What are you talking about?
They did have those flights from MIA. And they all lost money. Never made a dime, sorry. That's not smart business. What would you say United is now? I don't understand your post. Flying 3 cabin airplanes domestically is a money losing proposition on most routes for most airlines. UA only did it back then for utilization flying to prop up an unprofitable hub. They found better and more profitable uses for those planes (added Asia/Europe flying, Dulles- South America), which is what a real airline does. Real airlines dont just fly big planes for fun or show, which is what your are implying they should do.
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chinatraderjmr
When UA had its MIA hub for S American flights (best hub in the system), the had 3 class 777's & 767's flying MIA-SFO/LAX/ORD/IAD every day. At the same time (mid to late 90's) UA had 1 747 a day HNL-LAX. Of course, this was back when UA was a real airline competing w other real airlines as opposed to today where the competition is greyhound
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