Does United add ANY flights for NJ teacher's convention week?
Jun 6, 2019, 3:32 pm
#16
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I guess the best answer is the "they have to fly the plane back" argument. I think some of the other answers aren't quite right....there are 1.3mm public school students in NJ, probably 2/3 of whom live within an hour of newark. I realize leisure isn't the target audience but $800-1000 r/t on a full plane would probably be fairly profitable if only they didn't have to fly it back much less full.
Jun 6, 2019, 3:50 pm
#17
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The economics do not appear to be there and if it was UA would be doing it -- because they do such things for other special events which gather top dollar fares. If the revenue was there, UA would chase it. But UA is not a public service, it is a business.