Originally Posted by
n12hx
I thought they were at 3 (SFO, ORD, and EWR)....can't remember if SFO was twice daily or not. But, as someone else pointed out, EWR is unlikely to resume very quickly with Russian airspace restrictions making it a more challenging operation, and that may be the same story for ORD, so this may be the next best thing for now.
ORD was definitely dropped before covid. I remember thinking when they dropped it they were down to two daily flights, a huge change from the number of flights they had back in the 90s- at one point daily LAX, ORD, 3 X SFO, NRT, SIN, sometimes DEL or BKK.
Originally Posted by
HkCaGu
(LAX-HKG will be 789, i.e. not a lot of cargo capacity compared to the 77W.) Everyone remembers the Russian closure (hence no ORD/EWR) and forgot about the "dictator". The lack of US-PRC flights isn't going to be resolved soon--and will likely outlast the Russian closure. SFO-HKG has been carrying more Guangdong than HK traffic. US-Guangdong traffic continues to depend on HKG, and CX is already pumping max capacity (still lower than 2019). As to PVG and PEK traffic, going through Japan or Korea (or even HKG) has become so common. I bet UA is able to revive twice-daily LAX-TYO because of PVG/PEK transshipment (NH and other carriers), not Japanese tourists or US-to-Japan flyers. All these said, these flights may be temporary pending political changes.
Yes, I had the same thought. What is remarkable is UA has been dramatically impacted by the China air services agreement issue and the closure of Russian airspace decimating their India routes which had been 5X daily i believe. I have to give them credit for flexibility in route planning and plane deployment.
Originally Posted by
hirohito888
Possibly added lift for cargo. I wonder how much of this is due to the new US military bases in Philippines and driving some government traffic to there.
UA has been trying to get more service to the Philippines since well before covid.
United Highlights Manila Concerns As American And PAL Codeshare Delayed (simpleflying.com) It sounds like DOT finally got their counterparts to iron out an agreement.