What does this say about El Al's LAX flight?
Jan 21, 2020, 9:26 pm
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What does this say about El Al's LAX flight?
https://www.anna.aero/2020/01/20/united-airlines-top-20-international-connecting-markets-tel-aviv-lax-1/
United's top international route for connecting passengers is LAX-TLV with about 36000 such passengers each year. The question i have is why are those passengers not taking El Al's nonstop LAX-TLV flight? (Also the question El Al should be asking themselves).
United's top international route for connecting passengers is LAX-TLV with about 36000 such passengers each year. The question i have is why are those passengers not taking El Al's nonstop LAX-TLV flight? (Also the question El Al should be asking themselves).
Jan 22, 2020, 12:22 am
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So this has nothing to do with connecting from other starting points where of course United would have an advantage. So why do so many LAX passengers choose united instead of El Al. This is a question that El Al should be asking themselves.
Jan 22, 2020, 3:32 am
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ok,
35900 pax a year from LAX -to TLV two ways combine
lets divide this in 2 so that's 17,950
each day united have 49 pax originating from LAX going to TLV..
ELAL has up to 5 flights a week with 280 pax non stop from LAX , most of them full and most of the PAX from LA.
for me it seems ELAL is doing it right
35900 pax a year from LAX -to TLV two ways combine
lets divide this in 2 so that's 17,950
each day united have 49 pax originating from LAX going to TLV..
ELAL has up to 5 flights a week with 280 pax non stop from LAX , most of them full and most of the PAX from LA.
for me it seems ELAL is doing it right
Jan 22, 2020, 4:36 am
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ok,
35900 pax a year from LAX -to TLV two ways combine
lets divide this in 2 so that's 17,950
each day united have 49 pax originating from LAX going to TLV..
ELAL has up to 5 flights a week with 280 pax non stop from LAX , most of them full and most of the PAX from LA.
for me it seems ELAL is doing it right
35900 pax a year from LAX -to TLV two ways combine
lets divide this in 2 so that's 17,950
each day united have 49 pax originating from LAX going to TLV..
ELAL has up to 5 flights a week with 280 pax non stop from LAX , most of them full and most of the PAX from LA.
for me it seems ELAL is doing it right
Jan 22, 2020, 6:02 am
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Not sure what the issue is. What LY finds to be the best utilization for its aircraft and staff may not be the same for UA.
I doubt that UA would add a long-haul nonstop between non-hubs rwhen it has SFO just up the pike and massive corporate contracts originating there which neither LY nor any non-US carrier can ever touch.
I doubt that UA would add a long-haul nonstop between non-hubs rwhen it has SFO just up the pike and massive corporate contracts originating there which neither LY nor any non-US carrier can ever touch.
Jan 22, 2020, 7:26 am
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IT would be nice for UA to add LAX-TLV... Perhaps there is room for both; but I'm sure US-based business (and possibly leisure) travellers would prefer UA to LY...
Jan 22, 2020, 7:51 am
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Hopefully now with the addition of AS as a partner, they will provide more feeder (read SEA/LAX/SFO/ANC) to LY at LAX & SFO or sway AS elites to fly LY versus BA/other airlines. If only they could get decent redemption rates with AS then you may have a greater influx.
Jan 22, 2020, 10:21 am
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United's biggest connecting passenger route is LAX-TLV - meaning those passengers started in LAX to go TLV and specifically chose United even though that meant connecting somewhere as.opposed to taking El Al's nonstop LAX-TLV flight.
So this has nothing to do with connecting from other starting points where of course United would have an advantage. So why do so many LAX passengers choose united instead of El Al. This is a question that El Al should be asking themselves.
So this has nothing to do with connecting from other starting points where of course United would have an advantage. So why do so many LAX passengers choose united instead of El Al. This is a question that El Al should be asking themselves.
Now those w/o kids there and who dont fly much at all go with LY
Myself I switched to SU for when I go I get Prem Econ for 1/2 the price of reg Y on most anyone else that I would fly on, cant stand UAs E+ or E- seats and LX is going to 321s so ZRH is out going forward or the 330s arriving 3:30am after staying in ZRH a full day, no thank you
