United MileagePlus (Consolidated) - Why is FRA an UA Hub?

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chff

Jun 20, 12, 2:06 am

Why is FRA an UA Hub? what defines it as a hub? They only fly there from their US hubs, they don't have their own lounge there, so what makes it for a hub

lhrsfo

Jun 20, 12, 2:15 am

FRA is not a hub for United. From the United Continental Holdings website:

"United Airlines and United Express operate an average of 5,656 flights a day to 376 airports on six continents from our hubs in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Guam, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Francisco, Tokyo and Washington, D.C."

No mention of FRA.

chff

Jun 20, 12, 3:14 am

It's listed on united.com http://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/airport/maps/default.aspx

Airports and terminal maps

United hubs and key airports

Chicago, IL — O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
Cleveland, OH — Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)
Denver, CO — Denver International Airport (DEN)
Frankfurt, Germany — Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)
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joshwex90

Jun 20, 12, 3:19 am

It's a key airport, not a hub. It's a key airport because of the close relationship UA has with LH, FRA being LH's main hub. There's lots of connecting flights between UA/LH through FRA.

sinoflyer

Jun 20, 12, 6:45 am

United hubs and key airports

Think about this statement and ask yourself why it doesn't say that FRA is a UA hub.