American Airlines cancels over 900 flights

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Originally Posted by petep9000

I've heard about that airplane graveyard. It's open to the public? I would have thought all those planes would be a hazard, people would try to climb on them or else homeless people would try to break in and live in them. I'd would love to see it, because I love jumbo jets- they amaze me no end.

How about this. Again, I'm completely naive about this issue and the airline biz here in the US...but what would keep a Chinese or Indian carrier from setting up shop here and offering domestic routes in some clever way? Could we then just 'outsource' our airlines? Or, does the FAA have a lock on that somehow?

The grave yard is NOT open to the public. It is secured. Since the area is desert with few trees or structures, the planes are visible off US highway 395 about 100 miles north of LA.

Most countries including the USA prohibit foreign carriers from flying domestic routes. If Qantas, for example, landed in Los Angeles from Sydney and was proceeding on to New York, they couldn't pick up New York bound passengers unless they were going on with Qantas to say, London. (Just an example I don't know if Qantas actually has this route)