Originally Posted by
dkc715
JFK doesn't fit in the UA future, where everyone will have to drive to Newark. Only a matter of time til they move PS to EWR and kill JFK entirely. When UA could get away charging $5,000 for r/t PS service to SFO/LAX, they could justify the route. Now that PS BF fares are down to $2,000 r/t, and it is a "me too" product, this route is vulnerable to a management team that measures loyalty by days. No way they can get the same traffic as others who have good connecting service to other cities in the Northeast. Think about the cost savings from shutting JFK and moving it to EWR. Massive. You know Rainey is all over this move.
My 2 cents prediction: UA at JFK is toast by the end of 2015. And I love this service. No way am I driving to EWR.
For those of us that remember the days when UA had
JFK-NRT, JFK-LHR, JFK-HKG, JFK-BOS, JFK-ORD, etc this is very sad news.
There was a time when UA occupied the entire central check in area in Terminal 7, now occupied by Iberia, Cathay, Qantas and a few others, as well as connector to Terminal 6 ( now demolished)
That said, the JFK-IAD flight served a good alternative to LGA for people that were flying out of Dulles to International destinations not served by EWR. There are a few, mostly in the middle east. Flying out JFK opened up the possibility of credible backup plans, via LH and LX if UA caved. All the UA departures to Europe leaves at roughly the same time, only LH and LX at JFK has really late flights, that leave at 10-11PM. There are no intl flights out of LGA to Europe.
The people at route planning i suppose didn't bother to consider that.