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Old Jun 1, 2015 | 5:16 pm
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Originally Posted by Boo_Radley
Pardon me for being totally dense, but why does UA run 3x 763 to ORD-LHR, given the capacity controls in place there? Seems smarter to run 2 of something bigger.
Slots at LHR are like gold, If UA switched to 2 and stopped using a slot that could lose it. And does 2 of anything UA has that is bigger have equal amount of seats as 3 of the 763? If they are filling the 3 why lower capacity and take the chance of losing a slot.
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