AA Increases NYC & Other Hubs

[AA 777]

AA today announced today a major realignment in their fleet and schedule coming in mid 2010.

As far as NYC goes JFK will see
JFK-MAN 757
JFK-MAD 757
JFK-SJO
JFK-AUS
JFK-STL ERJ

JFK has officially been deemed a hub now by AA

LGA will see two additional flights but they have not been made public yet. Not sure if they will be new routes, but I'd be willing to say that they will be additional frequencies.

Additional flights will be added at all the other hubs with ORD gaining the most at 57. STL will lose pretty much all of their flighs san the major makets...LGA/BOS/DCA/LAX/SEA/JFK/DFW/ORD

Finally, AA has also improved their domestic F dinner service. It was already one of the better ones, if not the best (CO a close second). Now the dinner in F will include an individual appetizer in addition to the salad and main course. The Sundae's will stay as well as an improved offering if its not the sundae's

Fleet

- Secured financing for remaining 737 deliveries through 2011
- Selected GE engines for new 787s
- 22 more CRJ700s being ordered
- Eagle CRJ700s getting First Class

Network

- ORD (+57 new flights): new mainline-HNL/ANC/YVR, new Eagle-YYC/ABE/AVP/CRW/DAY/FAR/SUX/JAX/LEX/MDT/RAP
- JFK (+6 new flights): new mainline-MAD/MAN/SJO/AUS, new Eagle-CMH/STL
- LGA (+2 new flights)
- DFW (+17 new flights): new mainline-SAL
- LAX (+2 new flights)
- MIA (+23 new flights): new Eagle-BHM/CHS/PNS/TYS
- STL (-46 flights)
- RDU (-9 flights)
- JFK is now called a "hub" officially

[JZ1]

Sigh... STL -46. So long TWA...

[lijk604]

- STL (-46 flights)

Talk about a barren wasteland now.

[Iberia A340-600]

JFK-MAD seems pointless to me. American already flies JFK-BCN and code-shares with Iberia who has two daily A340 flights on the route. Although I suppose since DFW and MIA have a -MAD route, then JFK should to. :?

JFK-MAN on the other hand is a good idea, especially after British dropped the route last year. A 757 seems much better suited for the route then a 767-300.

[santobonao]

I heard that JFK-MAD will be operated by an Boeing 757. American only increasing JFK by 6 flights and that make them like an hub?

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

I see that Eagle is adding ORD-JAX. Looks to me that a lot of these new ORD routes are actually reinstated routes that AA previously pulled.

[Matt Molnar]

American only increasing JFK by 6 flights and that make them like an hub?

They already have enough JFK flights now to be considered a hub by most definitions, AA simply has not referred to it as a hub.

[santobonao]

Destinations served by American and American Eagle using JFK Hub:

Aruba, Austin [Begins April 2010][58], Barbados, Barcelona, Bermuda, Brussels, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cancún, Caracas, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Eagle/Vail [seasonal], Las Vegas, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid [Begins May 1], Manchester (UK) [seasonal, begins May 13], Miami, Milan-Malpensa, Montego Bay, Orlando, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Port-au-Prince, Providenciales, Punta Cana, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Rome-Fiumicino, San Diego, San Francisco, San José de Costa Rica [Begins April 6], San Juan, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seattle/Tacoma, St. Kitts, St. Lucia [seasonal], St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Tampa, Tokyo-Narita, Zürich

American Eagle:

Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Halifax, Montréal-Trudeau, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis [Begins April 2010][59], Toronto-Pearson, Washington-Reagan