Originally Posted by antroboy

In the case of EZE, the 2 UA routes (LAX-ORD-EZE, LAX-IAD-EZE) are about 1400 miles longer than the nonstop (7500mi vs. 6100mi). Both flights depart from LAX around noon, arriving in EZE next morning, which means you basically lose a business day when flying. A straight flight departing around 6pm would allow for an almost full workday in LA before flying and still arriving in EZE the next morning (and there would be more choices for connecting flights originating in the West coast).

Regarding profitability, I flew LAX-EZE 4 times last year (UA and AA), and all flights were full in both directions, so the demand seems to be there. Any thoughts?