Originally Posted by
jasondc
So what? Why is this an issue? Yes a wide body is a nice ride for sure, but that's not an issue. DL has domestic wide bodies, UA prefers to put their wide bodies internationally.
It's an issue for UA because I reject UA aircraft -- especially the miserable slimline A320s -- in favor of competitors, given the option. Especially when I can score a widebody. You act like consumers have no choice and no awareness of the last-place nature of UA's product offerings, which come to think of it is how UA management acts too.
Originally Posted by
channa
During peak season, DL has more domestic flights on widebodies out of SFO than UA does. And DL has no TPACs out of here.
Rationalize UA's shrinkage, pullbacks, small planes, slimmer frequencies all you want, but it adds up to a failure to achieve critical mass outside a couple fortress hubs.
Originally Posted by
JimInOhio
UA seems to really only want to fly TATL, TPAC, and S. America PAX who pay a good amount for a ticket. They need feed into EWR, IAH, SFO and to a lesser extent ORD to do this. Everything else to them is "meh" unless they can get very high revenues and profit.
Likewise, CO saw the whole domestic network as a necessary evil -- a break-even nuisance that existed mainly to feed profitable international ops.