The international network of American Airlines has been updated. The carrier is moving its flight from Los Angeles to Dallas, as well as canceling and/or delaying two of its most anticipated long haul flights.
American Airlines decided against flying between Dallas and Tel Aviv due to low demand.
In August of this year, American announced plans to open a new route between Dallas and Tel Aviv. This would mark American's return to Israel, which seemed like a huge gap in the network of the world's largest airline.
The launch of the route was delayed due to the Pandemic. The New York to Tel Aviv route was launched by American as of May 2021, and the Miami to Tel Aviv route as of June 2021. The Dallas to Tel Aviv route was the first to be announced.
Israel is a different market than American is focused on funneling everyone through. Israel has a lot of demand from certain markets, but there isn't much demand for connecting traffic from between the coasts.
The summer of 2023 is when American Airlines plans to launch its Seattle to Bengaluru route. American claims that the closing of Russian airspace is the reason for this.
In February 2020 American announced plans to open a new route between Seattle and Bengaluru. This was part of the carrier's plan to build a long haul hub out of Seattle.
The launch of this route was repeatedly delayed due to the Pandemic, which is understandable, and now you have the issue of Russian airspace being closed, so it's anyone's guess when this route will be practical?
The economics of this route are questionable based on everything I've heard. The success of this route was based on the assumption that most of the west coast traffic would be American.
San Francisco is the biggest market for Bengaluru demand, with United revealing it would launch a San Francisco to Bengaluru route. American was hoping that United wouldn't be able to launch this route, but they were able to modify their Boeing 787-9s.
I think we won't ever see this route launch, but who knows. This draws into question American's overall strategy of building up Seattle as a long haul hub. The airline flies to London, but the planned flights to Bengaluru and Shanghai never got off the ground.
Since the start of the Pandemic, American has established another link to India. Initially the Seattle to Bengaluru route was supposed to mark American's return to India, but American ended up launching a New York to Delhi route as of October 2021.
Two of American's most highly anticipated new ultra long haul routes won't be launching soon.
Due to soft demand, American no longer plans to fly from Dallas to Tel Aviv, and will instead focus on existing flights from Miami and New York.
The Seattle to Bengaluru route is being delayed by American because of Russian airspace closings. I'd be surprised if that route ever launches, since United plans to operate a San Francisco to Bengaluru route.
What do you think about the updates to the flights?
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