Originally Posted by
Sotonsean
This is a well documented story regarding American Airlines starting New York JFK to London Stansted Airport in 2007 as a spoiler to both EOS and Maxjet.
American Airlines we're offering some decent fares on New York JFK to London Stansted Airport and the business cabin did well as the airline was targeting the financial sector in the City of London and Canary Wharf.
Immediately after EOS and Maxjet went under American Airlines discontinued New York JFK to London Stansted Airport.
If you search online there are several articles from the time explaining the reasons behind American Airlines starting New York JFK to London Stansted Airport in June 2007 and why it ceased less than a year later in April 2008.
to be fair, the financial crisis of 2007/8 had a big hand in it whatever other issues might have been in the background.