Originally Posted by
5khours
1. NH and UA compete on NRT<>ORD and NRT<>IAD already.
2. The flight is almost always full in the back.
3. Good route for Saver F.
4. UA probably doesn't want to cede traffic to DL on this route.
5. UA will probably lose a fair amount of ORD<>NRT traffic because of the JAL non-stop to Boston.
6. Don't yet know what kind of J seats NH is putting in the 787.
There's also NRT-JFK on NH vs. NRT-EWR on UA.