Originally Posted by
star_world
Really? UA now flies to
more countries than it did before the merger. There is a joint venture in place with NH that is
specifically designed for offloading routes like this. That didn't exist before - it was illegal. Look at the mess that DL now has in Asia because it isn't part of a JV like this. Anecdotal comments like "the plane was
really full" is so far from the wealth of data that UA has on historical buying patterns by passenger, connecting city pairs, browsing flight options on the website, profitability of every flight, every day in the whole network that it's just laughable.
Yes we have heard all about how the JV was the answer to cancellation of NRT-BKK. Please note that UA's JV partner has just this week announced a capacity reduction on that route, cutting two daily flights to one. Per a post up-thread, UA is apparently now trying to put displaced pax on its non-JV partner, TG.
The assertion that the cancellation of NRT-BKK is all part of some carefully considered strategic plan to shift load to a JV partner is sheer fantasy.
Originally Posted by
randyqx
yes, they are 'offloading' most of the asian routes and asian-based folk will no longer be getting ua-metal credit. so where is the win for asian-based pax? why not switch to delta at year end?
Or better yet, switch to AA and fly CX to Asia. That's what I'm looking at.