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Old Jul 28, 2006, 7:58 am
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SFOtoORD
 
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Originally Posted by cakobau
UA has really just given up on New York. And given up an LHR landing slot, I presume.

The IAD-NRT flight seems almost like a vengeance route -- to counter ANA's recent re-entry into ORD-NRT.

UA needs more widebody planes. If there were a few more planes on lease, I bet the JFK flights would have remained. I can understand redeploying equipment for higher-margin business, but NYC/NRT/LHR isn't exactly crap traffic.
DL is flying to Gatwick: http://news.delta.com/article_displa...ticle_id=10303

Not sure whats happening with UA's slot.
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