Originally Posted by
CabinCrewe
will be interesting to see the loads on a 789 (if that’s what ultimately comes) in depths of January. But as you say, hopefully they know the market and the Star Alliance opportunities.
I don't think it'll be that interesting. The service stops on the 8th January, so not very far into the "depths" and the few January flights they operate will no doubt still have some post Xmas / New Year VFR traffic.
Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
Point is AA don't need to serve EDI to have market share, DL and UA do. It's often one stop regardless of EDI-LHR-USA or USA-US hub-EDI.
DL could similarly funnel people USA>CDG/AMS>EDI but choose to serve EDI directly. AA did see a need to serve EDI directly prior to COVID and I don't see what's fundamentally changed that that need is no longer there (accepting they don't currently have the means to do so).
The "often one stop regardless" point is true only if your origin / destination in the US has a direct AA or BA service to LHR. If not you'd have to route XXX>US hub>LHR>EDI. A direct AA service would allow you to route XXX>PHL>EDI if your origin / destination in the US has a link to PHL.
Same point applies to those trips originating from the EDI catchment. There must be plenty of high-status OW cardholders in the EDI catchment who would value a direct OW service to the US rather than changing at LHR. (Similar point made
here in relation to QR at EDI).