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Nov 15, 2016 | 10:00 am

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Originally Posted by char777

I was pleasantly surprised by this. I mean I'd be interested to see what metric they use to call DEN the most profitable, but I guess UA has figured out a way to make DEN work well for its network. UA at DEN seems to have stabilized from the mid-to-late 2000s era of ceding market share to F9 and WN.

I believe it's margin. DEN doesn't have the volume of ORD/IAH or yield of EWR/SFO, but it has much lower costs.

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If you read through the lines, the rumor/speculation of UA converting its A350 orders into new A320s (likely the A321 neo) seems to match up with this statement.

I'm far more convinced of the future of the A350 in United colors than I am of the prospect of the A321.

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