Originally Posted by
channa
Not quite. AS and others have been taking share away from UA for years.
LIH has about half the capacity it did 10 years ago (they used to have 2 x SFO and 2 x LAX daily, now it's just 1 of each).
KOA has seen material reductions (2 x LAX to 1 x LAX, with many flights downgraded in capacity).
OGG and HNL have some 737s in the mix, and OGG is mostly narrow body. These markets used to be nearly 100% widebody.
Meanwhile, OGG is booming from a tourism perspective, yet UA is smaller in OGG than it was just a few years ago.
Well let's go to the source from this 10 years ago you speak of my friend...
http://web.archive.org/web/200508260...+timetable+PDF
LIH...
Was 1x LAX, 1-2X SFO, just 757s
Today...
1-2x SFO, with 1 757 and a 738
1x LAX with a 757
That's 'about half'
OGG...
Was 3-4x SFO, 1 on widebody
2-3x LAX, 1 on widebody
Now 3-5x SFO on 753s and 738s
2-4x LAX on 752s
Not seeing major cuts here. More frequency the theme. Maybe Alaska picked up some growth, but it was Aloha that pioneered those 2nd tier airport routes from CA and Alaska capitalized on its demise.
UA is doing just fine with lift out of SFO and LAX to Hawaii despite all the competition that comes and goes to the islands.
Oh, and another fun fact from that timetable.
Not a single widebody from Dulles to SFO!!!