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American Airlines cancel more routes to Asia
August 24th 2018
In May, American Airlines announced it would be discontinue its Beijing-Chicago route from October, despite the carrier’s insistence it would engage in “unprecedented” network growth in the Asia-Pacific. Read More »
Four months on, American has announced it would discontinue its Shanghai-Chicago route because it was unprofitable. In the same announcement, the oneworld founding airline said it would reduce Narita-Chicago from daily to three times a week from December 18.
“We remain strongly committed to Asia and will continue to serve the region through our hubs in Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles. Our Chicago–Shanghai service is unprofitable and not sustainable in this high fuel cost environment when we have opportunities to be successful in other markets,” said American network VP, Vasu Raja.
“These adjustments to our Asia service are necessary in this high fuel cost environment, but we remain committed to the network we have worked hard to build. As with Shanghai, American will continue to serve Tokyo through our hubs in Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles.” In fiscal 2019, American’s Asia capacity will be reduced by approximately 10% year-on-year.
American is not the only U.S. carrier losing money on its routes to China and Hong Kong. United Airlines has cancelled services to Hangzhou and Xian and Delta Air Lines is pulling out of loss-making Hong-Seattle next month.
