Repeat after me: "American Airlines is over-reacting. They are trying to cut their nose off to spite their face. If Southwest can fly to more destinations from DAL then American is going to held its breath until it turns (canyon) blue." AA is operating 5 flights a day from LGB. Yet, they admit that it's a lower performing market. Then why they hell are they operating 5 flights a day? Try 2 or 3. LGB is a great airport to fly out of - easy parking, little congestion, etc. I think the problem is that AA didn't advertise the flight they were flying out of LGB. They just wanted to make sure JetBlue didn't have the slots. David R -------------- Original message -------------- From: Bill Hough <psa188@xxxxxxxx> > =20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. > The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2005/12/15/financial/= > f165633S62.DTL > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thursday, December 15, 2005 (AP) > American Airlines to end service from Long Beach Airport > > > > (12-15) 16:56 PST Long Beach, Calif. (AP) -- > > American Airlines will stop its service from Long Beach Airport in early > 2006, company officials said. > > The Dallas-based airline will give up one flight in January or February > and the other four remaining flights will be discontinued by March 2, said > Tim Wagner, a company spokesman. > > The airline is discontinuing flights at several locations nationwide as = > it > expands service out of Dallas Love Field. The airline's primary hub is > Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport . > > Discount airline JetBlue Airways will take over at least three of Americ= > an > Airline's five slots. New York-based JetBlue had to give up some of its > slots at Long Beach after American Airlines threatened legal action over > how flight slots were originally awarded. > > JetBlue will receive at least three of the soon-to-be vacant spots as pa= > rt > of a 2003 agreement related to American Airlines' threatened lawsuit. > > "We find it ironic that we were kind of pressured to release these slots, > and now they're apparently not useful to them (American) anymore," said > JetBlue spokeswoman Jenny Dervin. "The marketplace changes so rapidly, > almost on a daily basis, so I'm not entirely surprised. No one should be." > > The Long Beach flights were being dropped for economic reasons, Wagner > said. > > "Because we don't have the financial position to buy new aircraft or > (hire) more people, we have to get more assets from our other locations," > Wagner said. "Long Beach happens to be one of our lower-performing > markets. It's a marginal route." ------------------------------------------= > ---------------------------- > Copyright 2005 AP