Originally Posted by
Starman
I thought it was mentioned sometime back that changing the flight number gives UA the ability to avoid showing poor ontime performance on the flight listing on their website (although probably not in DOT reporting). New flight number permits one to say "no ontime history for this flight."
That logic might apply for domestic flight #'s, but UA never shows on-time performance for international flights. No matter how long the # has been constant, there is never any info posted on .bomb