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Old Oct 10, 2015, 5:22 pm
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At the first sign of trouble in Syntagma Square, United will pull out of ATH.

RNE and TSMRSRNE in said square during a protest.
See how frightened we are?
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Old Oct 10, 2015, 11:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Mirko
Updated S16 schedule to Europe (July)


Chicago (10)

Amsterdam UA 909 – 763
Brussels UA 972 – 772
Dublin UA 152 – 752
Edinburgh UA 118 - 752
Frankfurt UA 907 – 772, UA 944 – 772
London UA 928 – 763, UA 938 – 763, UA 958 – 763
Munich UA 952 – 772
Paris UA 987 – 772
Rome UA 970 – 772
Shannon UA 66 – 752


Houston (4)

Amsterdam UA 58 – 772
Frankfurt UA 46 – 772
London UA 4 – 788, UA 921 – 763, UA 985 – 788
Munich UA 104 - 763


Los Angeles (1)

London UA 934 - 789


Newark (27)

Amsterdam UA 70 – 763
Athens UA 124 – 763
Barcelona 120 – 764
Belfast UA 77 – 752
Berlin UA 962 – 764
Birmingham UA 27 – 752
Brussels UA 60 – 772
Dublin UA 23 – 752, UA 130 – 752
Edinburgh UA 36 – 752, UA 108 – 752
Frankfurt UA 50 – 772
Geneva UA 148 – 763
Glasgow UA 161 – 752
Hamburg UA 864 - 763
Lisbon UA 63 – 763
London UA 922 – 764, UA 110 – 763, UA 29 – 763, UA 942 – 764, UA 940 – 763
Madrid UA 964 – 763
Manchester UA 81 – 752
Milan UA 19 - 772
Munich UA 106 – 763
Newcastle UA 74 – 752
Oslo UA 38 - 752
Paris UA 904 – 772, UA 54 – 764
Rome UA 40 - 772
Shannon UA 25 – 752
Stockholm UA 68 - 752
Venice UA 170 - 764
Zurich UA 134 - 764


San Francisco (3)

Frankfurt UA 903 – 744, UA 926 - 772
London UA 901 – 744, UA 930 - 772
Paris UA 990 - 772



Washington (14)

Amsterdam UA 946 – 763
Barcelona UA 140 – 764
Brussels UA 950 - 772
Dublin UA 126 – 752
Frankfurt UA 989 – 772, UA 932 – 772
Geneva UA 974 - 763
Lisbon UA 168 – 752
London UA 122 – 752, UA 918 – 772, UA 924 – 772
Madrid UA 163 - 752
Manchester UA 100 – 752
Munich UA 132 - 772
Paris UA 915 – 772
Rome UA 42 – 772
Zurich UA 52 - 764
Interesting post, Mirko! ^
Glad to see IAD got a boost as well.
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Old Oct 11, 2015, 12:56 am
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I've been watching SFO-CDG; the upgauge to 772 opened up a lot of O/I/R in the summer. ^
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Old Oct 11, 2015, 1:18 am
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IAD - LIS!!! YES, yes, yes. Fantastic to have another option to connect through for those of us who travel regularly to Portugal in the Summer. ^^^^^ United.
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Old Oct 11, 2015, 5:40 am
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Originally Posted by dfreeman02
I've been watching SFO-CDG; the upgauge to 772 opened up a lot of O/I/R in the summer. ^
In return they axed the 2nd seasonal IAD-CDG just introduced this summer in favour of u/g of a/c (from 763 + 752 ---> 772), they u/g ORD-CDG from 763 to 772 as well
On the other hand not sure if they operated 2xd in S15 from EWR to CDG.
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Old Oct 11, 2015, 7:00 am
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Originally Posted by LASUA1K
You are underestimating Greece in the summer. They may even have some star aliance connections in ATH. Air Canada is doing well with YYZ-ATH, UA will do just fine with EWR-ATH.
we flew EWR-ATH in the early fall of 2011, one of the last flights of the season the last year that they flew the route....we went back this year flying EWR-GVA-ATH and returned on AC though YUL...there is a significant demand for Y tourism to Greece in the summer, and there's also a lot of pretty well heeled flyers that would spring for J. Also, plenty of Star Alliance connections in ATH with Aegean, Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, Brussels.
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Old Oct 12, 2015, 1:26 pm
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Do you think it'll be possible to find on the ATH-EWR route? We have 2 tickets PHL-ATH on AA for next August but have yet to find return flights. Glad this gives us another option.

Not familiar with United European routes, is this going to be pretty impossible to find? Chances any better than on AA?
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Old Oct 12, 2015, 2:33 pm
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I was on a cruise that went through thee Greek Isles during the height of the financial crisis. The Islands were packed. Articles stated there was actually an increase in tourists. Prices were great. merchants happy to offer great deals.

And there were lots of Europeans but plenty of Americans
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Old Oct 12, 2015, 3:23 pm
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The 744 ORD-FRA (UA 906/907) seems to be permanently gone, while it was still on for a couple of months this summer.
Meanwhile, both SFO-FRA flights keep the 744. The second flight 926/927 will keep the 744, contrary to what was listed upthread.
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Old Oct 12, 2015, 8:04 pm
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Originally Posted by LASUA1K
As a Greek, I'm very happy!! But couldn't UA throw in ORD-ATH. Either way, thank you UA. Even though I love connecting in Europe, I'll prob do EWR-ATH if the price is right.
Yes, ORD should have really been the city, for a number of reasons.

Too many cheap tickets in the NYC market, especially with the many connection options there. Many people from there will go to a connection flight over a nonstop just to save a mere $120. The opposite is true from many airports in the Midwest and West who will pay MORE for one less stop.

And let's not forget the large Greek population in Chicago.
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Old Oct 12, 2015, 8:13 pm
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Originally Posted by TA
What information do they know about Athens that they expect to fill a 767 profitably when Greece is in the economic toilet?
Well, the bad economy has actually helped fill the flights, due to the fact that the hotels are now a lot cheaper.
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Old Oct 12, 2015, 8:17 pm
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Originally Posted by RNE
United shies away from some destinations because of ignorance and fear, not economics. Prime examples: ATH, BKK, CAI, IST
It's more about ignorance, than anything else.
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Old Oct 13, 2015, 2:33 am
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Originally Posted by LASUA1K
You are underestimating Greece in the summer. They may even have some star aliance connections in ATH. Air Canada is doing well with YYZ-ATH, UA will do just fine with EWR-ATH.
Air Canada flys a ROUGE plane to ATH, its been rated worse than Ryan Air and trust me its horrific. So for the really desperate its an option, for others its a life changing experience.
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Old Oct 13, 2015, 6:01 am
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Originally Posted by cesco.g
The 744 ORD-FRA (UA 906/907) seems to be permanently gone, while it was still on for a couple of months this summer.
Meanwhile, both SFO-FRA flights keep the 744. The second flight 926/927 will keep the 744, contrary to what was listed upthread.
It hasn't been announced yet, but with more -400 retirements slated for the remainder of this year and 2016, the ORD domicile will close and 747 ops will again be SFO-centric.

EDIT: By the end of next summer, UA will be at 19 747-400s in service (1 down for 2015, 1 to go, 2 leaving the fleet in 2016, and 4 retirements to come in 2017), with 18 in the scheduled pax operation, 1 (N105UA) for charter. This, coupled with ongoing reliability issues necessitating 'hot spares', requires that the 747 operation at ORD be pulled down and refocused at SFO.
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Old Oct 13, 2015, 7:30 am
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Originally Posted by flybit
Air Canada flys a ROUGE plane to ATH, its been rated worse than Ryan Air and trust me its horrific. So for the really desperate its an option, for others its a life changing experience.
I have flown Air Canada 2 summers in a row to ATH, both times, my family and I were "upgraded" to recliners..
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