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Aug 12, 2011 | 2:33 pm

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drewguy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by channa

I think these may be in jeopardy. Remember with the DCA perimeter rule, in the UA network, ORD was the only airport they could reach from DCA (the single DCA-DEN is a perimeter exception). This essentially necessitated that all DCA slots be used to ORD and ORD only (single DCA-DEN exception aside)

With the combined network, UA will be able to serve DCA-EWR/CLE/IAH/ORD before perimeter exceptions, possibly reducing demand for the DCA-ORD frequencies.

Won't it really depend on how UACO aligns its hubs? The flights to ORD are partly to serve connections. Unless UACO moves those connections to other airports, why would they reduce ORD flights in favor of EWR/IAH?

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