Originally Posted by LDVFlyer
Let them apply.
With one flight to Shanghai already, they will be flatly denied. They have the ability already to operate ORD-Shanghai. All they have to do is transfer the route from SFO to ORD.
That's what the DOT is probably going to tell them.
United would have been well advised to seek route authorities for another Chinese city or US gateway or hub.
by your logic, ua and nw never should have been awarded the additional slots in the last round of negotiations. moreover, it's been speculated that the ord-pek flight was a premeptive move designed to block aa.