Airlines have been forced to take a completely new approach to route planning. Not only are airlines dealing with business travel drying up, but they're also dealing with constantly changing travel restrictions. Over the weekend American Airlines loaded a bunch of schedule changes. In the past airlines would typically firm up schedules months in advance,…
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I’m flying PHL-MIA on Wednesday on a 788. Pretty sure it’s the first time an AA Dreamliner is flying to Miami. Looks like it’s here to stay for at least the month, and probably longer. They used to operate 3x daily 767 flights between PHL and MIA
The final December schedule hasnt been loaded yet - you wont see 12 A321T JFKLAX in December once it's finally loaded, I'm sure of it.
So the 777-200 is actually more capacity flying 2x daily from JFK to lax than the 321t
One has to wonder if AA will permanently alter the A321 strategy from JFK to LAX/SFO. I loved taking those flights but after the first year or so the market got so competitive that I’m not sure they made money on those routes.
AA cannot offer the full Flagship First experience right now, so they have no business selling the product. The right decision.
Just booked DFW-HNL in business for 3 pax and put us in First Class. Used 25k Etihad points! Rate should be higher but I was ticketed and didn’t say anything. Space must be there due to aircraft change.
I'm sure that when Mint was introduced into these 2 markets it gave AA it's run for the money. I'm not sure Post COVID this route can support a 3 class narrowbody, may be a narrowbody with a bigger J class. Also, the dynamics of Hollywood are changing. The podcast world and Netflix/Apple TV is replacing network television and large movie studios. You can do a podcast from anywhere. You don't need Hollywood to produce content. This could mean less Entertainment flying between LA and New York.
If they drop the A321T from the route long term, would there be another route they could use them on? Or would they have to reconfigure the whole subfleet?
I’m sure that when Mint was introduced into these 2 markets it gave AA it’s run for the money. I’m not sure Post COVID this route can support a 3 class narrowbody, may be a narrowbody with a bigger J class. Also, the dynamics of Hollywood are changing. The podcast world and Netflix/Apple TV is replacing network television and large movie studios. You can do a podcast from anywhere. You don’t need Hollywood to produce content. This could mean less Entertainment flying between LA and New York.
– George N Romey
Many YouTubers and Twitch streamers still move to LA when they get big enough, because all of the talent representation & marketing apparatus exist there.
That said, as it relates to this article, LA may no longer be an AA hub or focus city. Their long-term transcon offering may depend more strongly on the JetBlue partnership.
As an AA frequent flyer, I'm cautiously optimistic to hear what the AAdvantage integration (earning chart, etc.) looks like with JetBlue when they announce it.
With that schedule, I would not fly AA SFO-JFK. I do not like red eye flights because it ruins the next day.
Why so many redeye flights? I refuse to fly west coast to east coast redeyes. With so few flights, AA should be able to fit them all into daylight hours.
@Lucky - something is wrong with your timing on this segment “ AA76 New York to San Francisco departing 7:30AM arriving 11:07AM”. I wasn’t aware it took that long to fly across the country
Two points:
1) For the SFO flight, the A321T is just parked for almost a full day until the evening flight? That seems wasteful
2) The 772 is back double daily on JFK-MIA!
I think that's not incorrect/unreasonable. A winter/autumn westbound blocked at 6h47m is not unheard of.
@Andrew Y
I was wondering about the A321T too. Maybe it flies other little segments during the day, and ends back up at SFO in time to do the eastbound.
Is this new November schedule why AA has canceled a ton of non-stop flights on Thanksgiving day out of DFW? My outbound on Thanksgiving day was canceled without notice (the return is still active from SAF). No flights to Mexico or smaller US Domestic airports either
@b Thanksgiving day itself is generally a very low travel day. The day before and the weekend after totally the opposite.