But I am sure that American will fly to any and every muslim country, profitable or not
Someday I would like to visit Israel. The only airline I would fly there would be El Al.
That was a USAirways A330 trip..
I will go along with the losing money argument. First, who in their right mind would want to fly out of Philadelphia unless it is your only choice?Second, who would want to fly American Airlines internationally? My comments come from previous experience of flying 35 weeks a year, both domestically and internationally.
They may even be telling the truth, but the timing is...inauspicious.
After all the AA whining about competitors in the Persian gulf area for the past 6 months, I smell a rat. If we see new service soon to a gulf desintation, we will know it was not just financial reasons on the TLV route.
So there you have it--anti-Jewish big business behaviour AND higher prices for the American consumer....so for Obama it is a win-win.
AA is working to be the first to have regular flights to Cuba.
If I needed to fly to Israel, I’d prefer El Al. Best security in the industry.
Free enterprise and American capitalism at work.
If such flights are profitable, another airline will pick them up.
Lots of American cities don’t have direct flights to Israel. Like much of the population, you will have to fly first to New York City, then fly to Israel.
(Shrug.)
You’ll know they’re lying when they start service to Gaza City.
The management of US Airways will be the management of the new American.....the old one went bankrupt.
The US Airways management team came from America West, which bought US Airways and merged the airlines.
The new American will be the world’s largest carrier and it will be run by a team that came from a low-cost, regional carrier. The CEO, Doug Parker, started at American Airlines before starting America West and has been leveraging his team’s talents since.
As a frequent flier, they have made many improvements at the old US Airways and PHL. Still a lot more to do, but it is a good team.
Its a complicated deal. When AA bought TWA out of bankruptcy TWA owed Israel $17MM(?) in back wages/landing fees, etc. AA assumed those debts if they ever wanted to fly to Israel they would need to be paid off. Since the AA/US merger will be complete on Oct. 16th and US goes away those debts would need to be paid by AA to continue to fly to TLV. I guess AA does not think its worth it.