FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - PHL-LAX: another discontinued route?
Thread: PHL-LAX: another discontinued route?
View Single Post
Old Sep 5, 2011 | 11:04 am
  #40  
LAX
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
All eyes on you!
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA; Philadelphia, PA
Programs: FA
Posts: 6,480
Originally Posted by spin88
any indication if the flight is not full? I fly SFO-PHL (and UA has three daily flights) and its always full, and an upgrade is nearly impossible. They sell out the F seats, especially on the 319.

I find it hard to believe that they are not making money on the LAX-PHL flights. Given that LAX is a hub for the combined airline, I agree that a seasonal service is not going to do it. One thinks of an airline for a route, and you can't simply add/substract on what is a business route.

I guess I can see UA/CO's thought process "they will go to EWR" but they will not, EWR is a mess...
The few times I have been on the evening out of PHL recently, they were not full in the back (not empty, though). The few times that I took the redeye out of LAX, they were packed in the back.

I agree that people would rather take US's nonstop or connect before heading to EWR for a nonstop to LAX.

LAX
LAX is offline  
Reply