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Old Sep 5, 2011 | 8:52 am
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Originally Posted by rittenhousesq
I am always mystified by UA's strategy or lack of it at PHL. They had a golden opportunity a few years ago to reach out to disgruntled US elites, yet at the same time they continued to reduce their schedule out of PHL.

Hey UA! Sponsor a few events here in Philly; put up a few billboards advertising the benefits of flying in E+ to the west coast! They should also try scheduling a few 757s on the SFO to PHL route and see how the loads are.
Agreed.

I think that the merged UA/CO could make a push to increase service now that they'll have regular flights to IAH, CLE and EWR. These open up a lot more connection options and one-stop destinations for UA travelers out of PHL. A lot of destinations served by US out of PHL currently are very expensive due to little competition and should be ripe for competition.

Originally Posted by sapguy
Good news indeed.

Did you see anything for LAX-PHL-LAX? I couldn't find anything.
When the service resumes in April there's one N/S flight per day each way. Morning LAX-PHL and evening PHL-LAX.

Last edited by iluv2fly; Sep 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm Reason: merge
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