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Old Feb 10, 2014, 9:34 am
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UA Beginning 4 Domestic Routes from ORD - BGR/COD/ERI/FNT
Flight schedules below from AirlineRoute

eff 05JUN14 Chicago – Bangor 1 daily (2 daily in July/August 2014)
UA3625 ORD1310 – 1643BGR CR7 D
UA3620 ORD1900 – 2233BGR CR7 D

UA3669 BGR0645 – 0827ORD CR7 D
UA3625 BGR1718 – 1900ORD CR7 D

UA3620 operates from 02JUL14 to 17AUG14
UA3669 operates from 03JUL14 to 18AUG14

eff 22JUN14 Chicago – Cody 1 weekly (until 19AUG14)
UA6218 ORD1800 – 1957COD CR7 6
UA6237 COD0800 – 1142ORD CR7 7

Following new service replaces existing operations to/from Cleveland:
eff 05JUN14 Chicago – Erie 2 daily
UA3274 ORD1310 – 1538ERI ERJ D
UA4713 ORD1930 – 2158ERI ERJ D

UA6133 ERI0645 – 0717ORD ERJ D
UA3274 ERI1608 – 1640ORD ERJ D

eff 05JUN14 Chicago – Flint, MI 3 daily
UA4174 ORD0815 – 1015FNT ERJ D
UA4165 ORD1320 – 1520FNT ERJ D
UA4407 ORD1950 – 2150FNT ERJ D

UA4149 FNT0615 – 0630ORD ERJ D
UA4174 FNT1045 – 1100ORD ERJ D
UA4165 FNT1550 – 1605ORD ERJ D
Pleased with the BGR addition- they are currently served by US, which will obviously not be available to UA pax after March.

ERI & FNT are repleacements for soon to be shuttered service from CLE. Looks like COD already has UAX service from DEN.
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 10:28 am
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Haven't seen BGR/COD reported, but ERI/FNT was posted last week:

New service from ORD-FNT and ORD-ERI begins June 5
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 10:38 am
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are these once weekly flights anything more than a dog and pony show? UA is trying to pull the same thing right now (i recently learned from FT) on IAH-RNO on Saturdays. i can't imagine 70 seats each direction per week is really doing that much for the bottom line. why even bother?
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 10:42 am
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Originally Posted by PV_Premier
are these once weekly flights anything more than a dog and pony show? UA is trying to pull the same thing right now (i recently learned from FT) on IAH-RNO on Saturdays. i can't imagine 70 seats each direction per week is really doing that much for the bottom line. why even bother?
Only Cody is once-weekly. The rest are daily at minimum.
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 10:55 am
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Originally Posted by PV_Premier
are these once weekly flights anything more than a dog and pony show? UA is trying to pull the same thing right now (i recently learned from FT) on IAH-RNO on Saturdays. i can't imagine 70 seats each direction per week is really doing that much for the bottom line. why even bother?
BGR is 1x/day, going to 2x/day in summer. It's not about O&D traffic, it's about the BGR market to the West Coast and TPAC, all of which become 1-change journeys with no long drive. A significant economic boon for Northern Maine.
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 10:56 am
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Originally Posted by aacharya
Only Cody is once-weekly. The rest are daily at minimum.
Originally Posted by Often1
BGR is 1x/day, going to 2x/day in summer. It's not about O&D traffic, it's about the BGR market to the West Coast and TPAC, all of which become 1-change journeys with no long drive. A significant economic boon for Northern Maine.
Cody was the flight i was referring to in my rant, along with IAH-RNO. I just can't see how those 70 seats a week justify their own existence and as you both know I'm far from a route cutting apologist.
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 11:16 am
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Originally Posted by PV_Premier
Cody was the flight i was referring to in my rant, along with IAH-RNO. I just can't see how those 70 seats a week justify their own existence and as you both know I'm far from a route cutting apologist.
A lot of vacation/VFR markets get once weekly service or service increases.
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 11:51 am
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BGR will be cool. Always exciting to extend into the far corners of the map!
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 11:58 am
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Originally Posted by PV_Premier
Cody was the flight i was referring to in my rant, along with IAH-RNO. I just can't see how those 70 seats a week justify their own existence and as you both know I'm far from a route cutting apologist.
A fair point.
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 12:08 pm
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I wish these press releases would be a bout more upfront that it is express and not UA proper with the service!

I remember when UA flew to BGR in the 80's/90's. I went to college in Maine, and I would drive to BGR to catch the UA flight to ORD via PWM on the 727. The flight to PWM was 90 miles or so, about 25 minutes is the air!
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 12:48 pm
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Originally Posted by Often1
BGR is 1x/day, going to 2x/day in summer. It's not about O&D traffic, it's about the BGR market to the West Coast and TPAC, all of which become 1-change journeys with no long drive. A significant economic boon for Northern Maine.
Who knows? Maybe they can work it in with their frequent OSL/ARN/MAN/GLA/etc-BGR 757 service!
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 2:22 pm
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SO happy to see BGR service!
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 3:51 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPGabe
SO happy to see BGR service!
Agree!...It will allow easier access to our family's summer home. I remember the "old" days when UA served BGR with 727s and 737s out of ORD...several times a day!
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 4:41 pm
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I am absolutely thrilled. The June flights are clearly targeted to tourists. Hopefully the early flights in July and August perform well - they shave off about 2 hours for me compared with connecting in DTW on DL to MKE. And it isn't on a CRJ or ERJ to boot!

Originally Posted by MSPGabe
SO happy to see BGR service!
That makes two of us. I like United, but not enough to drive 2 hours to PWM.
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Old Feb 10, 2014, 4:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Often1
BGR is 1x/day, going to 2x/day in summer. It's not about O&D traffic, it's about the BGR market to the West Coast and TPAC, all of which become 1-change journeys with no long drive. A significant economic boon for Northern Maine.
I would argue that it's more about the "from-everywhere-to-Acadia-National-Park" market. It's a great addition nonetheless.

Similarly, I think ORD-COD is about the "east-coast-to-Yellowstone" market.
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