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Skipness One Echo
With the established United down 8% and American flying with a third of their seats unsold, are we looking at a repeat of the last two times we had two daily westbound B757s on BHX-US? Robbing Peter to pay Paul isn't the best way forward IMHO.
I think that 2 months into the AA operation it's a bit early to come to such a conclusion; for me it's how well the two carriers do in the lean winter months that will decide whether BHX can sustain more than one daily New York services - notwithstanding the fact that neither operator plans to operate daily during the winter.
Sad to say, airlines (really their shareholders) don't generally give routes adequate time to develop these days so naturally there is always the threat that one or the other might blink.