1 NOV 2011 HNL-GUM / GUM-NRT goes DOMESTIC 777
Sep 14, 2011, 1:44 pm
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1 NOV 2011 HNL-GUM / GUM-NRT goes DOMESTIC 777
UA flight 201/200 HNL-GUM/GUM-HNL replacing CO1/2 Nov 1
Aircraft goes from CO767 with BF to a DOMESTIC 777 (ugh!)
and GUM-NRT goes to DOMESTIC 777 also with UA826/827 & UA873/874 (subject to gov't approval).
So, new torture option for HNL passengers to NRT or other Asian destinations routing HNL-GUM-NRT(->beyond)....
The HNL-GUM flight arrives in Guam at 7:05pm, so the connect to Narita is 12 hours later @ 7AM.
Returning NRT-GUM arrives GUM @1:25am, so only a 5 hour middle-of-the-night layover at GUM for the 6:35am GUM-HNL departure. Ugh!
Aircraft goes from CO767 with BF to a DOMESTIC 777 (ugh!)
and GUM-NRT goes to DOMESTIC 777 also with UA826/827 & UA873/874 (subject to gov't approval).
So, new torture option for HNL passengers to NRT or other Asian destinations routing HNL-GUM-NRT(->beyond)....
The HNL-GUM flight arrives in Guam at 7:05pm, so the connect to Narita is 12 hours later @ 7AM.
Returning NRT-GUM arrives GUM @1:25am, so only a 5 hour middle-of-the-night layover at GUM for the 6:35am GUM-HNL departure. Ugh!
Sep 14, 2011, 2:03 pm
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So, new torture option for HNL passengers to NRT or other Asian destinations routing HNL-GUM-NRT(->beyond)....
The HNL-GUM flight arrives in Guam at 7:05pm, so the connect to Narita is 12 hours later @ 7AM.
Returning NRT-GUM arrives GUM @1:25am, so only a 5 hour middle-of-the-night layover at GUM for the 6:35am GUM-HNL departure.
The HNL-GUM flight arrives in Guam at 7:05pm, so the connect to Narita is 12 hours later @ 7AM.
Returning NRT-GUM arrives GUM @1:25am, so only a 5 hour middle-of-the-night layover at GUM for the 6:35am GUM-HNL departure.
Sep 14, 2011, 2:07 pm
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So, new torture option for HNL passengers to NRT or other Asian destinations routing HNL-GUM-NRT(->beyond)....
The HNL-GUM flight arrives in Guam at 7:05pm, so the connect to Narita is 12 hours later @ 7AM.
Returning NRT-GUM arrives GUM @1:25am, so only a 5 hour middle-of-the-night layover at GUM for the 6:35am GUM-HNL departure. Ugh!
You people aren't happy when they put a smaller plane in place of a bigger plane, and you aren't happy when they put a bigger plane in place of the smaller plane.....
FYI, the CO 764s will now be doing the DEN/SFO - HNL flights previously served by United metal. I'm sure this crowd will have some sort of issue with that as well.......
Sep 14, 2011, 3:48 pm
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Is this different from what we heard at http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ges-co-ua.html?
Sep 14, 2011, 4:36 pm
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Why fly via GUM?
Sep 14, 2011, 10:50 pm
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Applying logic to airline operations? That's a new one...
It's FlyerTalk, where people live to complain.
The numbers tell the whole story.
The numbers tell the whole story.
HNL-NRT 3,819 miles
HNL-GUM-NRT 5,359 miles
HNL-GUM-NRT 5,359 miles
Sep 14, 2011, 11:09 pm
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Sep 15, 2011, 10:55 am
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+1. I've heard the same thing that HNL-GUM will be UDU eligible. Part of the change in aircraft is the apparent lack of Business class paying customers on the route but they need a larger aircraft b/c of demand for Y class customers. Plus PMUA already has E+ which is a nice benefit to the many elites out of GUM.
Sep 15, 2011, 11:34 am
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I don't think it is UDUable.
At .bomb, it actually says:
"In the continential U.S.,Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, Caribbean, Central America and Mexico"
Unlike PMCO, PMUA are really specific on UDU.
At .bomb, it actually says:
"In the continential U.S.,Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, Caribbean, Central America and Mexico"
Unlike PMCO, PMUA are really specific on UDU.