Update: American Airlines has now confirmed their new routes, including a year-round Dallas to Tel Aviv flight, and seasonal flights from Philadelphia to Casablanca, Chicago to Budapest, Chicago to Krakow, and Chicago to Prague.
Yesterday American Airlines posted an 11 second teaser video on their social channels that’s supposed to give clues as to a big announcement that’s coming. Then there’s a commentator who says “announcement coming soon, stay tuned.”
👀🎧 Stay tuned… pic.twitter.com/F2vCTYzVem
— americanair (@AmericanAir) August 6, 2019
By the way, am I supposed to know who that is? I’m extremely exhausted from flying so forgive me if I’m missing something obvious. He looks familiar but I can’t quite figure out who it is. (Update: That’s American’s SVP of Network Planning… alrighty then).
As someone who loves a good riddle, I appreciate how nowadays some airlines post clues online before they make announcements, which can be fun for those of us who otherwise lack hobbies in life.
Of course I guess we don’t really need many clues when we have @xJonNYC, who has been hinting about this upcoming announcement for quite a while. What has Jon shared so far about the new routes?
I did, in fact, mean to write that as:
"Morocco? and Krakow? and?"
— JonNYC (@xJonNYC) August 6, 2019
I consider it confirmed that this will be an all-encompassing and "very large" announce "covering everything."
— JonNYC (@xJonNYC) August 6, 2019
I’m not sure exactly when the announcement is coming — it could be today, it could be at the end of the week, or it could be next week, I suppose.
My initial thoughts are:
- It sounds like a Morocco flight is happening, which makes sense both given that it’s increasingly a tourist hotspot, and also given that Royal Air Maroc is joining oneworld
- The Krakow rumor is a fascinating one that I would have otherwise never expected
- The sunscreen and water aren’t exactly obvious clues in the above video, as that could refer to any of a number of destinations
- I also wouldn’t be surprised to see another Australia or New Zealand flight, as part of the joint venture between American and Qantas
- I wonder what we’ll see for Japan, especially in light of the recent Haneda slot allocation
Anyone want to get in any more guesses before the announcement happens?
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