While this would be cool, I don’t see it happening…
Continue reading: Could American Launch A Miami To Palma De Mallorca Route?
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agree... there is little reason to operate a once weekly flight. If AA operated daily from another US hub, then a once daily might make some sense but not in the summer when there are no shortage of daily flight opportunities
This definitely screams to be an A321XLR route- but even so it falls just outside of the published range of the XLR from Miami. PMI certainly has a case for more US services but if AA was to do it, I think it would be from PHL, which would be possible with the A321XLR.
AA crews were on several MIA-MAD-MIA flights operated by Airbus and an A321XLR for testing and familiarity recently. Doubtful AA would launch a once a week route to PMI. Makes no sense. If UA's EWR-PMI route is its most profitable TATL one, then UA has problems.
Jeff, The spanish folks do NOT WANT TO GO TO PHL!
THEY WANT MIA NONSTOP!
AA WAKE UP!
English language “news”/blogs in Spain are notoriously useless- packed with rumor and speculation, almost always lacking fact and basis.
"Most profitable route in Europe" LOL.
Why do people from Miami go to Palma though? A long way to go just for some nice beaches. I could understand Ibiza for the world famous nightlife, and Barcelona because it's such an international city, but Mallorca?
But very few cruise ships depart from an island. Logistically it's much easier to stock and board a big cruise ship from the mainland.
When airlines have once-weekly service to a destination, how does that work for the crew? Do they spend the week at the location?
It's common with charter carriers from Europe. Sometimes position to another station to operate a flight back, sometimes operate back to another station (not applicable here of course - but a TUI Gatwick crew to Cancun may operate back to Glasgow for example and then position home) or if you're really lucky you'd just get a weeks layover.
Certainly on UK airlines it's more likely in winter you'd get a longer layover as crew are less in demand, in summer there is probably a routing to work you home sooner and keep you productive
I am by no means a cruise expert but I believe these Mediterranean ships don’t actually “start” anywhere, you can board at pretty much any port and get off, too. So at any one time there are pax on a week-long cruise or a four day cruise, all at the same time. And catering is done at whatever port is best suitable along the route.
The plane can go from base to outstation, and come back again pretty much straight away (or as soon as crew are rested). Passengers wanting a week's trip would use the return leg of the next rotation.
As someone who lives in Mallorca and actually knows some of the folk that work at MDB, I wouldn't trust a word they say.
What is the likelihood AA files with the DOT for a MIA-Haneda nonstop, given the upcoming slots that will become available from DL + HA? City of Miami has been courting JAL for +5 years, but now AA has the opportunity.
They generally would pax “passenger” back home usually to their nearest city of operation no doubt Madrid - not sure 100%
Transferring between T4S in Madrid (arrival point for AA/IB USA flights) and T4, is okay but it's one helluva trek if your connecting flight goes from T1 or T2!
Very true! Last March we had to transfer from T4 to T1, and according to the official schedule, it takes 15 minutes, but seemed longer than this.
I think it would be a great route, mostly for connecting traffic from Latin America. Brazil and Peru in particular with lots of historical links