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Old Apr 28, 2008, 4:45 am
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Originally Posted by UA_Flyer
What does US has that is worth buying? US flies a bunch of domestic short haul flights that every US majors is trying cut. It has no transpac, no Latin America, and a small network of flights from PHL/CLT to secondary European cities.
Nonsense. London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Amsterdam secondary cities? Small network of flights? Compared to whom?

I am no fan of US Airways having deserted them for UA last year. But this statement is just wrong. The TATL routes along with stronger presence in NE and SE US are major upsides for UA in an acquisition.
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