- Banned
- #1
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-airlines-submits-application-u-203820144.html
* AA would be a new entrant, and the only U.S. carrier, LAX-PEK
* AA is smaller U.S.-China than Delta and especially United
* AA would add a new competitor in many West Coast-PEK markets where United (via SFO) and Delta (via SEA) already compete but AA is effectively does not given the non-competitiveness (required backtracking) of ORD/DFW
* AA offers broader and more extensive connectivity (more flights, more routes) beyond LAX than Delta
* Delta is presently using 7 frequencies of the U.S. carriers' allocation to serve China not from a U.S. gateway but from NRT