Originally Posted by
Passmethesickbag
But really, what’s the point of having two flights scheduled 50 minutes apart and then nothing for over three hours – seems especially pointless given the second one is an itty bitty 757? I’m pretty sure they weren’t scheduled that close together when there were four widebodies a day doing the route. BA has three PM departures as well, but evenly distributed in two-hour intervals (635/830/1030), which surely makes more sense? Presumably, the middle one of these must cost UA a significant amount of business from customers with flexible premium tickets who don't want to hang around drinking Bud Light in the UA Club for an extra hour and a half.
The 752 provides about two thirds the capacity of a 772 and over 90% of the capacity of a 763 - hardly "itty bitty."
Is the plane available to sit around for an extra hour or two to make a more even schedule? Or does it have other flights to get on to the next day?
Originally Posted by
Passmethesickbag
But then why not just run one 747 to deal with the connecting traffic between 6 and 7?
UA 747 reliability and basing.