Originally Posted by
RobS
CLE-BOS traffic is booming. Third quarter, 2014 - 305 per day, 2016 - 749 per day
Wonder why the late flight goes away after July 30. Why cede load to JetBlue and others?
CLE-BOS used to have at least one mainline flight per day on CO as well as ERJs. I wonder with the demand if they could stand to offer a mainline flight. Probably the number crunchers have determined with data that it wouldn't work, but if people are faced with an ERJ on United or JetBlue's service, JetBlue does look more attractive, whereas mainline UA would compare favorably.
A year ago now, as the RNC ended, UA had wacky one-off mainline flights like two packed big 737s CLE-PHL to take press etc. to the DNC. It was a taste of the good old days of being a hub.
WN offering CLE-MKE may be the end of UA keeping that route. I was surprised that of all routes, CLE-MKE would be kept through the dehubbing, but it has stayed and lasted. Heck, if you can connect at CLE flying out of MKE to one of the remaining CLE destinations like BOS, why not do so? Beats the stuffing out of connecting at ORD.