AA's Seasonal Widebody Reduction compared to DL, UA

[WorldTraveler]

yes, I understand the operational reasons.

as much as you want to believe otherwise, airlines make revenue decisions FIRST and make the operation fit around what it takes to generate revenue.

IF AA thought that having a widebody aircraft on the route or at greater frequencies than they will operate, then they would have made it happen and figure out how to make the operation work around it.

again, AA has dozens of widebodies arriving from S. America in the a.m. that are available until evening or late at night.

If the market was there, even with the operational requirements you note, they would figure out how to put a widebody on the route.

and more significantly, if AA wanted to maintain total market capacity, they could easily put another narrowbody flight into the market. They did not.

AA decreased capacity including by downgrading from widebodies to narrowbodies - just as they did in the JFK transcons - because they wanted to offer less capacity and try to increase their yield.

it is a valid market driven strategy.

 

[jcw]

if it is a valid market driven strategy - then we can end the thread

 

[WorldTraveler]

that would be fine with me.

I said that from the beginning and simply have asked for AA people to acknowledge it.

Christmas miracles do happen - even on this board.

 

[jcw]

then stop posting on this thread - let it rest
 
Christmas miracle would actually involve you not hammering, trashing, bashing, what ever word of your choice on WN, AS, AA, etc

 

[AirLUVer]

yes, I understand the operational reasons.as much as you want to believe otherwise, airlines make revenue decisions FIRST and make the operation fit around what it takes to generate revenue.IF AA thought that having a widebody aircraft on the route or at greater frequencies than they will operate, then they would have made it happen and figure out how to make the operation work around it.again, AA has dozens of widebodies arriving from S. America in the a.m. that are available until evening or late at night.If the market was there, even with the operational requirements you note, they would figure out how to put a widebody on the route.and more significantly, if AA wanted to maintain total market capacity, they could easily put another narrowbody flight into the market. They did not.AA decreased capacity including by downgrading from widebodies to narrowbodies - just as they did in the JFK transcons - because they wanted to offer less capacity and try to increase their yield.it is a valid market driven strategy.

There are not dozens of widebodies sitting around for no reason in Miami.