Rumor: Auckland and Abu Dhabi announcement

[A330US]

Welp. Guess no updates on this situation lol

 

[MAH4546]

Why the "lol?"
 
77W, mid/late-2016.
 
Be patient. 

 

[A330US]

Why the "lol?"
 
77W, mid/late-2016.
 
Be patient. 

Interesting...Anything in the pipeline for PHX/CLT ?

 

[MAH4546]

Interesting...Anything in the pipeline for PHX/CLT ?

In terms of long-haul? Nope. PMUS hubs won't be seeing an love.

 

[eolesen]

I'll take your word for it, Mark, but it's an odd pick by itself. There has to be a little more to the story that we're not seeing yet.

 

[FWAAA]

AUH still makes no sense to me unless it's accompanied by an announcement of a joint venture along with an application for antitrust immunity.  If that happens, then flying to Abu Dhabi wouldn't sound so bizarre.  

 

[MAH4546]

AUH still makes no sense to me unless it's accompanied by an announcement of a joint venture along with an application for antitrust immunity.  If that happens, then flying to Abu Dhabi wouldn't sound so bizarre.  

 
And that's exactly the rumor - it will be accompanied by the announcement of a JBA with Etihad; and I assume if such JBA terms cannot be reached, AA won't fly to AUH. 

 

[USFlyer]

Would this be sort of a "if you can't beat em, join em" JBA?  Seems strange given all the rhetoric of late.

 

[eolesen]

And that's exactly the rumor - it will be accompanied by the announcement of a JBA with Etihad; and I assume if such JBA terms cannot be reached, AA won't fly to AUH.

Are you sure that's not the rumor I started on Page 2?...

http://www.airlineforums.com/topic/59184-rumor-auckland-and-abu-dhabi-announcement/page-2#entry1199449

 

[MAH4546]

Are you sure that's not the rumor I started on Page 2?...

http://www.airlineforums.com/topic/59184-rumor-auckland-and-abu-dhabi-announcement/page-2#entry1199449

Yes, I'm sure.

 

[FrugalFlyerv2.0]

Given all the problems in the mid-east, does it make sense for AA to fly to there? 
 
I realize that UAE is not the hell hole that is Syria, or Iraq or northern Africa.  But at the same time Sharm el Sheik was a relatively calm hotspot for Europeans to get a sun tan and get laid by an exotic stud and/or babe.  Now if the reports are accurate that a ISIS bomb brought down the Russian A321, it now means that yet another terror group has the capability to make bombs to bring down airliners.  Nothing makes a nicer target for them than a shiny jet with the words AMERICAN plastered along the fuselage.

 

[700UW]

Actually there has been trouble in the Sinai for a while.

 

[eolesen]

Actually there has been trouble in the Sinai for a while.

Seems that over the last 3000+ years, there have been fewer years in the Sinai without trouble than there have been with trouble...

 

[MAH4546]

Auckland is being announced tomorrow. 
 
This put's LAX's long-schedule at eight daily flights to six cities; and I expect will be seeing a 7th (in Asia) soon enough. 

 

[commavia]

Auckland is being announced tomorrow. 

 
Looks like it 
 

This put's LAX's long-schedule at eight daily flights to six cities

 
Indeed - pretty impressive to see how far AA has come at LAX.
 

and I expect will be seeing a 7th (in Asia) soon enough. 

 
Place your bets!  ICN?  PEK?  Maybe even HKG?