American Has Often

[JFK777]

Oneflyer,

2 777 from Miami to EZE must be a seasonal thing, when I went to Buenos Aires in Feb 2005 there were 2 777 to Miami as well as a 767 to DFW & another 767 to JFK. The whole issue with me and Buenos Aires is that with AA's new flights from ORD-PVG & DEhli and DFW to Osaka, where are the 777 coming from ? Only 2 are coming from Boeing so some flights are getting down gauged, Like RDU to LGW & One of the 2 MIA-EZE flights. AA should take advantage of Delta's Bk and get their 777(also RR powered); Delta wants to "simplifly the fleet" so offer them an option they haven't thought of. After all their need for Asia flying is only Atlanta - Tokyo. Seven 777 for a few hundred in cash & asumed lease payments sounds like a win-win deal for Delta, their creditors and AA.

Delta can replace their 777 to Europe with 767-400ER's. I read they aren't flying from Atlanta to Florida any more, where could they go? To the hanger to get a Business Elite configuration.

 

[Oneflyer]

where are the 777 coming from ?

They are coming from a couple of places, CRAF missions, seasonal swapping with 763s, and the combining of the Atlantic & Pacific configurations is creating a couple more planes. Essentially, we're just flying the same aircraft more.

I would also suggest that International flying might not be quite as profitable as people say it is and I think that is why AA has been slower than expected in adding capacity.

 

[JFK777]

People with more information then me made the decisions to fly to India, Shanghai, Osaka and Nagoya. Since these are 777 routes the planes have to come from existing service. Buying Delta's 777's would be a good idea.

 

[Oneflyer]

People with more information then me made the decisions to fly to India, Shanghai, Osaka and Nagoya. Since these are 777 routes the planes have to come from existing service. Buying Delta's 777's would be a good idea.

So you don't think those "people with more information" are the same ones that look into buying more planes? Don't you think there might be a little more too it than what you know? Perhaps when Boeing allowed us defer orders they made AA agree to not purchase third party airplanes? Perhaps the added debt burden of buying the planes and converting the interiors would make the routes unprofitable?

 

[eolesen]

If we could get our hands on a couple 777's at a 15% discount above what we are paying for our current aircraft, you're still looking at a savings of tens of millions per aircraft. I think that would more than offset the cost of converting the interiors.