"United to throttle down in Houston even as profits soar" - Houston Chronicle
Mar 5, 2016, 5:48 pm
#46
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I looked at the IAH-MUC for a few weeks and loads look terrible. C and Y alike. Not sure why they don't put this on a 763 at least. Nice flight and I have taken it a few times, but I am concerned it will stay around.
Might book it again for my September MUC trips.
Might book it again for my September MUC trips.
Mar 5, 2016, 6:24 pm
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It's wintertime...what time of year are you looking at? If it's around this time, I feel like US-EU loads always tend to be relatively light but will fill up closer to departure (especially in J).
Mar 5, 2016, 6:31 pm
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Mar 5, 2016, 6:34 pm
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IAH-AMS last week was maybe 20% full in Y and 35% full in C. ~15 NRSAs in upgraded to the still not full front cabin, including a number of pretty young and loud folks. Service director on this flight was absolutely outstanding but definitely was not thrilled with the behavior of the.... company.
Mar 5, 2016, 7:15 pm
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Mar 5, 2016, 7:29 pm
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Mar 5, 2016, 9:34 pm
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It especially helped out on ZRH-EWR, where we had really strong headwinds and the flight was almost 10 hours long... 
Mar 6, 2016, 11:27 am
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Curious what is the typical upgrade rate IAH-XXX (Anywhere in Europe)?
Let's say T-72 as it's close to departure.
Usually I fly LH going to Europe instead of UA.
Let's say T-72 as it's close to departure.
Usually I fly LH going to Europe instead of UA.
Mar 7, 2016, 11:12 am
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Decent load in BF on my IAH-AMS (and back) work flights coming up, and still a few weeks out, would anticipate it being pretty full.
Mar 7, 2016, 3:32 pm
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Mar 7, 2016, 8:47 pm
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The one silver lining in this gloomy scenario for Houston is that as the petro industry continues its contraction in this severe cyclical downturn, the residual elements of various companies consolidated what was left of their operations in Houston, atleast that was the pattern for many companies back in the industries devastating downsizing of the 1980s.
Mar 7, 2016, 9:07 pm
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In addition to the slowdown of oil traffic, UA has started matching some of Spirit's super low fares. That has likely impacted yields from IAH significantly.
Good news for me iis that I am flying routes not served by Spirit and they are getting bigger planes as capacity is moved around. Yeah.
Good news for me iis that I am flying routes not served by Spirit and they are getting bigger planes as capacity is moved around. Yeah.
Mar 7, 2016, 9:11 pm
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