An AM/AS codeshare on SEA-MEX certainly wouldn't hurt...
HiFlyerAS From United States of America, joined Jul 2011, 607 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1064 times:
AM carried good loads on SEA-MEX from what I saw....but like SEA-CUN the fares likely couldn't justify the route. Would love to see MEX return...if anyone could make it work AS could with all the feed from AK, western Canada and the PNW.
Prost From United States of America, joined Oct 2012, 162 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1036 times:
Quoting Gunsontheroof (Reply 10): SEA-MEX (or if I recall correctly, SEA-GDL-MEX) was probably worth a shot, but I think it's one of those routes that's about as long as it is thin. It was tried before on MX (and I think AM, too) and didn't pan out. I suspect the numbers will be there for it to work for someone in the next decade, but right now, it's probably hovering north of being a non-starter. An AM/AS codeshare on SEA-MEX certainly wouldn't hurt...
Would a flight that was timed well for connectingto KE SEA-ICN and DL SEA-NRT/KIX/PEK/(upcoming)PVG stand a better chance of success?
I'm asking, I really don't know the amount of traffic between MEX and NE Asia.
EddieDude From Mexico, joined Nov 2003, 7184 posts, RR: 45 Reply 13, posted (5 months 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 889 times:
Interesting news. I guess this proves the saying "if you cannot beat them, join them". This is good for AM passengers.
Quoting wedgetail737 (Reply 9): When AM was serving SEA, wasn't AM hurtin' financially? Also, what makes you think that AM will not come back to SEA? A lot of the times, discontinuation of service is temporary...but could be discontinued for a significant period of time. Now that AM is making money and a possible prospect of another codeshare, I think AM's return is a real possibility.
Back then, AM was not doing great because MX was still around (there was too much competition and MX was even waging a fare war), we had the H1N1 epidemic, the global financial crisis, etc. In any case, I think this "temporary suspesion" as you put it has lasted too long to be truly temporary... seems to me AM is not looking to return to SEA at the moment. I would love to see AM return to SEA when it starts receiving the 737MAXs but even that is not necessarily certain.
Quoting Gunsontheroof (Reply 10): SEA-MEX (or if I recall correctly, SEA-GDL-MEX) was probably worth a shot, but I think it's one of those routes that's about as long as it is thin. It was tried before on MX (and I think AM, too) and didn't pan out. I suspect the numbers will be there for it to work for someone in the next decade, but right now, it's probably hovering north of being a non-starter. An AM/AS codeshare on SEA-MEX certainly wouldn't hurt...
AM's MEX-SEA was nonstop. Maybe you are thinking of MX's MEX-GDL-SEA (a long time ago) or MX's MEX-GDL-PDX (not that long ago).
Quoting Prost (Reply 12): Would a flight that was timed well for connectingto KE SEA-ICN and DL SEA-NRT/KIX/PEK/(upcoming)PVG stand a better chance of success?
I'm asking, I really don't know the amount of traffic between MEX and NE Asia.
Maybe. However, demand for travel between Asia and Mexico is currently satisfied by AM's services to NRT and PVG via NRT. Flying to Asia via the U.S. and Canada is inconvenient for many Mexicans because of the visa requirements.
LAXintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22077 posts, RR: 51 Reply 14, posted (5 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 596 times:
Quoting ASFlyer (Reply 8): Can someone provide a link to the DOT docket regarding this because I don't find it.
Search regulations.gov
OST-2012-0202
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