AA to Increase KLAX Presence

[Eric Diffoot]

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10881606/1/american-cfo-more-to-come-at-lax.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

Yeay for hometown airport and AA. Things will get really interesting once the new TBIT is done.

[AA 1818]

LAX-PVG Aprooved by D.O.T!

"We are very pleased that the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted us the authority and frequencies needed to begin new service between Los Angeles and Shanghai, the largest market for travel between the United States and China that is not presently served by a U.S. airline.

We thank DOT officials for their expedited review of our request and we look forward to launching these new daily flights on April 5 using 247-seat Boeing 777 aircraft, which feature 16 First Class, 37 Business Class and 194 Economy Class seats.

"This has been a terrific week for the employees, customers, and shareholders of American Airlines. We have launched our new joint business with our immunized trans-Atlantic and oneworld partners, British Airways and Iberia. We have announced new service from New York Kennedy to Budapest, as well as a second Barcelona flight, plus new service from Chicago O'Hare to Helsinki and a second flight between Miami and Madrid. In addition, DOT has tentatively granted trans-Pacific antitrust immunity for American and its oneworld partner Japan Airlines."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Americ....html?x=0&.v=1

The last paragraph proved most interesting! They are really stepping it up when it comes to services to Europe, with the help of alliance members. I am just hoping though, that this will inspire other alliance members to follow suit (namely QF).

[Crunk415balla]

Maybe AA will jump on the first US-Guangzhou route. UA keeps saying they'll start it from SFO, but they always suspend it. Gotta be some money on that route, a lot of people who fly to HKG, and I mean a lot, go on to that city.

[AA 1818]

American Airlines plans a major expansion at its Los Angeles hub, saying it will add an additional 32 daily mainline and American Eagle flights to nine new destinations. AA's expansion also includes its previously announced route to Shanghai, which it will serve with one daily round-trip flight.

Beginning April 5, American plans to add new service between LAX and the following cities: Albuquerque (three daily round-trip flights); Boise (two); El Paso (two); Houston Bush Intercontinental (three); Oklahoma City (one); Phoenix (four); Salt Lake City (three); Sacramento (four); and Tucson (three).

American says it also plans to offer seven additional daily domestic flights from Los Angeles on existing routes, including two flights each to Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami and one flight each to Chicago O'Hare, Las Vegas and Orlando. AA says that "by spring 2011, American and American Eagle will offer 153 daily departures at LAX – a 28% increase from today's schedule. The airlines also have flexibility to add more flights and destinations in the future."

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...1?csp=34travel

Wow! LAX ain't no joke!!!