{"id":195524,"date":"2025-04-20T23:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T23:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/aa-cant-quit-the-nea-the-shine-is-off-silver-cranky-flier\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T23:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T23:04:20","slug":"aa-cant-quit-the-nea-the-shine-is-off-silver-cranky-flier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=195524","title":{"rendered":"AA Can\u2019t Quit the NEA, The Shine is Off Silver \u2013 Cranky Flier"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If at First (or Second) you Don\u2019t Succeed\u2026Ask the Courts to Reverse the Decision<\/h3>\n

Apparently American\u2019s dream of a Northeast Alliance with JetBlue isn\u2019t totally dead yet. American Airlines is throwing a hail mary, petitioning the Supreme Court<\/a> to hear the case. JetBlue decided to move on after the partnership was struck down in May of 2023, instead focusing on its failed takeover of Spirit, showing that there really are no winners in this alliance \u2014 except the lawyers. Now, JetBlue wants some kind of tie-up with a big airline, and AA is still standing there like John Cusack with a boombox<\/a> over its head, hoping things can work out. <\/p>\n

AA is arguing that the ruling against them was misguided in that it would not have reduced competition as much as the court claimed. American says while it would reduce competition between itself and JetBlue, the combined entity would provide greater competition to Delta and United, a change that would ultimately benefit the consumer. That\u2019s certainly a perspective of the situation \u2014 not necessarily a winning one, but it is a perspective.<\/p>\n

While American\u2019s chances here are slim \u2014 first it has to get the court to agree to hear the case and then get it to reverse the lower court\u2019s decision \u2014 it does have a more favorable DOJ than the one that fought against the deal. What that means for the alliAAnce is still murky, but it does provide a brief light of hope for American should it succeed in getting the case taken up.<\/p>\n

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Silver\u2019s Outlook Isn\u2019t Golden<\/h3>\n

Silver Airways is still flying\u2026for now..but if it were a patient in a hospital, its family would be flying in from out of town \u2014 hopefully on an airline other than Silver.<\/p>\n

The carrier canceled all of its flights to and from Orlando<\/a> as it beefs with its lessors over payments for several airplanes. This comes about two months after Silver stopped operating to Anguilla (AXA) in the Caribbean. TrueNoord \u2014 in addition to needing find spell check \u2014 changed course and abruptly took three airplanes back in bankruptcy proceedings. This is on top of other aircraft that had already left the fleet.<\/p>\n

The carrier will continue to (try to) operate its schedule from Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, and San Juan in the interim, using what remains of its fleet. What remains you ask? It\u2019s got three ATR-42s and three ATR-72s it can rely on right now. It has two other ATR-72s sitting in Orlando that may or may not be part of the future plan.<\/p>\n

For more on Silver\u2019s tumutulous last few weeks, please visit yesterday\u2019s post at crankyflier.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Allegiant Reduces LAX Presence<\/h3>\n

Allegiant is closing its crew base<\/a> in Los Angeles and ending service to nine cities<\/a> from the airport as it claims operating costs at the airport have gotten out of hand.<\/p>\n

The base closure will become official on September 2 and will apply to both flight attendants and pilots. Affected staff will be given the opportunity to transfer bases or take a role working the pool deck at Allegiant\u2019s Sunseeker resort in Florida.<\/p>\n

The nine cities Allegiant will end from Los Angeles are a who\u2019s-who of elite destinations including Billings, Des Moines, Kalispell, Laredo, Medford, Memphis, Pasco, Rapid City, and Rockford. Kalispell and Memphis are year-round destinations from LAX for Allegiant and will end in May. The remaining cities are summer-seasonal destinations that will not return.<\/p>\n

Allegiant first opened its crew base in Los Angeles in 2009. <\/p>\n

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Frontier Moves into Paine Field<\/h3>\n

Seattle\u2019s Paine Field has been a tricky frontier for airlines since the pandemic, with Frontier now taking swing at Seattle\u2019s secondary airport \u2014 beginning flights<\/a> to Denver, Las Vegas, and Phoenix from PAE this summer.<\/p>\n

Service for Frontier will begin June 2 and operate 3x weekly on each of the three routes, giving Frontier double coverage on all three destinations from Seattle. In addition to these three, F9 also flies to Dallas\/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Ontario, and Salt Lake City from SEA.<\/p>\n

Paine Field reopened to commercial service in 2019 with flights from Alaska and United. During the pandemic, it was reduced to a single daily round trip on AS in May 2020. United left the airport in July 2021, leaving Alaska as the lone major carrier at the airport for until June when Frontier enters the fray.<\/p>\n

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Spirit Adds Two<\/h3>\n

Nothing says \u2018Healthy Airline Emerging from Bankruptcy\u2019 like adding service to major metropolitan markets that will garner the attention of local and national media. To that end, Spirit Airlines will be adding service to both Chattanooga<\/a> and Columbia<\/a>, SC this summer, beefing up its route map to two cities that were sorely missed by Spirit travelers.<\/p>\n

From Chattanooga, Spirit will fly to two premium destinations and Newark. Fort Lauderdale and Orlando will see 4x and 3x weekly service, respectively, while the good people of the Scenic City will be forced to endure 4x weekly flights to Newark. Columbia will see flights to the same three cities, but will only have to deal with 3x weekly Newark flights, while MCO remains at 3x weekly \u2014 same as Chattanooga \u2014 and FLL will be at 4x weekly. <\/p>\n

CAE will make three destinations for Spirit in both South Carolina and Tennessee \u2014 in SC, it added Charleston two years ago to its long term focus city in Myrtle Beach. While its Chattanooga service will complement current flights to both Memphis and Nashville.<\/p>\n

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