Originally Posted by
emcampbe
UA is able to pick up customers over DL on a given route
Well, many of the domestic routes I fly with UA don't have a nonstop DL or AA anymore, anyway. It definitely helps that - even with record profits - the market has become so stagnant that no real competitors have launched in a decade to grab a piece of that revenue pie. I agree that the lower load factors are (unfortunately) not coming back anytime soon.