It’s nice to see AA sticking by its plans to rebuild the ORD hub. Per Simple Flying AA operated 290 daily flights from ORD in January. As of today they’re up to 351 daily flights (an increase of 61 flights). That number will only grow with the frequency increases scheduled on many routes in May / J...
Jump to postWith connectivity being restored at DTW, it would be nice to finally get a new transatlantic route out of DTW too. The 3 European cities that both AA and UA serve from next door at ORD but they are not served from DTW are Athens, Barcelona and Dublin. Dublin is served by MSP, Barcelona and Spain are...
Jump to postWhen is AA getting its first 787-9 with the business class suites? It is almost April and nothing yet.
Jump to postIf DTW gets a new European route on Delta, what could be the most likely one? Dublin? Athens? Barcelona?
Jump to postDecember load factor AA PHL-DOH - 88% 2023 AA load factors (a random assortment) PHL-CDG - 77% PHL-ATH - 91% PHL-BCN - 84% PHL-DUB - 80% I wish AA would make ATH year-round or almost year-round on a 787-8 like they did with Lisbon etc. Even if it’s 4-5 times a week. The airport is providing financi...
Jump to postoneworld will own Hawaii, Alaska, Seattle, Portland and be by far the largest alliance in Los Angeles and San Diego!
Jump to postAnyone knows if Alaska and Aer Lingus are moving to T8 at JFK to be with American? And if yes, how soon?
Jump to postIs it fair to treat American as if it’s some kind of regional short haul airline? Yes, it is smaller in Europe than the other legacies and doesn’t even serve Africa at all but AA is still massive in Latin America and there’s still a bunch of places around the world that only AA serves. Doha, Montevi...
Jump to postAmerican Airlines pilots are furious about this so called focus on short haul strategy. Here is their press release.
https://www.alliedpilots.org/Services/V ... leId=12151
Did you read the article? The 319s and 320s will be retrofit (including larger F cabins at 'Unfortunately no. Although they're adding a row in First Class, the overall density is going up, at least on the a319's by 6 seats. Considering how uncomfortable coach is on the LAA 319's this is not a good ...
Jump to postIt is kind of crazy that AA doesn’t serve the NY area at all from Tampa and Orlando. Massive hole. Was just about to say the same thing when I didn’t see JFK/LGA-TPA on the list. And wow, I didn’t realize they also didn’t serve NYC-MCO. This is a great example why Brian Znotins running network plan...
Jump to postAll 3 legacy US airlines serve all their hubs from TPA. Outside of that, it looks like DL also serves RDU and CVG, while AA serves BNA (on American Eagle, not mainline). Additionally, it looks like AA is seasonal on TPA-LAX, while UA and DL are year round to all hubs. So I wouldn’t say AA has fligh...
Jump to postORD - BUF all 3 flights are mainline in August. And not 319 or 320. 737! That’s nuts! Amazing growth for AA in ORD!
Jump to postA crew base has nothing to do with a hub. It is about reducing hotel costs. Delta has FA bases in SFO and PHX for example. So what? AA already has satellite crew bases in Minneapolis, Atlanta etc. So?
Jump to postShocked to see PDX - ORD going twice daily on AA starting in June. Complementing the two daily Alaska flights perfectly.
Jump to postLooking at Friday 19/4 as an example, there’s still a good deal of AA mainline going in and out of DTW. CLT will have 7 flights with 6 being 738s and an A321, DFW is 4 738s, LGA has an A319, MIA has a 738, ORD has an A319, PHL has an A319 and PHX has 2 738s. DCA is the only market without a mainlin...
Jump to postThe market dynamics aren’t the same and AA’s position at LAX isn’t the same. AA is down to 3 year round destinations from LAX: LHR, SYD, HND. With such a small international footprint at LAX, there is absolutely zero chance for something like LAX-CDG. It’s unlikely but it’s not zero. AA will be gro...
Jump to postBased on that list, AA definitely needs to add Milan from somewhere else. Serving it only from JFK is not enough. It’s the biggest and wealthiest metro area in Italy and one of the biggest and wealthiest in Europe.
Jump to postThe notion floating on here that AA is going to somehow risk losing even one gate in Chicago while spending so much money to modernize the airport is rather laughable.
Jump to postThe notion floating on here that AA is going to somehow allow losing even one gate in Chicago while spending so much money to modernize the airport is laughable.
Jump to postHow is AA going to fly that schedule? You need thousands of new pilots and FAs. All of a sudden it needs to grow everywhere. Defend and grow DFW, CLT, PHX, MIA with new gates coming at both CLT and DFW. Grow ORD because the use it or lose it rule is taking effect. Grow PHL because of Frontier. Grow ...
Jump to postAmerican Airlines retaliates against Frontier Airlines, adding capacity on Frontier's new Philadelphia (PHL) routes: • PHL to St. Louis (STL), Kansas City (MCI), Milwaukee (MKE), Portland (PWM) gain a 4th daily flight • PHL to Indianapolis (IND) gains 6th daily flight • PHL to Pensacola (PNS) gains ...
Jump to postIncredible growth for AA in Philadelphia. Some of those must be records. Especially the amount of mainline aircraft sent to some of those stations. PHL - DTW for example.
God bless Frontier.
I have been on A321 where the entire row of 12 are not able to charge their own device whereas every other row can. Would be awful to stuck on that row for a long flight while none of the seats in that row can provide charging while your device is low on battery. Why not? There is a universal power...
Jump to postIt is shocking that Delta did not already serve those places… AA really owns the Caribbean.
Jump to postORD keeps getting more and more mainline with every update. For example, ORD - DTW has two mainline Airbus 319 out of the 4 daily flights starting in May. I don’t even remember when the last time AA had two mainline flights on ORD - DTW was. It seems like AA is serious about restoring ORD and PHL in...
Jump to postUnited Airlines just added ORD - ATH! Going head to head with AA!
Jump to postAA is also supposedly running the 77W for a few days in April on JFK-FCO. AA used the 77W on JFK-CDG from late June to early August 2022. If these up gauges are truly happening, wondering where the planes are coming from (guessing LAX-SYD is one, and perhaps another from a MIA-Deep South America) a...
Jump to postDFW - ATH is the next natural add since Rome and Barcelona are doing so well out of there. Maybe next year.
Jump to postPretty incredible to see 6 PIT - PHL flights next summer and all of them mainline.
Jump to postAmerican Airlines plans to further increase its New York (JFK) to Buenos Aires (EZE) route. Starting October 27, 2024, AA will operate JFK-EZE with 14x weekly flights, all with the 777-200ER. AA recently increased JFK-EZE from 7x to 10x weekly for this current winter season. https://x.com/ishriona/s...
Jump to postPosted in todays aviator.aero newsletter. American Airlines (US) has deferred the delivery of 10 B787s, as it shifts its widebody strategy. From the 9/30/2023 10q, deliveries by year (before the rumored deferral): 2024: 7 2025: 4 2026: 4 2027: 5 2028+: 10 I wonder which year they shifted? Maybe thi...
Jump to postDelta has just announced their expansion at MIA. I wonder how this is going to affect AA. Isn't MIA their 3rd or 4th largest hub and if I'm not mistaken, a fortress hub for AA? With DL and JJ tied together, are they ultimately going to overtake AA at MIA? LOL. 37 daily departures to just Detroit, M...
Jump to postAnyone know why AA is temporarily switching to the 777-300ER for JFK-FCO for just 3/31/24 to 4/3/24? It goes back to a 777-200ER from 4/4. I think the schedule has been updated only up to that day. With the next update maybe Rome will be 777-300 for a longer period or even for the entire season? Sa...
Jump to postI’ve noticed that starting in February there’s going to be 7 flights a day from DTW to CLT. All mainline 737. I’ve never seen that many AA flights from Detroit to Charlotte.
Jump to postIf AA gets the Haneda slot, is that a brand new slot or they would have to use their existing JFK slots for the route? Could someone explain how it works?
Jump to postBOS - ATH was just pushed forward to April and ATL - ATH to late March.
Jump to postAA is sending the 777-300 instead of the -200 from JFK to Athens today and tomorrow to bring back to the US people who made it to Athens from Israel.
Jump to postStarting in November, American Airlines will fly mainline from LGA to DTW! Airbus 319 once a day! I can’t even remember when the last time there was mainline between the two was. Possibly 20+ years.
Jump to postStarting in November, American Airlines will fly mainline from LGA to DTW! Airbus 319 once a day! I can’t even remember when the last time there was mainline between the two was. Possibly 20+ years.
Jump to postPHL - Nice, Istanbul, Helsinki
DFW - Barcelona
ORD - Venice
PHL - Nice, Istanbul, Helsinki
DFW - Barcelona
ORD - Venice
The notion that AA is gonna risk losing gates in Chicago is just delusional. Their departures are down but UA and DL are still down too by a lot in the Midwest.
Jump to postAA’s international network is such a hot mess that their so called “transatlantic gateway” is now serving Doha but not a single place in all of Germany, Scotland, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe etc.. Make it make sense!
Jump to postAA is not going to operate out of D ever again. That was the whole point of the T expansion. AA has made it clear in their press release that their entire ATL operation will now operate out of T.
Jump to postThe vibe at Terminal 8 is so much different now than before Covid. It was always a nice beautiful terminal but felt so dead. Now you see British Airways, Qantas, Qatar, China Southern, Iberia, Cathay, Japan Airlines, Finnair, Royal Jordanian and hopefully soon Alaska and Aer Lingus. Connections are ...
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