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Originally Posted by denizen467
^ That's very peculiar about Shannon before Dublin. Is it a landing-slot allocation thing?
Also, why do you predict UA in, and AA out, of the DUB route? Because of AA's current problems?
Finally, is "TATL" common jargon for transatlantic?
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Shannon comes before Dublin likely because there is currently no service on the route. Aer Lingus stopped their ORD-SNN service in 2009 I believe. Aer Lingus didn't have the right size equipment for the route. The A330 was simply too large. United's 757s are perfect. ORD-DUB on the other hand, has up to 3x daily flights during peak season. So UA would have a lot more competition and something would have to give, because 4x daily is simply too much.
AA has been cutting nearly all their TATL routes in favor of routing everyone through LHR with their partner British Airways. Hell, AA recently cut their flights from Chicago and Dallas to Frankfurt, which is easily one of the top air destinations in Europe. Outside of London, the AA TATL network is tiny compared to United and Delta and only getting smaller. Delta has 29 European destinations, United 27, American 11. Hopefully going through bankrupcy will allow them to restore some of their former glory.
And yes tatl = transatlantic, tcon = transcontinental, tpac = transpacific. Common avgeek lingo.