Not saying with the expansion that a larger plane will not be able to land with the passengers. Saying where are that number of passengers coming from to fill the plane. If the plane it not full then they are not going to run the route. So it seems it would have to be a hub location to pull the passengers for the connection -- for AA MIA would make sense and they could get away with a smaller plane that might actually have a profitable load.

You can have the best runway in the world, but if you do not have the passenger to make a profitable run, then the airline is not going there just because it is a nice runway. And no matter what EIS is going to have STT as a major competitor -- so pricing will also be a factor when it comes to people buying the tickets.

We have notes here on a regular basis asking if there are others wanting to share the cost of a 10 seat plane. So imagine a 180 seat plane .. has to be a market to fill that plane. So maybe only once or twice a week and from a hub that AA can get the people from other flights to make the connection. AA appeared to be talking about direct flights from the US, so that leaves out SJU.

Don't know all of the AA hubs, thinking your main choice would be: MIA, DFW, Charlotte (because of the USAir merger) and the New York area airports. Atlanta is there but not really a major hub for AA, so for ticket pricing purposes don't think Atlanta would be in the mix.