How many United flights do not pass through a hub?
May 4, 2017, 9:44 am
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How many United flights do not pass through a hub?
I noticed that United this year is again flying AUS-CUN nonstop, which is one of the few flights that does not pass through a hub (i.e., neither airports is a hub for United). I am wondering how many United flights are like this (even seasonal)?
May 4, 2017, 9:50 am
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They also fly SAT/MSY > CUN nonstop seasonally.
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May 4, 2017, 9:51 am
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Off the top of my head:
HKG-SIN
MNL-ROR
all of the Island Hopper legs except TKK-GUM
There don't seem to be many domestic U.S. flights that eschew hubs altogether. CLE (former hub) may still have some.
May 4, 2017, 10:10 am
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UA still operates some routes out of CLE to non-hubs; CLE-BOS and CLE-IAD come to mind. I believe UA operates a seasonal LGA-MTJ (Telluride, CO) during ski season. There used to be more (SEA-NRT, JFK-NRT, JFK-LHR) but that goes pretty far back. DL does this far more.
May 4, 2017, 10:14 am
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UA still operates some routes out of CLE to non-hubs; CLE-BOS and CLE-IAD come to mind. I believe UA operates a seasonal LGA-MTJ (Telluride, CO) during ski season. There used to be more (SEA-NRT, JFK-NRT, JFK-LHR) but that goes pretty far back. DL does this far more.
May 4, 2017, 11:12 am
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UA still operates some routes out of CLE to non-hubs; CLE-BOS and CLE-IAD come to mind. I believe UA operates a seasonal LGA-MTJ (Telluride, CO) during ski season. There used to be more (SEA-NRT, JFK-NRT, JFK-LHR) but that goes pretty far back. DL does this far more.
May 4, 2017, 11:12 am
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UA still operates some routes out of CLE to non-hubs; CLE-BOS and CLE-IAD come to mind. I believe UA operates a seasonal LGA-MTJ (Telluride, CO) during ski season. There used to be more (SEA-NRT, JFK-NRT, JFK-LHR) but that goes pretty far back. DL does this far more.
IAD is considered a UA hub
May 4, 2017, 11:21 am
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I just noticed that united.com has been upgraded to about 2006 with a new interactive route map. Seems the "we scan the route maps from Hemispheres" and save them as a .pdf is gone. Nice way to play around and see random flights. I miss the IAD-ROC-BUF-ORD evening flight I took so many times years ago from ROC-ORD.
May 4, 2017, 12:49 pm
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I just noticed that united.com has been upgraded to about 2006 with a new interactive route map. Seems the "we scan the route maps from Hemispheres" and save them as a .pdf is gone. Nice way to play around and see random flights. I miss the IAD-ROC-BUF-ORD evening flight I took so many times years ago from ROC-ORD.