Expansion Affirms American's Commitment to Los Angeles, Strengthens oneworld's Position at LAX
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines is significantly expanding service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) this year, further strengthening one of its key hubs and providing more access for customers across its growing global network. In addition to American's new service between Los Angeles and Raleigh/Durham, N.C., which began on April 2, American will begin serving the following new destinations this summer from LAX:
■Eugene, Ore., beginning June 12 (operated by SkyWest Airlines)
■Redmond, Ore., beginning June 12 (operated by SkyWest Airlines)
■Pittsburgh, Pa., beginning Aug. 27
■Indianapolis, Ind., beginning Aug. 27
■Columbus, Ohio, beginning Aug. 27
■Hartford, Conn., beginning Aug. 27
■Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Bentonville, Ark., beginning Aug. 27 (operated by American Eagle Airlines)
In February American filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation for the right to fly additional United States – Brazil frequencies beginning in 2013. Pending government approval, American intends to use these frequencies to add one new daily round trip service from its Los Angeles hub to Sao Paulo on Nov. 21, expanding the airline's Latin American network footprint. American currently offers more than 900 weekly flights to 49 cities throughout Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America.
http://hub.aa.com/en/nr/pressrelease/american-airlines-bolsters-its-los-angeles-hub-by-adding-nine-new-destinations-this-year
Nice to see the return to BDL (mainline) and XNA (CR7) and the new service to PIT, IND and CMH which all appear to be mainline. I'm going to guess that they'll be A319 cities.