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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-clear-us-airways-american-161442625.html
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I wish the article gave more details on the PHL and LHR slots. A commenter on another site took it to mean that the PHL-LHR route will be given up; that is not my interpretation.
That is certainly how it reads. Since both BA and US fly that route and since BA-AA have a JV, the JV collectively post-merger would have had a monopoly on that route. However, I don't recall LHR slots being specific to certain airport pairs, per se. So, I'm not sure 1) what happens if no one else wants to fly the route (thus leaving BA with a monopoly) and 2) what happens if post-merger AA transfers a flight from another airport to continue serving PHL-LHR. I'm also not sure what happens if, say, Virgin Atlantic starts flying the route. Would post-merger AA then be able to use one of its remaining slots to resume flying PHL-LHR?
Consider it marked. It took me a while to get to it, I had to stop laughing at your post first.There goes the Philly base...
This is the first indicator that PHL is OUT after the merger... This will be one station, just like PHX, that will be axed in the long term.
Mark my words on this...
There goes the Philly base...
This is the first indicator that PHL is OUT after the merger... This will be one station, just like PHX, that will be axed in the long term.
Mark my words on this...
PHL is not going anywhere as a hub. JFK cannot and will not "replace" PHL, for a whole host of reasons. Just like MIA cannot replace CLT.