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Sep 8, 2022 | 9:55 am

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Originally Posted by EWR764

I think people are missing the boat on this. The phrase "negotiating in the media" comes to mind.
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No doubt a lot of horse trading is going on behind the scenes here. It will be interesting to watch over the next few weeks.

One more note: it is true that UA traded its JFK slots to Delta in return for additional EWR slots in 2015. The next year, the FAA brought EWR down to a Level 2 airport, so those EWR slots United "traded for" from Delta went away. But, United still technically holds 12 slot pairs, leased to Delta. At some point that lease will be up for renewal, an option United may decline if it is able to, but for now those slots are basically untouchable for United operations.

Thanks for the detailed explanation/analysis. I was only surprised that a global carrier took decisions like that in 2015, but I guess it depends on who was (is there consensus that it was a bad call by Oscar Munoz?) at the helm then.

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