Originally Posted by
TravellingMan
Do check your optimizer, it looks like you have lost the plot. This down gauging is going to leave you with fewer and fewer passengers that ultimately it might be cheaper for you to buy consolidator style seats on other carriers and send your passengers to them. Maybe that is what the Star Alliance is for you.
Strange comment as the Star Alliance hubs (where UA is pushing a lot of beyond traffic onto LH and NH metal in the JV) are largely the beneficiary of increased capacity with 747 upgauges while competitive OAL hubs which are essentially dead-ends w/r/t connecting traffic see the downgauges.