UA Loads covid19
Sep 16, 2020, 1:51 pm
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Las Vegas flights are tending to run at/near capacity nowadays. A good chunk of passengers are non-rev standbys, though. Still seems like UA should be adding a flight to/from hubs soon. Maybe they are in October - just haven't looked.
Sep 17, 2020, 10:43 pm
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Sep 18, 2020, 12:28 pm
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Sep 18, 2020, 3:24 pm
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I"m really surprised at the international flights running, even the likes of the newly started ORD-TLV. Empty flights beyond belief.
Sep 18, 2020, 4:22 pm
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Unlike passengers load (EF/seat map/people at airport looking at passengers) no way to find out cargo profitability unless you're an insider, or staring at the cargo hold with binoculars during unloading
Sep 18, 2020, 4:39 pm
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That would likely be cargo. (Same for Australia, where the passenger load is strictly limited by aus govt)
Unlike passengers load (EF/seat map/people at airport looking at passengers) no way to find out cargo profitability unless you're an insider, or staring at the cargo hold with binoculars during unloading
Unlike passengers load (EF/seat map/people at airport looking at passengers) no way to find out cargo profitability unless you're an insider, or staring at the cargo hold with binoculars during unloading
Sep 18, 2020, 6:43 pm
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Reports the due to the decrease of passenger flights (which would have some cargo), cargo lift is at a premium to many locales
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Sep 18, 2020 at 6:54 pm
Sep 18, 2020, 9:10 pm
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Sep 19, 2020, 10:52 am
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Just a few anecdotal data points: 1) I fly weekly and it's rare for me to not get a "your flight is fairly full" email. Most flights that I'm on tend to be at least 75-80% full and 2) I was in the IAH Houston airport on Friday and it was the busiest that I've seen it before covid. First time I've flown out of terminal B since Covid and it was hopping, as was terminal C.
Last edited by JNelson113; Sep 20, 2020 at 11:46 am
Sep 20, 2020, 9:29 am
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they hav been running cargo flights, but the introduction of a new pax flight when no one is on the plane is just strange, especially when you can filter pax through EWR.........which is also wide open.