FrontierFlight420
4th Apr 2019, 09:44
On October 28, 2018, American Airlines started daily service from Los Angeles to Auckland and back on the Boeing 787, see
www.aa.com/i18n/plan-travel/destinations/new-zealand.jsp
In January two flights from Auckland to Los Angeles, one being the original flight, the other one being a flight to make up for the first one's cancellation were cancelled by American due to 6 out of 13 crew members for those flights getting sick.
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/347616/american-airlines-cancels-flights-after-crew-falls-ill
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-family-trapped-in-new-zealand-canceled-flights-468214273.html
forum.elliott.org/threads/73-hour-delay-in-auckland-with-american-airlines-with-toddlers.7446/
Strangely enough the same month a flight from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale had something similar happen
www.cbsnews.com/news/american-airlines-flight-109-passengers-sick-flight-attendant-faints
In late March, right before AA stopped their NZ flights, they cancelled one more. Here is a twitter thread with an upset flyer who apparently filed a report with the US DOT over their cancelled flight and how they received no compensation besides free hotel stays. www.twitter.com/AmericanAir/status/1109602603464306688
As of April first, both American Airlines flights AA82 Auckland to Los Angeles and AA83 Los Angeles to Auckland had their flight numbers switched to different flights, and no more flights are being sold.
I haven't been able to find any information about this online, there was no update or post about them stopping the flights that were said to be daily. Was this just another seasonal flight, or is there some other non-public reason for stopping these flights like it being a flight that's just not popular for AA, etc?
www.aa.com/i18n/plan-travel/destinations/new-zealand.jsp
In January two flights from Auckland to Los Angeles, one being the original flight, the other one being a flight to make up for the first one's cancellation were cancelled by American due to 6 out of 13 crew members for those flights getting sick.
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/347616/american-airlines-cancels-flights-after-crew-falls-ill
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-area-family-trapped-in-new-zealand-canceled-flights-468214273.html
forum.elliott.org/threads/73-hour-delay-in-auckland-with-american-airlines-with-toddlers.7446/
Strangely enough the same month a flight from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale had something similar happen
www.cbsnews.com/news/american-airlines-flight-109-passengers-sick-flight-attendant-faints
In late March, right before AA stopped their NZ flights, they cancelled one more. Here is a twitter thread with an upset flyer who apparently filed a report with the US DOT over their cancelled flight and how they received no compensation besides free hotel stays. www.twitter.com/AmericanAir/status/1109602603464306688
As of April first, both American Airlines flights AA82 Auckland to Los Angeles and AA83 Los Angeles to Auckland had their flight numbers switched to different flights, and no more flights are being sold.
I haven't been able to find any information about this online, there was no update or post about them stopping the flights that were said to be daily. Was this just another seasonal flight, or is there some other non-public reason for stopping these flights like it being a flight that's just not popular for AA, etc?