IAH aircraft downgrades and route changes with pending merger - post changes here
May 1, 2010, 2:20 pm
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IAH aircraft downgrades and route changes with pending merger - post changes here
I am already seeing changes into IAH - with pending UA/CO merger. Please post in this thread aircraft and route changes - coincidental or related to the merger.
1. IAH-FRA - downgraded from a 777 to a 764
1. IAH-FRA - downgraded from a 777 to a 764
May 1, 2010, 2:39 pm
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Before panic breaks out, that's probably not merger-related at all, but more a function of CO's efforts to get the 777 BF refits done this year.
May 1, 2010, 2:40 pm
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It seems premature to attribute any capicity upgrade/downgrade until cross-fleeting begins under a merged company.
May 1, 2010, 2:44 pm
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Actually it appears to simply be untrue. I see the 772 on the schedule for most of the summer, just like previously advertised.
May 1, 2010, 3:07 pm
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I think the 744s will go quick under Jeff.
May 1, 2010, 3:12 pm
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yet more completely unconfirmed, (and in this case untrue) baseless speculation. A mass cull of threads is badly needed ^
May 1, 2010, 3:21 pm
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Right, especially since a move from a 777 to a 764 would not be cross-fleeting since UA does not operate any 764's...
May 1, 2010, 4:01 pm
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OK. Here's one.
IAH-GRK, currently Saab 340, replaced by Airbus A-380, wet-leased by UAUA from Emirates.
OK; I just made that one up...
I think it's time for everyone to take a nice, long and relaxing deep breath.
IAH-GRK, currently Saab 340, replaced by Airbus A-380, wet-leased by UAUA from Emirates.
OK; I just made that one up...
I think it's time for everyone to take a nice, long and relaxing deep breath.
May 1, 2010, 4:24 pm
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I would have liked this thread to be an ongoing update list of aircraft and route changes once the merger is announced. And not a discussion thread. This would have allowed us to assess any trends.
May 1, 2010, 4:26 pm
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I think that's a wonderful idea, but don't you think it's just a tad premature...
May 1, 2010, 4:46 pm
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May 1, 2010, 5:36 pm
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Delta initially thought the same thing too when it acquired NWA, but I think the final analysis of the merged UA/CO will reach a similar conclusion as Delta - for the capabilities offered by the 747-400, the cost of acquiring and operating a 1-for-1 747 replacement in the near-term currently far outstrips the costs of making any necessary 747 cabin renovations to maintain competitiveness. The best currently available 747-400 replacement, the 777-300ER, is VERY expensive to acquire, and will not always beat the 747-400 on operating costs depending on loads and mission profiles.
And FWIW, Delta reached that conclusion in the context of a 747-400 fleet that is older, less capable, and smaller than United's.
May 1, 2010, 5:56 pm
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Frequency additions, reductions, aircraft swaps, and seasonal capacity adjustments are going to happen, merger or not. Outside of hub-hub routes and hub overflying, it would be extremely difficult to separate from the aforementioned normal course of airline business, especially out of the likely-to-be-safe IAH hub.