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Old Apr 21, 2017, 8:32 am
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smxflyer
 
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Originally Posted by minnyfly
Kirby makes strange statements. It was "wrong" to leave, but it's also "wrong" to return. Okaaaay. That means JFK was a marginal operation at best, and one then can't easily say it was "wrong". Also UA doesn't have the aircraft to operate PS at both JFK and EWR at a reasonable frequency. Have to take this with a grain of salt since his former airline doubled down on premium service from JFK and is a fraction of the size of UA's PS at EWR.
Likely because the barrier to re-entry is too high. They would need to buy slots again, re-allocate fleet, crew base, terminal space, etc. Don't be surprised if UA is back at JFK at some point.
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