New Transpac Flight from SFO!
Aug 28, 2013, 10:41 pm
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Perhaps the oft-rumored SFO-CTU? I think the consensus was a 4-5x weekly 787 flight, originally 'supposed' to be announced in June concurrent with the Fortune Global Forum 2013 held in Chengdu, but that came and went.
Aug 28, 2013, 11:04 pm
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Wiser choice for whom? Likely not UA. Good luck selling premium seats in direct competition with SQ and NZ. Assume this reflects UA making money on its existing SFO-China routes and, after all, that's what running a business is all about.
Aug 28, 2013, 11:20 pm
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I hope its in to SZX... I would love a direct US to Shenzhen route... Lots of people take the SFO, ORD, EWR to HKG flights just to go to Shenzhen. Also with Shenzhen Airlines they have a Star Alliance Partner Hub there.
That would free up another 772 or 744 to make the flight from ORD or SFO to another destination like AKL, SIN, or BKK.
That would free up another 772 or 744 to make the flight from ORD or SFO to another destination like AKL, SIN, or BKK.
Aug 28, 2013, 11:24 pm
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Is that more than 8,500nm? It would be on weight restrictions. I think A350-900XWB will barely make it. I'm sure about that one.
Aug 28, 2013, 11:25 pm
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Come to think of it, those special ads in the Hemisphere magazine promoting Chengdu since at least the beginning of this year sort of work out as a nice foreshadow. Chengdu really is a special place. It's my 2nd favorite city on the mainland. If it were by the sea, it'd be my favorite by far.
Aug 28, 2013, 11:30 pm
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SIN gets 2 777 daily. That is a lot of capacity already.
CTU is what Shenzen or Guangzhou was a few years ago - the bay area's outsource center. And a rapidly growing biz center in its own right.
Aug 29, 2013, 7:55 am
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now how about direct IAD-SIN 
Aug 29, 2013, 8:09 am
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Now that the speculated route has been announced, I will close this thread and invite members to use the following thread for discussion:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...o-service.html
Thanks,
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United MileagePlus Forum
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...o-service.html
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United MileagePlus Forum