American Airlines reduces its offer to Quito

From the 9 January 2018, American Airlines reduces its offer to Quito due to equipment change, ceasing to operate the traditional Boeing 757 And I changedánow by Boeing aircraft 737-800.

UPDATEÓN 20/09/2017:

After publishing this post 26 July 2017, in this month of september, American Airlines has marchás in changing equipment on their flights between Miami and Quito in January Según can be seen in your páGina Web and has been postponed for Sunday 4 march 2018:

The causes of this new change are not known or if the above, what it was like to start flying with Boeing 737 marking a reductionóN offer since January, It was an error of the airline GDS systemínea. We are happy about this new news that allows Quito to maintain its offer to Miami at least until January. It's not discarded, that on certain dates before March, operate with Boeing 737-800 during low season.

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Sayún the distribution system itselfón (GDS) from the airíNorth American Nea the change will be givená The second week of Januaryóximo añO, ending the operationón uninterrupted at least 15 años (It is surely a bit más) of the boeing team 757-200 in Quito. This change bringá a reductionón in the offer of seats.

Not long ago speakábamos hereí about the operationóN American Airlines in Ecuador And it was commented on the changes that the airlineíNea requested in his operation permitón, asking to incorporate the Airbus A321 aircraft as an alternative for its flights to Quito and Guayaquil. In that post analyzé The possibility that this avión is the natural replacement of Boeing 757, that sooner or later beingá retired, but he doesn't thinké that finally to optíto use the boeing 737-800 to Quito, But now a lot soundsás lógic.

But ¿cuál is the Boeing problem 738? Neither, only that allows us to think about 2 possible scenarios that lead American to take this decisionón:

• Start looking for the replacement of the Boeing 757, where the airbus 321 couldíTo be very limited by loading issues, passengers and height performance (máximo 102 passengers, unless they are the high capacity ones of a single class 181-187 passengers limited in performance), but the boeing 737 performñBetter at those points.
• Low demand in the market to and from Florida, Thanks to the situationón econóbit of breadís as the migratory complexity to the United States in general.

let's analyze. The first point sounds quite lógic, since the 757 They go out and eachñThe increaseá The númere of these retired airplanes and their natural replacement are the Airbus A321, but mainly in the versióNEO, of which American Airlines has ordered 100 from them (aún its capacity and configuration are not knownón). Remember that American has several models of Boeing 757 y Airbus 321, Each configured for a certain type of destination as dom flightsésticos in the United States, Transcontinental or certain destinations in Latinamérica.

Currently, los Boeing 757 operating to Quito can transport up to 176 passengers set to 2 lessons.

Now, The second point is very VáLido and in my view is possibly what más weighs in this decisionón, más aún taking into account that AA has más de 20 B757 aún operational for tested destinations and looking for a replacementíto be so immediate. Polímigratory ethics every Día máS strong to USA and the generalized decrease in demand for the economic stateópa's friendís (Ecuador) They make me think that they force or advance the withdrawal in Quito of the Boeing 757 and put the Boeing as a temporary replacement 738-800, until the new Airbus A321neo start to arrive from the 2019.

Far un Boeing 767 or aircraft máS Big of American Airlines in Quito, Under the current context is DIFícil, but not impossible if the market reacted and recovered the dynamism of 3 años.

The Boeing 737-800 de American Airlines

Now that we know that the change of American está confirmed by its página web, although toún there is no official communication (I already askí), we must think about the comforts of these planes. AA has a large fleet and many of its aircraft are, Let's say, quite old compared to new. At this point American has 2 versions of their Boeing equipment 737-800

Boeing 737-800 Version 1

These Boeing are the CLásicos and máSaddes of the fleet, although they have almost the same distances between seats as the new versions, your entertainment is with general monitors, just like the boeing 757.

Boeing 737-800 Version 2

The Más new have little lower space between seats, but its entertainment is superior, by having IFE (In Flight Entertainment) individual in the support of each seat and in additionás, many have Wi-Fi service installed on board.

Boeing 737 MAX 8

This is the good news and the one I hope to be able to rejoice in January 2018 when the first flight with the new team lands in Quito. During this 2017, American Airlines receiveá His first Boeing 737 MAX 8 from 100 ordered, the MáS new directly from Fábrica, These planes will haveán ability to 172 passengers in 2 classes and thanks to your new technologyía, engines, alas (split scimitar winglets), Fuselage and más, couldán carry más load and fly más far that current versions.

Taking into account the new features, This versionón of B737 BeíTo the perfect replacement for Quito, where you only loseían 4 seating (capacity of the B757 is 176 pax), but if the MAX 8 was the replacement, The customer winía tecnología, security and WiFi on all aircraft, But seeíA merm, comfort and services, since the new B737 MAX 8 of American Airlines tendrán la menor separationón of all your fleet between seats of only 29″ and eliminateán IFE to reduce Avi pesosón and give priority to personal entertainment in charge of each passenger.

If they operate with Version 2 the reductionóto beíto of 104 daily seats, while with the versión MAX 8 to beía of alone 16, being míwhat.

We will wait for January and see Cuál of Boeing's versions 737 vendorsán a Quito and the Royal Redociónumber of passengers, since cargo is very similar to Boeing 757 And you caníTo say that up to a few meters CúBICOS UNDER, but taking Guayaquil as a reference, where version operates 2, it's más likely we see this same versionón in Quito.