American Airlines is growing at Los Angeles International and today the carrier will begin service to five new cities:
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Columbus, Ohio
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Bentonville, Arkansas
Earlier this year AA began serving Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina and Eugene and Redmond, Oregon from Los Angeles and this November AA will begin non-stop service to West Palm Beach from LAX. In December, service between Los Angeles and Sao Paulo, Brazil will begin.
United Airlines still leads the pack, in terms of overall traffic at Los Angeles, but both Delta and American are expanding and if the US Airways – American merger proceeds, American will position itself to be the dominant carrier.
Here are the new flights that begin today–
From LAX to Bentonville (XNA):
Flight 3118 Departs: 1:30 p.m. Arrives: 6:30 p.m.
*operated by American Eagle with a CRJ-700
From Bentonville (XNA) to LAX:
Flight 3129 Departs: 7:05 p.m. Arrives: 8:25 p.m.
From LAX to Indianapolis (IND):
Flight 1338 Departs: 10:50 a.m. Arrives: 5:55 p.m.
*operated with a Boeing 737-800
From Indianapolis (IND) to LAX:
Flight 1337 Departs: 6:40 p.m. Arrives: 8:10 p.m.
From LAX to Columbus (CMH):
Flight 1288 Departs: 9:55 a.m. Arrives: 5:15 p.m.
*operated with a Boeing 737-800
From Columbus (CMH) to LAX:
Flight 1287 Departs :6:00 p.m. Arrives: 7:35 p.m.
From LAX to Pittsburgh (PIT):
Flight 1150 Departs 8:10 a.m. Arrives: 3:45 p.m.
*operated with a Boeing 737-800
From Pittsburgh (PIT) to LAX:
Flight 1151 Departs: 4:30 p.m. Arrives: 6:50 p.m.
From LAX to Hartford (BDL):
Flight 1354 Departs: 11:55 p.m. Arrives: 8:10 a.m. (next day)
*operated with a Boeing 737-800
From Hartford (BDL) to LAX:
Flight 1353 Departs: 9:20 a.m. Arrives: 12:35 p.m.
Now we have to hope that they roll back the fuel surcharges on award tickets that started today….
Which they thankfully have quickly done!