Q: Why can't American fly the new routes that Eagle will be flying out of JFK and LGA?Ī: If AA can fly a route and make money we'll do everything we can to make it happen - we have a contractual obligation to do so., But if we can't, we have to find partners who can to expand our network so that we're still relevant in the marketplace, and that's the case in the new American Eagle routes announced today. (DCA)Ē fewer frequenciesĪE JFK - Raleigh DurhamĒ fewer frequencies Paul 4 times/dayĪdditional Markets - Previously AnnouncedĪE LaGuardia - TorontoĔ fewer frequenciesĪE LaGuardia - Columbusđ fewer frequencyĪE LaGuardia - Raleigh DurhamĒ fewer frequenciesĪE JFK - Washington, D.C. Q: What are the details of the new markets and frequencies from the March 31 announcement?Ī: Additional Markets - Announced on March 31 AE LaGuardia - Minneapolis/St. With our interline agreement with JetBlue, on domestic routes wehre we don't currently compete with JetBlue, our customers can book convenient, nonstop JetBlue flights from JFK and BOS to 18 domestic markets. The March 31 announcement includes seven new destinations served on 23 new roundtrip flights. Q: How many unique markets and frequencies do American and Eagle serve from JFK and LGA and how many net new destinations and frequencies on JetBlue will AA customers in New York gain?Ī: By year end at LaGuardia and JFK combined, American and American Eagle will add 31 flights to 13 new routes, bringing total NYC departures to 216 and unique destinations to 63. We continue to emphasize international flying from our new JFK Terminal, and once we receive the anticipated approval for our transatlantic antitrust application (ATI), our joint business with British Airways and Iberia will be a significant benefit to our competitive positioning in that market. This announcement is another step in our cornerstone strategy that we announced last September to bolster our network in New York along with DFW, Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago. This spring we will begin service from JFK to San Jose, Costa Rica Madrid, Spain and Manchester, England. We've also expanded our international routes from New York, and within the last two years initiated service from JFK to Barcelona and Milan. We have added routes selectively in New York to fill in domestic network gaps, such as adding JFK-LAS about two years ago. In 2006, we opened our $1.3 billion new terminal at JFK - one of the most significant investments in New York in the airline industry in the past five years. What's different today?Ī: We've had a strong presence in New York for more than 80 years. This isn't the first time American has declared New York an important market. Our competitors in New York are actively taking steps to increase their presence in this important market and American must offer a schedule that will keep us attractive to corporate accounts, leverage new product and allow us to capitalize on joint business opportunities. It's important that our operations in New York are positioned to seize these opportunities. We will soon have a strong transatlantic alliance in place with British Airways and Iberia that will provide unique scheduling and revenue sharing benefits as well as greater access to the Japanese market as a result of the Japan-U.S. It's also about strengthening and defending our network as part of FlightPlan 2020. Q: Why are we doing this? What are the benefits?Ī: This is about being a stronger competitor in New York, one of our cornerstone markets and an international gateway to American's global network and those of our oneworld partners. This announcement - when combined with the anticipated approval of our transatlantic antitrust application (ATI) for our joint business with British Airways and Iberia - will significantly enhance our competitive positioning in that market. Today, we are the third largest carrier in New York (on a departure basis) and the market represents an international gateway to American's global network and those of our oneworld partners. Delta, meanwhile, has increased its focus in New York and is making a play to become the main carrier in both JFK and LaGuardia. Continental has maintained the strongest position in the market, flying out of Newark.
As a result, New York is one of the most competitive markets in the world. The New York market is larger than the Chicago and Dallas markets combined.
domestic aviation market with almost 80 million passengers enplaned last year. Q: Why New York? How and why is the New York so important to American?Ī: New York, one of our cornerstone hubs, is the largest U.S. American Airlines sent out a question-and-answer to address concerns that employees might have about the JetBlue Airways deal.
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