Following up on the major expansion announcement last week, it’s now clear where some of the additional frequency/capacity rumored at LAX this summer are coming from. AA is loading a series of additional frequencies on existing routes out of LAX starting in June (offset by frequency reductions on a few routes). Specifically – BNA, FAT, LAS, MCO, RDU, RNO, SFO, SJC, SLC, SMF, STL, XNA and YYZ will all see additional frequencies this summer. Some of these routes are seeing greater frequency than they’ve ever seen from AA, at least in recent memory – including BNA (3 daily), LAS (8), MCO (3), SFO (13) and SMF (6). And others are seeing seasonal upgrades to restore frequencies seen intermittently in years past, including RNO (5), SJC (6), SLC (4), XNA (2) and YYZ (2).
Considering that much of the new flying announced last week will be mainline, and that by the summer the vast majority if not all Eagle flying at LAX will be on 2-class RJs, and not to mention SYD which just started and AKL and possibly HKG starting by the end of the year, it will be very interesting to see where AA’s enplanements and market share at LAX stand when 2016 is over.
As has been discussed before, it's now quite clear that AA management - both before and after the merger - said what they meant and meant what they said about LAX. AA is clearly playing to win - big time - in this market.