Continental the lone applicant for new service to Argentina. Newark-Houston-Buenos Aires. I know AA has said they have no interest in S. America to Chicago based on there numbers of O and D passengers. Was LA not a possibility even just a few days a week service?
Aa No Interest In New Service To Eze?
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FA Mikey said:
American tipically avoids frivolous requests to DOT. Holding 50% of the current frequencies makes unlikely if not impossible to get additional frequencies. Right now both Delta and Continental are arguing for the UA's dormant frequencies.
Service to LA can only be accomplished with a 777 and the economics do not favor it (too big). A 767 could make it with weight restricitons that again would make it economically inviable.
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Delta was also an applicant (proposing new JFK-EZE nonstops) in this DOT route case to reallocate 7 weekly U.S.-Argentina frequencies that United isn't using. As the current largest single holder of U.S.-Argentina frequencies, American likely concluded (correctly, IMHO) that DOT would not award it any more frequencies, so why should it go to the trouble of participating in an unwinnable route case?FA Mikey said:
As for the winner between CO and DL, my guess is CO because it would be a new carrier (and IAH would be a new gateway) to Argentina while DL would simply add capacity to an already-served route.
