If you're choosing to fly UA into ATL (or MSP, DTW, or SLC), presumably you're doing so based on some benefit (price or FF program) which is perceived to outweigh DL's superior frequency, reliability, and service quality.
Originally Posted by
lhrsfo
Who ever suggested UA wants to be a world class airline? It wants to be a profitable one.
Yeah that was my reaction.
Originally Posted by
eefor jfp
it's interesting that Delta has eight mainline flights a day (at least on the day I checked) vs. three on UA (one mainline and two RJs on the day I checked). That's a huge difference in capacity.
UA typically avoid competing into DL hubs. Has pretty much always been true.