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Old Feb 24, 2026 | 9:44 pm
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rudyjb
 
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Originally Posted by uanj
Let's hope they don't try again.

The first time UA applied and was awarded the route was right before the Global Financial Crisis UA 865 SFO-CAN to start June 2008.

The second time they openly discussed it was towards the end of 2019 UA plans second daily EWR-PVG and SFO-CAN. The pandemic took care of these plans and more.
With UA about to get a ton of 789s and them being reluctant to fly EWR/ORD/IAD-China due to Russian airspace restrictions, maybe SFO-CAN could be a good opportunity for UA to make up for some of the lost capacity to the PRC. Would a hypothetical SFO-CAN impact performance on the HKG flights?
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