Originally Posted by
wingnuthead
And forget about international flights! Now that Norwegian has retreated to JFK and abandoned Newburgh (about 50 miles north), EWR international prices have absolutely skyrocketed. A recent search from NYC to LON (all London) showed Norwegian JFK at $500 RT and UA EWR at $1800 for coach. I've used both carriers often, and candidly, the product is much the same (the Norwegian planes are actually nicer and usually cleaner)
I realize comparing an old flabby network carrier like UA to a threadbare discounter like Norwegian is somewhat apples to cinder blocks, but the fare differences have become startling at EWR in the past, and have only become more striking since Southwest retreated this past summer.
Mostly curious about what others feel or have observed on this issue. If there's a better forum here for this, feel free to move.
Norwegian flies in and out of Gatwick; while UA utilizes Heathrow. Heathrow has REALLY high costs, which carrier passes onto pax.
Norwegian is a LCC and operates on a different business model vs. UA. Nonstop flights between NYC and London, UA's fares are comparable to other legacies (BA, VS, DL, AA) - they also fly to/from Heathrow.
Originally Posted by
wingnuthead
True to some extent, but AA has a semi fortress hub at both LGA and is the largest airline at JFK. and there is high price variability at both of those for the same flights. Not so at EWR.
Not correct. Delta has almost three times market share vs. AA as of the latest data for JFK. Delta also eats AA's lunch at LGA by a wide margin.