aa DROPS STL DEN TO wn

[jj]

Looks like wn wins again AX surrenders stl den to wn apr 7 i guess 100 percent load factors aint gonna git it. what a waste. they AA cant even protect a good market. they run.Wn should justn take over stl AA dont want it. Pathetic. :down:

 

[NewHampshire Black Bears]

Looks like wn wins again AX surrenders stl den to wn apr 7 i guess 100 percent load factors aint gonna git it. what a waste. they AA cant even protect a good market. they run.Wn should justn take over stl AA dont want it. Pathetic. :down:

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" jj ",

Perhaps you've hit on "something.

STL may NOT be high on the Grand Scale of things for AA, in the near future.

(Think..RDU/BNA/SJC)

 

[FWAAA]

So AX abandons a 50-seat RJ route from a former hub to UA's huge hub and it's the end of the world?

When AA drew down STL in 2003, WN added exactly one new flight, an additional STL-LAX frequency. Perhaps WN has added a few more since then, but in reality, nobody swooped in to replace the lost AA capacity. STL had a huge hub with TWA that was bleeding money. One that was far too large for the city's demand. AA gave it a go for 2.5 years but the numbers just weren't there.

 

[TechBoy]

When AA drew down STL in 2003, WN added exactly one new flight, an additional STL-LAX frequency. Perhaps WN has added a few more since then, but in reality, nobody swooped in to replace the lost AA capacity. STL had a huge hub with TWA that was bleeding money. One that was far too large for the city's demand. AA gave it a go for 2.5 years but the numbers just weren't there.

Exactly. And CVG, CLE and MEM are about to go through the same experience if the mergers occur.