EWR - EZE ending.
Jul 13, 2013, 8:04 pm
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Sad to see this route go. Just as sad to see EWR-IST go as well. I flew both within the past 12 months and considered both fantastic tourist destinations. Two of my favourite cities to visit...
Jul 13, 2013, 11:39 pm
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In this case, I wonder if the problem is that EWR is in New Jersey? Where is the Argentine community in the New York metropolitan area?
On the business side, what are the industries that would support business travel to EZE? I know financial services did a lot of travel to there. What else?
On the business side, what are the industries that would support business travel to EZE? I know financial services did a lot of travel to there. What else?
Jul 13, 2013, 11:47 pm
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In this case, I wonder if the problem is that EWR is in New Jersey? Where is the Argentine community in the New York metropolitan area?
On the business side, what are the industries that would support business travel to EZE? I know financial services did a lot of travel to there. What else?
On the business side, what are the industries that would support business travel to EZE? I know financial services did a lot of travel to there. What else?
Jul 14, 2013, 12:02 am
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From Houston, oil and gas operators and the associated service suppliers. From NYC area? Not many finance people want to do anything w/ Argentina. Diplomatic etc travel can jus connect in Atlanta or Miami, rather than backtrack to EWR. The route made more sense out of IAD, but I guess that didn't work either.
Jul 14, 2013, 12:04 am
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Jul 14, 2013, 1:25 am
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It was beyond radar. UA flew it in the 90's. Closed it up. I think they even had an aircraft named "Spirit of Santiago" or something like that at one time, although I can't find any reference to it on the net.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...chile-one-stop
It was discontinued Jan 7, 2003, so it was a station for a little over a decade (late 1992, till early 2003.)
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Jul 14, 2013, 4:27 am
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It was beyond radar. UA flew it in the 90's. Closed it up. I think they even had an aircraft named "Spirit of Santiago" or something like that at one time, although I can't find any reference to it on the net.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...chile-one-stop
It was discontinued Jan 7, 2003, so it was a station for a little over a decade (late 1992, till early 2003.)
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...chile-one-stop
It was discontinued Jan 7, 2003, so it was a station for a little over a decade (late 1992, till early 2003.)
Jul 14, 2013, 6:47 am
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Jul 14, 2013, 6:50 am
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Used to be. Once upon a time, there was even a F/A base there, believe it or not. That was in the mid-late 1990s until . . . I forget when they closed it. It was mostly SCL-MIA but they briefly tried (or announced - not even sure it ever actually got off the ground) SCL-LIM (-MIA?).
Jul 14, 2013, 7:51 am
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It doesn't help that the EWR-EZE flight had a reputation for unreliability. My last company's corporate TA (Amex) had us booking away because of it, and they can't be the only one.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...other-day.html
You can't fly a business route like this.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...other-day.html
You can't fly a business route like this.
Jul 14, 2013, 8:06 am
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That said, UA itself certainly seems to have little interest in SA. I fly from Colombia. They had 752's on the BOG-IAH and BOG-EWR flights for a short time, but now have gone back to 737's and 738's. Prices are 2X the competition. I am booking my late July/early August travel right now, and every option gives me much better pricing on AA.