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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

8 Things I Just Learned About American Airlines Plans for Routes and Passenger Experience and more...

After each earnings call American Airlines hosts a 'state of the airline' meeting with employees. Not everyone gets to ask all of their questions live, so the airline collects additional questions and follows up with answers. Those responses tend to be ...

8 Things I Just Learned About American Airlines Plans for Routes and Passenger Experience and more...


8 Things I Just Learned About American Airlines Plans for Routes and Passenger Experience

After each earnings call American Airlines hosts a 'state of the airline' meeting with employees. Not everyone gets to ask all of their questions live, so the airline collects additional questions and follows up with answers.

Those responses tend to be much more anodyne that the live ones given by top executives. Nonetheless they can sometimes reveal useful tidbits that either confirm things I thought I knew or tell me something I wasn't already aware of. Here are some of the things that were shared with me and seemed worth passing on.

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United Airlines Will Put Lie Flat Seats on Boeing 737s

United Airlines President spoke at the Boyd Aviation Forecast Summit and shared that they're planning to offer lie flat seats on new Boeing 737 MAX 10s.

United would use these planes to replace the current Boeing 757s operating domestically with lie flat seats which are deployed on routes like Newark – Los Angeles and San Francisco, and also to expand the number of domestic routes offering a premium service.

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American is Redesigning the Appearance of the Upgrade List

The airline has shared with employees that they "are currently collaborating with various teams to redesign the customer-facing upgrade list." To be clear this does not sound like any change to upgrades, just to how the upgrade list appears to the customer. This change seems to focus on "which product/cabin each person is waiting for and who has been cleared."

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Why Hotel Promotions are on Life Support and the Magic Switch Few Pilots Know Much About

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

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All the Routes American is Cutting While They Promote Growth to Europe

Earlier I wrote about American's nine new routes to Europe, eight of which are seasonal.

American shared that they've be eliminating Chicago - Shanghai and reducing Chicago - Tokyo service while adding plenty of flying to Europe.

They're also cutting plenty of other service too. In fact they are cutting more than they are adding.

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