Lhr-den going all year?
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Lhr-den going all year?
I was told by one of the GS managers at Heathriw iin April that the above direct flight was going to be going all year which obvioulsy would include ski season. I see nothing is loaded and just wondered if anyone else had heard this or could confirm before I book the direct BA which is very cheap at the moment?
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It's not in the schedule but would require UA either obtaining a 17th winter LHR slot pair or reducing service in an existing market to accommodate the DEN flight. The new DEN-FRA will be year-round.
Until about five years ago, I believe SFO-LHR was 1x daily in the winter. I'd be surprised if UA cut any existing LHR frequencies to fund DEN.
Until about five years ago, I believe SFO-LHR was 1x daily in the winter. I'd be surprised if UA cut any existing LHR frequencies to fund DEN.
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The SFO flights are usually fairly empty at the back but seem to be fairly full at the front. No idea how much of that is upgraders or P fares but I assume they make decent money.
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I asked a couple of my GS favorites in the United club when I got back in yesterday, and they had not heard anything about this flight going year-round. The only one they were aware of was the FRA flight.
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Finally a little DEN respect, but a bit surprised about those markets. It must show a strong O/D interest, as I would have thought they would have either added another MUC flight along LH or maybe even CPH for the *A connections. The TATL DEN market seems a little strange right now, and I'm not sure what's driving it. Feels like demand is accelerating, as perhaps tourism to Colorado is catching interest. And yes I'm sure CPH isn't in the top 5 of Europe destinations from DEN, so that will be interesting.
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Surprised about AMS, as I felt that was always a little lighter of a premium load compared to other TATL destinations. Nonetheless, would be great to see DEN get more international routes. Perhaps they can ponder building a Polaris lounge at some point
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UA and SK aren't particularly close partners, and SK's not in the TATL JV, so I'm not sure that UA is all that worried about selling onward connections on SK flights. Besides, how many major markets are there that SK can serve from CPH that LH doesn't serve from FRA? If UA were to add additional TATL DEN flights, I have to believe they'd be targeting O&D travelers (especially on the European side).
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UA and SK aren't particularly close partners, and SK's not in the TATL JV, so I'm not sure that UA is all that worried about selling onward connections on SK flights. Besides, how many major markets are there that SK can serve from CPH that LH doesn't serve from FRA? If UA were to add additional TATL DEN flights, I have to believe they'd be targeting O&D travelers (especially on the European side).
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UA and SK aren't particularly close partners, and SK's not in the TATL JV, so I'm not sure that UA is all that worried about selling onward connections on SK flights. Besides, how many major markets are there that SK can serve from CPH that LH doesn't serve from FRA? If UA were to add additional TATL DEN flights, I have to believe they'd be targeting O&D travelers (especially on the European side).
However, that doesn't explain CPH. So I'd have to think about that one more. And I agree there isn't much value over FRA/MUC, so agreed that targeting O/D markets makes sense if they can somehow find the demand.
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I think as more 76Ls enter the fleet, UA may have enough J capacity ex-EWR to shift one of the redeye frequencies to DEN.
It's not in the schedule but would require UA either obtaining a 17th winter LHR slot pair or reducing service in an existing market to accommodate the DEN flight. The new DEN-FRA will be year-round.
Until about five years ago, I believe SFO-LHR was 1x daily in the winter. I'd be surprised if UA cut any existing LHR frequencies to fund DEN.
Until about five years ago, I believe SFO-LHR was 1x daily in the winter. I'd be surprised if UA cut any existing LHR frequencies to fund DEN.