TWA Guy

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/united...164700354.html

United Airlines Announces New Nonstop Flights to Atlantic City, N.J., from Chicago and Houston

NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today announced the airline will inaugurate service at Atlantic City International Airport, offering customers daily nonstop flights to United's hubs at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

CO777

"United Airlines today announced the airline will inaugurate service at Atlantic City International Airport, offering customers daily nonstop flights to United's hubs at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and United Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smisek announced the service, which begins April 1, 2014, at a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport, where United operates the region's largest airline hub.

From Chicago, United's flight to Atlantic City will depart at 8:10 a.m. daily, arriving at 11:17 a.m. The return flight will depart Atlantic City at 11:52 a.m. and arrive in Chicago at 1:10 p.m.

From Houston, United's flight to Atlantic City will depart at 7 p.m. daily, arriving at 11:20 p.m. The return flight will depart Atlantic City at 6 a.m. and arrive in Houston at 8:49 a.m.

United Express carrier ExpressJet will operate the Atlantic City flights with 50-seat Embraer ERJ-145 aircraft."


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PV_Premier

ERJ145, surprise surprise. that'll be a real pleasure to IAH.

DWFI

Everyone thought it was impossible...but they have managed to create a ERJ route even longer than EWR OKC.

No thanks.

EWR764

Love the new ACY service... but no thanks to an ERJ to IAH!

ORD-ACY seems much more realistic. There must be one hell of a subsidy coming UA's way to get the economics right of a 50-seater on a 1350-mile segment. One would think a flight to IAD makes a lot more sense.

Maxwell Smart

1345 Miles. Ouch.

cerealmarketer

Is that at all constructive?

Your other choice is...

Spirit.

This is what a regional jet should be used for - service to places that wouldn't otherwise get any.

Wonder what the tax incentives were on this one.

sinoflyer

Sounds like a subsidy play, but what a joke. DL is adding routes with CR9s, while UA continues expanding its network of E145 routes. Start taking bets on how long these routes will last.

mduell

From Houston, United's flight to Atlantic City will depart at 7 p.m. daily, arriving at 11:20 p.m. The return flight will depart Atlantic City at 6 a.m. and arrive in Houston at 8:49 a.m.

I guess it's for biz travel from ACY to IAH, useless in the other direction.

Maxwell Smart

I'm wondering how much actual time/cost savings a traveler would realize flying directly to ACY versus flying to PHL and taking ground transportation for 60 miles. You'd have 3 flight time options, and mainline aircraft instead of the ERJ-145.

Yeah, big tax incentives sound probable.

haddon90

very interesting routes. i did PHL-ACY back in 2003. i'm not sure what kind of $ they are hoping to generate.

dcsnowwake

why not IAD also?
this is stupid, 4 hours on ERJ145, good luck with that one. this is all tax money coming in, I doubt to see this even 50 percent full ever

fjfv19

Significant time, especially in the summer when the roads from Philly to the Jersey Shore are routinely gridlock. Depends where in South Jersey you need to be, however.

craz

How long till both flights get the ax?

I just dont see it working out, maybe if LAS didnt exist or if they went up against Spirit and flew ACY-PBI or FLL or MIA. But with PHL an hours drive why would anyone subject themselves to the ACY-IH RJ flight

CALMSP

why is it a joke? You have this route or you dont. Tell people to take their pick, and they'll take the pick to have the route.