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"Hub Rollcall," how "each hub plays to a particular strength in our network." And that leaves us with Phoenix, which will be to American as Cleveland was to United. It's pretty telling that American isn't even trying to pretend that Phoenix has a future"
Charlotte will primarily be a domestic hub and probably continue to lose international service, which will likely be transferred over to Miami instead, allowing more connections to Latin America
· Washington is all about origin & destination traffic, as its a big enough (and profitable enough) market to sustain service
· Dallas will continue to be the center of Americans route network, and well continue to see international expansion there, especially to Asia
· New York is a huge origin & destination market, and will likely see less connecting traffic, which will instead go through Philadelphia (which is operationally a more reliable airport)
· Los Angeles is a confusing market for American, and they dont really know what they want they should be focusing mostly on serving the local market, though theyre unnecessarily trying to add service from there to markets in which they simply cant compete (ie Atlanta)
· Miami, after Dallas, is probably the second strongest part of Americans network, given their strength in Latin America
· Chicago probably wont see much change I wouldnt expect much growth, but I also wouldnt expect it to lose much traffic
· Philadelphia will likely become the premium east coast hub for international travel, as its a much more reliable airport than JFK to route people through
And that leaves us with Phoenix, which will be to American as Cleveland was to United. Its pretty telling that American isnt even trying to pretend that Phoenix has a future at the new American.
American-Phoenix-Hub...........buy bye!