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Feb 8, 2012 | 3:55 pm

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Originally Posted by mooper

Is there an error in this reporting, or did I misunderstand what was expected all along? I thought there would be a nonstop flight delivered. This says that it stops in ORD.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...Jersey-Flight/

Delta has, for a long time, offered BZN>MSP>EWR>MSP>BZN with 30-80 minute stops in MSP... not sure how this UA offering would be *that* much more appealing. Not having to switch planes is a minor improvement. A nonstop flight would be a major one. I hope Delta eventually adds a nonstop from JFK to compete with this.

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Originally Posted by cmn.jcs

Wow. Good catch. I found an announcement on the BZN airport site. Here's what their news release says:

Here's what the article mooper linked to said:

Everything matches except for the article saying there's a stop in ORD, whereas the airport is saying it's nonstop. The times seem more realistic for a nonstop (approx 4.5 hours EWR-BZN, and 4 hours coming back). Also, I just checked UA's website and the flight appears to be a nonstop.

I wonder if the writers of the article were looking at schedules prior to UA updating them? You could always do a one-stop EWR-BZN itinerary via ORD. Everything I have read has this billed as a non-stop so I don't think the stop in ORD is accurate.

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