Ok. Another board is speculating an exciting new international route. Do you care to share any rumors you might have heard. The guy who posted is glorying in the fact that his info is ahead of yours. Anything? C'mon, you've got a reputation to uphold!
MAH You're Being Trumped. Care to Speculate?
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Mark is in recall training and may be pretty busy at the moment. Chris, what are the numbers? Do they list routes? Thanks
Nanc,
No info other than it is an "exciting' new internatinoal route that MAH has not reported. The poster is very proud that his info seems to be coming before Mark's!
I honestly do have no idea, but I can say seven long-haul routes that have been getting serious talk lately:
Dallas-Madrid
JFK-Moscow
JFK-Nice
Miami-Asuncion (a go once Paraguay finalize a new incentive package)
Miami-Milan (looking likely, but not until winter 2008)
Miami-Recife (a go once approved by Brazilian authorities)
Miami-Salvador da Bahia (a go once approved by Brazilian authorities)
Maybe it is one of those?
Do you mind linking to this post?
On what I do know...AA will announce more Colombia flights (but not new destinations) next week.
Dallas-Madrid
JFK-Moscow
JFK-Nice
Miami-Asuncion (a go once Paraguay finalize a new incentive package)
Miami-Milan (looking likely, but not until winter 2008)
Miami-Recife (a go once approved by Brazilian authorities)
Miami-Salvador da Bahia (a go once approved by Brazilian authorities)
Maybe it is one of those?
Do you mind linking to this post?
On what I do know...AA will announce more Colombia flights (but not new destinations) next week.
Corinth2103
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This route is mentioned constantly here at IDF. I actually had a management guy chat with me on a long-haul flight a few months ago and he mentioned this route could happen in the spring. He also speculated that AA could eventually see DFW to Milan, Hong Kong and Taipei. This was also mentioned in an article on AA in the Dallas Morning News last month.
I'll believe any and all only when I see it uploaded into Sabre.... <_<
Dallas would get Rome before they ever see Milan. If Milan gets a second daily, its going to Miami. DFW-MXP has about 0% chance. I wouldn't rule out the other too.
Someone in IOR on my last Rome flight told me they had Mayor Daley on and he was saying that he was in contact with one of the politicians in Milan and they wanted Dallas Milan to start and ORD to Milan back.
MAH I can't post the link to this posting because it is a private forum. The guy who posted was just so excited that he had the info before you. He just posted a teaser and didn't say the route. I wanted to get on there and link any info you had to beat him to the punch and irritate him. 😉
I wouldn't rule out ORD-MXP. "They" is referring to people in Milan, who are about to loose over a dozen long-haul routes because Alitalia is moving their hub operations to Rome. DFW-MXP is never happening, as much as Malpensa officials will push for it. AA is going to try to steal Alitalia's lucrative MIA-MXP business contracts, because AZ is transfering MIA service to MIA-FCO in April, and Miami-Milan is a huge business market. Lot's of banking, cruise ship (as in the industry, not tourists), ship-building, interior design, and fashion industry traffic.
I didn't read the heaser of tour post very well..lol Mark is not MAH... Oh well, keep the faith that good things are to come.
I'm talking Mike MAH and not Kirkpatrick.
T
The Goose
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More Colombia filghts? Are the execs running low on coke?
I've oft wondered what the outcome of a company-wide (not only mech and related) drug testing program would be.
Air France does not have a hub in Nice, and Delta gets no benefit from feed on the Nice side, although they obviously benefit from a Delta codeshare.
Nice is an extremely high-yielding market. The Nice region in general is very wealthy, and it attracts a wealthy demographic if American tourists. AA wants in on that. There is room for two carriers.
Plus, Miami-Nice is a huge market in itself (during the winter it's just as big as NYC-Nice), and AA can benefit from those connections, too. There is a large and wealthy French ex-pat community in Miami (the French government even runs a K-8 school in South Miami), and they are mostly from the Nice area.
Plus, it doesn't hurt to give Delta a little wake-up call and say "we aren't sitting still like you think".
