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What Route(s) do You Wish UA Flew? [Archive thread]
#1621
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#1623
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I have to imagine that UA is looking at ORD-TLV closely, but they went with SFO and IAD first because of demand / lack of competition, respectively. That said, if IAD-TLV does well, I wouldn't be shocked to see ORD-TLV either. It is a bunch of capacity to add in a relatively short period of time, though.
#1624
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EWR, IAH, or SFO - MNL
#1625
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#1627
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Ewr - cph
ewr - osl
ewr - dus
ewr - stn
ewr - bfs
ewr - brs
ewr - vie
ewr - str
ewr - osl
ewr - dus
ewr - stn
ewr - bfs
ewr - brs
ewr - vie
ewr - str
#1628
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If BKK is low-yield, MNL is mega-ultra-low-yield. PR is often cheaper TPAC than even the China carriers. I doubt UA wants a piece of that business.
#1629
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That's one of those totally counter-intuitive routes where ATL-CPT is actually 300 miles longer flight than EWR-CPT. ATL quite a bit farther west than EWR.
If BKK is low-yield, MNL is mega-ultra-low-yield. PR is often cheaper TPAC than even the China carriers. I doubt UA wants a piece of that business.
If BKK is low-yield, MNL is mega-ultra-low-yield. PR is often cheaper TPAC than even the China carriers. I doubt UA wants a piece of that business.
#1631
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One possibility (also remote) for UA to consider IAD-HKG is that CX does not have the feeder traffic from AA as it has in LAX and JFK.
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#1633
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OSL, CPH and BFS are (relatively) recently-cancelled routes right? Can't imagine those are coming back soon. I would like to see EWR-VIE, though. Connecting through VIE in Europe is easy, and OS for intra-Europe is a bit more pleasant than most (all?) of the other options.
#1634
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OSL, CPH and BFS are (relatively) recently-cancelled routes right? Can't imagine those are coming back soon. I would like to see EWR-VIE, though. Connecting through VIE in Europe is easy, and OS for intra-Europe is a bit more pleasant than most (all?) of the other options.
#1635
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Probably difficult for UA to compete with CX A350 service (great aircraft to fly btw). Just look at how CX dominates HKG-LAX and also the multiple flights from HKG to JFK.
One possibility (also remote) for UA to consider IAD-HKG is that CX does not have the feeder traffic from AA as it has in LAX and JFK.