UA to operate 6 TATL markets with 78J from EWR; increase GUM-Japan flying
Sep 20, 2018, 4:33 pm
#46
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To avoid backtracking, one can always fly via *A hub in LIS which provides lots of Spanish connections: MAD, BCN, LCG, ALC, AGP, BIO, SVQ (and probably a few others I missed). Granted, you'll be flying TP but I would say *A still has somewhat good coverage on the Iberian peninsula after the demise of JK.
Sep 21, 2018, 11:05 am
#47
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Tell me about it. I have a close friend in Valencia, always a pain to get there. Ever since Spanair went belly up, it has been hard to get to different cities within Spain. I just recently had to fly TAP from TLS to LIS to VLC which was odd.
Sep 26, 2018, 3:01 am
#48
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Is it already known which 6 TATL markets get the 78J?
Sep 26, 2018, 8:16 am
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Oct 17, 2018, 8:00 pm
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I haven't seen anything. I visit FT plenty of times a day, so I would be ashamed if I missed it 
I'm not sure this is something that will get publicly announced - to most folks flying internationally (i.e. the non-FT crowd), it won't make much of a difference.
I'm not sure this is something that will get publicly announced - to most folks flying internationally (i.e. the non-FT crowd), it won't make much of a difference.
Oct 17, 2018, 9:34 pm
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Oct 18, 2018, 2:02 am
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AA would love to serve TLV. Only reason they do not is due to an age old dispute over money. American owes TLV many millions from breaking lease contracts. US AIrways did great at TLV, cancelled the route after the merger. You think Doug Parker likes paying his passed due bills?
Oct 18, 2018, 6:07 am
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Oct 18, 2018, 6:22 am
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AA would love to serve TLV. Only reason they do not is due to an age old dispute over money. American owes TLV many millions from breaking lease contracts. US AIrways did great at TLV, cancelled the route after the merger. You think Doug Parker likes paying his passed due bills?
Oct 18, 2018, 8:36 am
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The 6 TATL markets will be for the peak summer season, and those schedules are a good ways out from finalizing. Anything in there now is mostly a placeholder, especially as regards equipment type on existing routes.
Nov 14, 2018, 9:49 am
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My guesses would be:
-FRA
-BRU
-CDG
-TLV
-DUB
-BCN
The first 3 I picked because UA tends to run 772s ex-EWR on those routes, especially during the summer. TLV is within range, and I could see them adding a slight upgauge from sCO 772 (although it would decrease J seats - so who knows). The last two I picked because UA used HD 772s this summer, and maybe they think there is perhaps enough room to drive a little more revenue from upfront despite sacrificing ~50 seats in the back.
Unpopular opinion: I don't think UA uses any of these on EWR-LHR.
-FRA
-BRU
-CDG
-TLV
-DUB
-BCN
The first 3 I picked because UA tends to run 772s ex-EWR on those routes, especially during the summer. TLV is within range, and I could see them adding a slight upgauge from sCO 772 (although it would decrease J seats - so who knows). The last two I picked because UA used HD 772s this summer, and maybe they think there is perhaps enough room to drive a little more revenue from upfront despite sacrificing ~50 seats in the back.
Unpopular opinion: I don't think UA uses any of these on EWR-LHR.
